9:00 am – 9:40 am
[Conference Agenda]
June 13, 2022
OPENING KEYNOTE Accelerate Your Imagination – Ignite Your Entrepreneurial Journey
Speaker: Clifton Taulbert, President & CEO of the Freemount Corporation/Roots Java Coffee; Thrive15 mentor
9:40 am – 10:10 am
GENERAL SESSION No Time to Buy – Pandemic, Prices, & Putin: What the Economy Has in Store for Us in 2022
Speaker: Anirban Basu, Ph.D. & J.D., Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group, Inc.
10:10 am – 10:20 am
10 min Transition Break
10:20 am – 10:45 am
Concurrent Breakout 1 – Start
Concurrent Breakout 2 – Grow
Concurrent Breakout 3 – Fund
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Networking Break & Snacks
11:00 am – 11:25 am
Concurrent Breakout 4 – Start
Concurrent Breakout 5 – Grow
Concurrent Breakout 6 – Fund
11:25 am – 11:35 am
10 min Transition Break
11:35 am – Noon
Concurrent Breakout 7 – Start
Concurrent Breakout 8 – Grow
Concurrent Breakout 9 – Fund
Noon – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Concurrent Breakout 10 – Start
Concurrent Breakout 11 – Grow
Concurrent Breakout 12 – Fund
1:45 pm – 1:55 pm
10 min Transition Break
1:55 pm – 2:30 pm
Concurrent Breakout 13 – Start
Concurrent Breakout 14 – Grow
Concurrent Breakout 15 – Fund
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Networking Break & Snacks
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
GENERAL SESSION Conversation with Clarence Wooten: Reach for more – From CCBC to Silicon Valley and onto Google X: How Entrepreneurs Can Make a Difference
Speaker: Clarence Wooten, Entrepreneur in Residence at X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
5 x 5 Session Our five top speakers share their best ideas that will generate the most impact in just 5 minutes
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
PITCH COMPETITION 6 finalists compete for $10,000 in prize money to launch or grow their business ideas