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Wednesday, November 2

6:00-8:00pm
​Opening Reception at Nest:Space

2224 Central Ave, Kearney, NE 68847
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Thursday, November 3
Holiday Inn Conference Center (110 2nd Ave, Kearney, NE 68847)

8:00am
Registration, Networking & Light Breakfast

9:00-9:15am
Welcome

Lisa Tschauner - NETForce Nebraska Chair
Robert Macy - UNK Center for Entrepreneurship & Rural Development
Stan Clouse - Mayor of Kearney


9:15-9:45am
The Good Life Small Business Podcast Entrepreneur Panel

Brian Blakely

10:00-10:45am
Morning Breakout Sessions - Round 1
  1. What’s New with “What If…"
    Mike Tobias & Jessica Mitchell-McCollough - Nebraska Public Media
  2. 4-H Youth Entrepreneurship
    Tayler Wickham, Molly Brandt, Tanya Crawford, Surin Kim, and Lori Larson - UNL Extension
  3. Growth through Business Transition
    Jason Tuller - UNL Extension
  4. How Makerspaces in Public Libraries Encourage Local Entrepreneurship
    JoAnn McManus - Nebraska Library Commission
    Joy Kyhn - Ravenna Public Library
    Erica Rogers - Hastings Public Library

10:45-11:00am
Break


11:00-11:45am
Morning Breakout Sessions - Round 2
  1. Work Based Learning and Real Life
    Kearney Public Schools
  2. The Heartland Robotics Cluster - Why Now?
    Dan Curran - Nebraska Department of Economic Development
  3. Empowering Entrepreneurial Communities (E2)
    Shawn Kaskie & Panel of eCoaches - UNL Extension
  4. Successes with Campus Customer Discovery
    Zane Gernhart - NUTech Ventures

11:45am-12:45pm
Lunch & NETForce Award Presentations


12:45-1:15pm
Keynote

Chad & Ben Johnson, Grain Weevil

1:30-1:45pm
Break


1:45-3:30pm
Afternoon Workshop Breakout Sessions
  1. School Based Enterprise
    Kearney High School
    Sargent High School

    Valentine High School
  2. Using the Cultivate Model
    Lisa Tschauner, Doane University
  3. Why Online Visibility is Important for Your Business
    GROW Nebraska
  4. ​From Policy Change to Local Impact, Measuring the Impact of Targeted Legislation on Entrepreneurial Growth in Nebraska AND Nebraska Tech Collaborative Impact on Nebraska
    Platte Institute & Nebraska Tech Collaborative

3:45pm
Wrap-up
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