Techonomy Detroit 2013 Webcast

We just wrapped up Techonomy Detroit 2013, but you can watch the entire conference, start-to-finish, right here. Techonomy Detroit is a series of conversations and workshops we began last year at our first Detroit conference. Our urgent theme is the role of technology and innovation in boosting American economic growth, job creation, and urban revival. The all-day Techonomy Detroit focuses on issues that form the foundation of the urban century, with technology at the core of the conversation. We see it as the central source of both disruption and opportunity. Join our live webcast of Techonomy Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 8:30am through 5:45pm.

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We just wrapped up Techonomy Detroit 2013, but you can watch the entire conference, start-to-finish, right here. (To watch individual sessions, click here.)

Techonomy Detroit 2013 is a series of conversations and workshops we began last year at our first Detroit conference. Our urgent theme is the role of technology and innovation in boosting American economic growth, job creation, and urban revival. The all-day Techonomy Detroit focuses on issues that form the foundation of the urban century, with technology at the core of the conversation. We see it as the central source of both disruption and opportunity.

Techonomy Detroit brings together leaders and thinkers from business, technology, government and academia to better understand how to move America and the world into an urbanized, technologized inclusive future.

In addition to Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square, confirmed speakers include Rodney Brooks of Rethink Robotics, Jean Case of The Case Foundation, Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson, Quicken Loans Chairman Dan Gilbert, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, and Venture for America CEO Andrew Yang. Our Detroit partners include the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Quicken Loans, McKinsey & Company, Cisco, Ford Motor Company, Michigan Media Solutions, Automation Alley, and Skidmore Studio.

Webcast Schedule (all times EST)

8:30 – 8:45AM: Welcome

David Kirkpatrick, Chief Techonomist, Techonomy Media

Michael A. Finney, President and CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation

M. Roy Wilson, President, Wayne State University

8:45 – 9:30AM: Education 2.0 for Americans 2.0

John Wm. Covington, Chancellor, Education Achievement Authority of Michigan

Marlin Page, Founder, Sisters Code

Hector Ruiz, Chairman, Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions, Inc.

Tae Yoo, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Cisco

Moderator:  David Kirkpatrick, Chief Techonomist, Techonomy Media

9:30 – 9:40AM: What Makes a City Great? Lessons from around the globe

Patrick Finn, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Dan Gilbert, Chairman, Rock Ventures; Founder and Chairman, Quicken Loans

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution

Moderator:  Edward Luce, Chief U.S. Commentator, Financial Times

10:05 – 10:30AM: A Conversation with Michigan Governor Rick Snyder

Interviewer: David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy Media

10:30 – 11:00AM: Break

11:00 – 11:05AM: Welcome Back

David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy Media

11:05 – 11:50AM: Where Are the Jobs?

Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Editor and Columnist, The Detroit News

Felix Ortiz, Founder, Chairman and Chief Product Officer, Viridis Learning Inc.

Joel D. Tauber, President, Tauber Enterprises LLC; Founder, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, University of Michigan

Carol Williams, EVP, Dow Manufacturing & Engineering, Supply Chain, and Environmental, Health & Safety Operations, The Dow Chemical Company

Moderator: Susan Lund, Partner and Head of Research, McKinsey Global Institute

11:50AM – 12:10PM: Keeping the U.S. Competitive in a Hyper-Connected World

Nilmini Rubin, Senior Advisor for Global Economic Competitiveness, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

Interviewer:  David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy Media

12:10 – 12:45PM: Everybody’s Starting Something

Jocelyn Benson, Interim Dean, Law School, Wayne State University

Josh Linkner, CEO and Managing Partner, Detroit Venture Partners

Andrew Yang, Founder and CEO, Venture for America

Moderator: Tom Walsh, Columnist, Detroit Free Press

12:45 – 1:00PM: The New People Rules in a Virtual World

Keith Ferrazzi, Founder and CEO, Ferrazzi Greenlight

1:00 – 2:15PM: Lunch Break

2:15 – 3:15PM: Techonomy Labs

Business & the Economy in an Internet + Everything World

Joseph Bradley, Managing Director, Internet of Everything Practice, Cisco Consulting Services

Amit Kumar, CEO and Co-founder, Bitponics

Michael Mandel, Chief Economic Strategist, Progressive Policy Institute

Greg Ross, Global Director, Product Strategy and Infotainment, Global Connected Consumer, General Motors

Moderator: Cory Johnson, Anchor and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Television

Civic Startups: Engage & Improve

Nick Bowden, Co-founder and Chief Engagement Officer, MindMixer

Lawrence J. Morrissey, Mayor, City of Rockford, Illinois

Jerry Paffendorf, Chief Executive Officer, LOVELAND Technologies

Stephen Walter, Managing Director, Engagement Game Lab

Moderator:  Zachary Karabell, President, River Twice Research

Connecting Detroit: 8 Mile to Downtown

Matt Clayson, Director, Detroit Creative Corridor Center

Brandon A. Jessup, CEO, Michigan Forward Urban Affairs Group

Catherine Kelly, Publisher, The Michigan Citizen

Brian Mulloy, Vice President, Apigee; Founder, Ribbon Farm: Makers

Moderator:  John Gallagher, Business Reporter, Detroit Free Press

Reimagining Education (in partnership with Kaplan University)

Cathy Lewis Long, Executive Director, The Sprout Fund

Damien Rocchi, Co-founder and CEO, Grand Circus

Annis Stubbs, Executive Director, Teach For America – Detroit

Betty Vandenbosch, Provost, Kaplan University

Moderator: Ingrid Jacques, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News

The 5 Undeniable Rules of Changing Human Behavior

Keith Ferrazzi, Founder and CEO, Ferrazzi Greenlight

3:15 – 3:30PM: Break

3:30 – 3:35PM: Welcome Back

3:35 – 3:55PM: A New Age of Manufacturing

Rodney Brooks, Chairman and CTO, Rethink Robotics

Interviewed by: Zachary Karabell, President, River Twice Research

3:55 – 4:35PM: Can the Maker Movement Re-Make America?

Matt Clayson, Director, Detroit Creative Corridor Center

Chad Dickerson, CEO, Etsy

K. Venkatesh Prasad, Senior Leader, Open Innovation, Ford Research & Innovation

Marleen Vogelaar, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder, Shapeways

Moderator:  Lou Rassey, Principal, McKinsey & Company

4:35 – 4:50PM: The Push for the Prize

Jean Case, CEO, Case Foundation

Interviewer: Jeff Green, Detroit Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

4:50 – 5:30PM: Turbocharging Detroit’s Techonomy

Catherine Kelly, Publisher, The Michigan Citizen

Scott Moloney, Founder, Treat Dreams

Alex Southern, Founder, GrowDetroit

Moderators: Jack Dorsey, CEO, Square; Chairman, Twitter

David Kirkpatrick, Chief Techonomist, Techonomy Media

5:30PM: Closing Remarks

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