| The Honorable Patrick O. Gottschalk, Secretary of Commerce & Trade, Commonwealth of Virginia.
Session I: Resource Creation: Funding, Volunteerism, Outreach, Space and Marketing, David R. Lohr, Virginia Biosciences Development Center (click here for presentation)
Session II: Professional Relationship Development with Stakeholders, including Economic Development Organizations, Chambers of Commerce, Government, and the Business Community, C. David Hudgins, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (click here for presentation)
Session III: Realities and Priorities of Local and Regional Economic Development Organizations and How Incubations Fit In, Keith Taylor, James City County Office of Economic Development (click here for presentation)
Keynote Speaker: Anirban Basu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sage Policy Group
Session IV: Current Incubator Issues, Topics and Best Practices through Case Study Presentations
- - Three Years of Lessons Learned, Jim Flowers, Director, VT KnowledgeWorks at Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (click here for presentation)
- The Story of the Crossroads Institute: A Rural Entrepreneurial and Educational Initiative, Kim Dove, M.A., Ed., Executive Director, Southwest Regional Enterprise Center at the Crossroads Institute (click here for presentation)
Virginia Business Association Marketing Plan Development (click here for presentation ) |