VisionWorks' Breakthrough Solutions
Annual Conference
Its All Connected - Linking Your Local Economy to Global Opportunities
May 1, 2008
Hilton Little Rock Metro Center
Agenda
8:30 Refreshments and Networking
9:00 Opening
Master of Ceremonies Dr. Roby Robertson, Director, UALR Institute of Government
Welcome
Dr. Ivory W. Lyles, Associate Vice President for
Agriculture Extension, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
9:15 Building a 21st Century Economy in Rural Arkansas
Keynote Address Jane Smith Patterson, Executive
Director, e-NC Authority
10:15 Break
10:30 Big Ideas, Bright Future
Dr. Mark Peterson, Professor Community Development, University
of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
11:00 Deploying and Harnessing the Power of Broadband in
Arkansas
Moderator Dr. John W. Ahlen, President, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority
C. Sam Walls, CEO, Arkansas Capital Corporation
James Winningham, Chair, Arkansas Broadband Advisory Council
Wesley Woodard, President, Hempstead County Economic Development Corporation
11:45 Lunch
James Youngquist, Executive Director, Institute for Economic
Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
12:45 Stories and Lesson - Community Economic Development
in the 21st Century
Moderator Jeff Jones, Public Affairs Manager,
CenturyTel
Jeff Pipkin, CEO, Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce;
Director, Arkansas Valley Alliance for Economic Development
Ed Levy, Principal, Cromwell Architects and Engineers, Little
Rock
Greg Bess, Entrepreneur and Business Owner, Hardy
1:40 Responding to Community Needs and Opportunities
Moderator Maureen Rose, University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension Service
Linda Fisher, Executive Director, Clinton Area Chamber of
Commerce; Board President, North Central Arkansas Economic
Development Corporation
Susan Norton, CIO, Fayetteville Public Schools; Chair, Connect
Arkansas Board of Directors
2:15 Break
2:30 Preparing for 21st Century Jobs
Moderator Denisa Pennington, Director, Community
Development, Arkansas Economic Development Commission
Randy Zook, Deputy Director, Arkansas Economic Development
Commission
Clevon Young, Executive Director, Arkansas Human Development
Commission
3:10 Closing remarks
Adjourn
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