OCTOBER 2014 AGENDA

Day One

1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Registration
2:00 P.M.

WELCOME

Carlos Martínez-Vela, President, Venture Café Foundation
2:15 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
Session I

MAKING CITIES MATTER (MORE)

Carlos Martínez-Vela, President, Venture Café Foundation (Moderator)
Amy Glasmeier, Professor, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Daniel Koh, Chief of Staff to Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City of Boston
Alexander “Sandy” Pentland, Director, Human Dynamics Group, MIT Media Lab
Kyle Polk, Detroit Future City / Town Partners
3:45 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Session II

BEYOND STARTUPS: ENGAGING LARGE ORGANIZATIONS

Moderator: Fiona Murray, Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management
Donna Cupelo, Region President, Verizon New England
Lita Nelsen, Director, MIT Technology Licensing Office
Jayson D. Pankin, President and CEO, AutoHarvest.org
Cathy Wissink, Director of Technology and Civic Engagement, Microsoft
5:15 P.M. Break
6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Keynote I

Q&A with Edward Glaeser

Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics
Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard
Author of Triumph of the City 

Moderator: Teresa Lynch, Principal, MassEconomics

Day Two

9:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M.
SESSION III

THE RISE OF INNOVATION DISTRICTS

Moderator: Julie Wagner, Non-Resident Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Dennis Lower, President and CEO, CORTEX Innovation Community, St. Louis
Jed Howbert, Executive Director, Jobs and Economy Team, Detroit Mayor’s Office
Marcos Marrero, Co-Chair, Holyoke Innovation District Task Force
Tucker Reed, President, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
10:45 A.M. Break
11:00 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
Session IV

FINANCING INNOVATION:
BUILDING ANGEL NETWORKS

Moderator: Travis Sheridan, Executive Director, Venture Café – St. Louis
Gil Bickel, Chairman, St. Louis Arch Angels
Jessica McLear, Angel Investor, Launchpad Venture Group
Donn Rubin, President and CEO, BioSTL
Shereen Shermak, CEO and Fund Manager, Launch Angels
12:15 P.M. – 1:15 P.M. Lunch
1:15 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.
Session V

BUILDING AN INNOVATION ECONOMY
IN AMERICA’S LEGACY CITIES

Moderator: Mark Coticchia, Chief Innovation Officer, Henry Ford Innovation Institute, Detroit
Dean Amhaus, President and CEO, The Water Council, Milwaukee
Cathy Belk, COO, Jumpstart,Inc., Cleveland
Lavea Brachman, Executive Director, Greater Ohio Policy Center
Benjamin S. Kennedy, The Kresge Foundation, Detroit
3:15 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Session VI

BRINGING INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY
TO ALL BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS

Moderator: Travis McCready, VP for Program, The Boston Foundation
Jen Faigel, Executive Director, CropCircle Kitchen
Tito Jackson, Councilor, Boston City Council
Gilad Rosenzweig, Founder and Executive Director, Smarter in the City
Vicky Wu Davis, Founder and Executive Director, Youth CITIES
 4:30 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
Keynote II		 LESSONS FROM EIGHT YEARS GOVERNING AN INNOVATION ECONOMYFireside chat with The Honorable Deval L. Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Moderator: Carlos Martínez-Vela, President, Venture Café Foundation