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Rural Summit Agenda
The Future is NOW - Rural Florida Connects!
Sunday, September 18, 2016 3:00-7:00 pm
Early Registration
3:00-5:00 pm
Rural Issues Working Group
5:30-7:00 pm Summit Welcome Reception Regional Volunteer of the Year Awards
Monday, September 19, 2016 7:30-8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:15 am
Opening General Session:
Welcome / Introductions: Mark Morton, Director, Strategic Real Estate and Business Development, U.S. Sugar, Inc. Florida’s Future Joe Hice, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Enterprise Florida, Inc. The Honorable Bill Montford District 3, Florida Senate Keynote Opening Address: The Honorable Jack Latvala District 20, Florida Senate 9:15 - 10:00 am
The State’s Economic Development Future and Its Focus on Rural Economic Development
Moderator: The Honorable Terry Burroughs, Commissioner, Okeechobee County Speakers: Pam Rauch, VP External Affairs and Economic Development Florida Power and Light and Chair, Florida Chamber Foundation Joe Hice, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Enterprise Floirda, Inc. 10:00 - 10:20 am
Break
10:20 - 11:20 am The State of Economic Development in Florida: Perceptions, Challenges and Solutions Moderator: Mark Morton, U.S. Sugar, Inc. Panelists: Mark Wilson, President and CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce Dean Izzo, Chief of Staff, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Larry Williams, Chairman, Florida Economic Development Council and President/CEO, The Beacon Council
Rural Summit Agenda
The Future is NOW - Rural Florida Connects!
11:20 - 12:10 pm Rural Competitiveness and Readiness: The Critical Element of Product Development Speaker:
Victor Leotta, President/CEO, Leotta Locations and Design, LLC
12:10-1:15 pm
Economic Development Legislative Champions Luncheon
1:15-2:10 pm
The Cold Hard Facts: Rural Florida’s Metrics
Speaker:
Dr. Jerry Parrish, Chief Economist, Florida Chamber Foundation
2:10-2:45 pm
How Do We Develop and Fill the Jobs Pipeline in Rural Florida
Speaker:
Richard Williams, Executive Director, CareerSource Chipola
2:45-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:45 pm
Utilities and Economic Development in Rural Florida! Sponsored By Florida Public Utilities
Moderator:
Jeff Hendry, Executive Director, NFEDP
Panelists: Marc Hoenstine, Director, Economic Development, Duke Energy-Florida Mary Dempsey, Economic Development Analyst, Florida Power & Light Rick Byars, Director, Economic Development, Gulf Power Company, Electrical Cooperative Representative Kaitlynn Culpepper, Tri-County Electric Cooperative 3:45-4:30 pm
Elected Officials and Economic Development: Considerations and Consequences
Speakers: James Blair, Managing Director, Navigators Consulting, Atlanta GA Carter Wood, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young, Atlanta, GA 4:30-5:00 pm
Rural Florida: The Future is NOW!
Keynote Address: The Honorable Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Florida 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Reception
Rural Summit Agenda
The Future is NOW - Rural Florida Connects!
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 7:30-8:45 am
Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:45 am
Current Perception of Florida as a Place to Do Business and the Challenges and Opportunities to Score Projects in Rural Florida
Moderator: Antonio Jefferson, Chairman, Opportunity Florida and FREDA Board Member Speakers: Neal Wade, Director, University of Alabama Economic Development Academy Gray Swoope, President/CEO, VisionFirst Advisors 9:45-10:00 am
Break
10:00-11:15 am
Critical Issues for Projects that Need to Go Right But Don’t
Moderator: Darryl Register, Vice Chair, North Florida Economic Development and FREDA Panelists: James Blair, Managing Director, Navigator Consulting, LLC, Atlanta, GA Jeff Counsell, Co-Founder, Global Food Properties, Chicago, IL Rob Sitterly, Principal, Merit Advisors, L.P., Orlando, FL Carter Wood Senior Manager, Ernst & Young, Atlanta, GA 11:15-11:30 am
Call to Action: Rural Florida Connect
Review of Legislative Issues and Initiatives for FREDA
Panelists: Julie Conley, Chair, NFEDP And FREDA Antonio Jefferson, Chairman, Opportunity Florida and FREDA Board Member Commissioner Terry Burroughs, Chairman, FHERO and FREDA Board Member 11:30 am
Adjournment
