Concurrent Session – Promoting Economic Opportunity in Higher Education

by Jared Roberts | Aug 16, 2021

Speakers: Alex Cooley – Director of Economic Engagement, Dallas College Economic Opportunity Division Kena Nicol – Data Visualization and GIS Analyst, Dallas College Economic Opportunity Division Danielle Stellrecht – Senior Director, Customer...

Concurrent Session – Aligning Degree Programs with Workforce Needs

by Jared Roberts | Aug 16, 2021

Speakers: Matt Colvin – Director of Economic Development, University of Georgia David Tanner – Associate Director, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia Marti Venn, PhD – Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Board of...

Awards Session: Place + Innovation

by Jared Roberts | Aug 15, 2021

Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group – Innovation Incubator (I2) Speakers: Suzanne Hallman – Assistant Director of Entrepreneurship Education, Georgia Southern Business Innovation Group (BIG)   The original vision for the downtown...

Concurrent Session – Modelling the Front End of the Innovation Cycle: The US and Global R&D and Patent Landscape

by Jared Roberts | Aug 15, 2021

Speakers: Daniel Calto – Global Director of Solution Services for Research Intelligence, Elsevier   Presentation will cover the use of machine learning, semantic analysis, and data science approaches to model basic and applied research and patenting and...

Concurrent Session – From Recovery to Resilience:  How University Centers Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Jared Roberts | Aug 15, 2021

Speakers: Jeff Sachse (Moderator) – Director of the Center for Customized Research & Service and Economic Development, The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Bernadette Grafton – Program Analyst and University Center Coordinator, U.S. Economic Development...