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Day 1 kicks off at the Rotary meeting at Convention Hall with our opening Keynote Speaker, Ash Hanson from Minnesota, on Place-Based Development. The remainder of the 2-day event will be hosted by the Hotel Bentley with an evening reception on October 4th at the Alexandria Museum of Art!

You can find more details about our speakers below!

Tuesday, October 4th

11:30 AM

Doors open at the Rotary Meeting at Convention Hall for Check-in

12:00 PM - Lunch and Opening Keynote

Ash Hanson, Executive Director, Department of Public Transformation

The Summit will move to the Hotel Bentley for afternoon sessions.

1:30 PM - Touchstone Keynote Speaker

Veneeth Iyengar, Executive Director, ConnectLA

2:30 PM - Blue Skies Keynote

John Cotton Dean, Economic Development Manager, Sanford Area Growth Alliance

3:30 PM - Thought Leader Keynote

Garry Clark, President/CEO, Economic Alliance of Snohomish County, Washington

4:30 - 6:00 PM

Evening reception held at the Alexandria Museum of Art.

Wednesday, October 5th

All event sessions will be held at the Hotel Bentley.

7:30 AM

Networking Breakfast

8:15 AM - Day 2 Opening Keynote

Matt Tackett, President, Southern Economic Development Council

9:00 AM - Conversations on the Future of Manufacturing

An exciting discussion with four local manufacturing leaders on

unique topics that shape the future of manufacturing in our region.

Tance Hughes, CEO of Southern Designs in Vidalia
Randy McDougal, General Manager, UTLX Manufacturing
Donna Bailey, MS, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Vice President of Human Resources at RoyOMartin
Monroe Milton, President and Founder of Manchac Technologies

11 AM

"Using the Big Idea Playbook" with Louisiana Central

12:00 PM - Lunch and Closing Keynote

Todd Henry, Best-Selling Author, International Speaker, Consultant, and Advisor

1:15 PM

Summit Adjourns

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