Conference Itinerary

MBIA Annual Membership Luncheon and Workshops
Thursday, March 16th

The Fetzer Center @ Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI

Event Schedule
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.       Registration

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.      Morning Concurrent Sessions
                                           1. What Have You Done for Me Lately: Metrics (Roundtable)
                                                Speaker:  Harry Blecker, 
                                                                    Senior/Growth Business Consultant, Michigan SBDC     
                                           2.  Co-working:  Where Collaboration & Innovation Meet?
                                                Speaker:  Christopher Moultrup
                                                                    Program Director, Midland Tomorrow Innovation Center

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.       BREAK - Light Refreshments

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.      Annual Member Meeting

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.        Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.          Keynote Speaker                    

  Robert Miller
  Associate Vice President
  Community Outreach
  Western Michigan University 
   Bio

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.          Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
                                        1.  Social Media Basics
                                                   Speaker:  Carmel Wells Quigg
                                                                     Project Manager, University of Michigan, IRLEE
                                        2.  The Future of MBIA
                                                    Speaker:  Sandra Cochrane
                                                                       Asst Dean/Director of the WMed Innovation Center 

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.          Networking Refreshments