2011 Summit Archive
Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista
Hotel and Conference Center
La Vista, Nebraska
- James B. Milliken, University of Nebraska President
- Rick Sheehy, Lt. Governor, State of Nebraska
- Opening Keynote
- FLYOVER by Archrival
- Clint! Runge, Creative Director of Archrival
- Charlie Hull, Managing Director of Archrival
- Discovery & Innovation
- Can The University Really Develop Entrepreneurs and Innovators?
- David Keck, Director, Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Start Up
- Entrepreneurship and Job Creation
- Sangeeta Badal, Senior Consultant, Gallup Consulting
- Growth
- Phenomblue: Finding Partners
- Joe Olsen, CEO, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Phenomblue
- Discovery & Innovation
- Innovative research fuels future advances in health care
- Jennifer Yentes, Laboratory Manager, Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Start Up
- The Devils Surrounding Angels
- Brad Bernthal, Director of the Silicon Flatirons Center’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at CU-Boulder and Associate Clinical Professor at Colorado Law School
- Growth
- Falling Means Getting Back Up
- Scott Kleeb, President, Energy Pioneer Solutions
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- Genomics and the GeneSeek Experience
- Abe Oommen, General Manager, Neogen Corporation/GeneSeek
- Luncheon Keynote
- It’s not over!
- Pamela Dingman, CEO, Engineering Design Consultants
- Discovery & Innovation
- Next Generation Projects Inside a New Venture
- Dusty Davidson, Founder Silicon Prairie News, Owner/Founder BrightMix, Co-Owner Tripleseat
- Start Up
- Collaborative Work Space and the Accelerating Effects on Business
- Matthew Wegener, President & CEO, ISoft Data Systems and Turbine Flats
- Steve Frayser, President, U of Nebraska Technology Park
- Megan Hunt, Owner, CAMP
- Growth
- How to rapidly grow a Nebraska startup – unlimited vacation and Jets tickets
- Brian Kaiser, CTO, Agile Sports Technologies
- Review of Internet and Traditional Company Growth
- Stephanie Healy, Co-Founder, Vente
- Closing Keynote
- Transitions in Leadership
- Joe Moglia, Chairman, TD Ameritrade; President and Head Coach, Omaha Nighthawks
8:30 Opening Session
10:00 Breakout Sessions
11:00 Breakout Sessions
12:00 State-wide Award Recognitions
1:45 Breakout Sessions
3:00 Closing Keynote
sponsored by
THE NEBRASKA BUSINESS-HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM
THE GALLUP ORGANIZATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
