Augusta Summit Agenda

Summit Theme: “Open Invitations”

The Augusta Summit theme, Open Invitations, plays off the historic Augusta National "Invitational". We'll kick it off with a pre-summit golf day and invite attendees to face hard questions—how do you invite a city to believe in itself again? How do you rebuild trust in historically excluded communities? How do you balance the legacy of segregation and poverty with a vision of collective prosperity?

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Click the button above on your phone to access the link (it’s not really an app, it’s a website). As an attendee, your access is tied to the email you used to register. Once the app is launched, you will verify who you are, and a pin will be sent to your email address. Once you confirm, you’re in. Next, click the share button in or under the URL, scroll down, and hit “add to home screen”. BOOM! It’s on your phone!

Agenda Overview

Here’s a quick look at our Summit agenda! Detailed agenda and speakers coming soon! Times/sessions subject to change.

Tuesday, November 4

  • Golf With Locals (Time is TBA but it will be in the morning)

  • 5:00 PM Opening Reception @ Georgia Cyber Center: Hull McKnight Rooftop

Wednesday, November 5

  • 7:30 AM - Check-in / Breakfast

  • 8 AM - SCN Basecamp (for first-time Summit attendees)

  • 9 AM - Summit Kick-off

  • 9:15 AM - SCN Framework

  • 9:30 AM - Welcome to the Augusta Ecosystem w/Shirlonda Evans, Eric Harrison, and Sharon Martin

  • 10:00 AM - Break

  • 10:15 AM - Ecosystem Building As Emerging Profession w/ Andy Stoll

  • 10:30 AM - How We Scale Ecosystem Building w/Eric Parker and Grace Belangia

  • 11:00 AM - Break

  • 11:15 AM - Building Ecosystem Solidarity: From Isolation to Interdependence (ICU) w/ Paulo Gregory

  • 12:30 PM - Group Photo

  • 12:45 PM - Lunch

  • 1:45 PM - Multi-track Sessions

  • 1:45 PM: The ESHIP Way: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems from the Ground Up—with Relationships First

    Fay Horwitt

    2:45 PM: Conversations, Communities, and Catalysts—How the C•CUBE Toolkit is Launching Ecosystem Building Success

    Jim Woodell, Jason Schneider, Amy Beaird, PhD, Mark Lawrence, Kristin Leutz

    3:45 PM: From Capital Desert to Capital Catalysts: A Practitioner's Roadmap to Investment Ecosystem building

    Erika Haskins, Devon Horace

  • 1:45 PM: Research Needs Entrepreneurship for Health Care Improvement

    Andrew Balas

    2:45 PM: Building Statewide Innovation Ecosystems Through University-Industry Partnerships

    Jennifer Skjellum, Adam Grant, Darren Timmons

  • 1:45 PM The Ecosystem Builder’s EDGE: Lead with Clarity, Credibility, and Impact

    Amy Beaird, PhD, Dawn Haynes, MBA

    2:45 PM: Supporting the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

    Aanu Gopald, Kimberly Nelson

    3:45 PM: Innovation in Tandem: Universities & Government at Work

    Cameron Cushman, Kendel Rogers

  • 1:45 PM: Regional University Research Collective

    Jim Starcev

    2:45 PM: Crowdfunding Roundtable Discussion

    3:45 PM: TBA

  • Hang out at theClubhou.se and get some work done!

  • 4:30 PM - Walk to Riverboat

  • 5:00 PM - Meet at Riverwalk Marina for transportation to Dinner with Locals

  • 5:30 PM - Dinner with Locals

  • 7:00 PM - Afterparty + Entrepreneur Showcase @ Southbound Rooftop

  • 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM - Free Trolley Ride back to Marriott & Hyatt House

Thursday, November 6

  • 8:00 AM - Breakfast

  • 9:00 AM - Day 2 Kickoff

  • 9:20 AM - Ideas Worth Championing: Rapid-fire talks from ecosystem builders across the country who will present bold ideas and real-life case studies.

    • What Information Do Entrepreneurs Need? w/ Eric Parker, Brian Baik, Kyema Peart

    • This Ain't a Program: It's a Lifeline! w/ Tanya Morris

    • Mentors, Not Unicorns w/ Jeremy Mace

    • Making Local Policy Work for Entrepreneurs w/ Chad Reese

  • 10:10 AM - Break

  • 10:40 AM - JSNA Performance

  • 10:50 AM - Lessons in Transforming a Dying Incubator into a Scaling Model w/ Scott Hathcock and Grace Belangia

  • 11:00 AM - Ideas Worth Championing Round 2

    • The Life of an Ecosystem Builder w/ Lexie Irvine

    • How to Work with Technical Folks So Your Startup Can Succeed w/ Dave Mackey

    • Veterans + Milspouses: The Untapped Force for America's Next Wave of Builders w/ Courtney Zaugg

  • 12:00 PM - Lunch around town (Gift Cards courtesy of Inncuvate)

  • 1:00 PM - Choose Your Own Adventure:

    • Augusta University - Allied Health Summerville Tour and Discussion Academic Partnerships (1pm-3:30pm)

    • Downtown Economic Mobility History Tour (1pm-3pm)

    • Laney Walker Museum Discussion and Tour (3:30pm-5pm)

    • Coworking and chill (3:30pm-7pm)

    • Cohado game afternoon (3:30pm-5:30pm)

    • Museum and Art Gallery Tour (3:30pm-5pm)

    • Scavenger Hunt (3:30pm-5pm)

    • Retail fun downtown (3:30pm-6pm)

  • 5:00 PM - Dinner

  • 6:30 PM - Settle in and learn about the Clubhou.se - where our Summit hosts’ ecosystem building journey began

  • 7:00 PM - Roses & Thorns & S’Mores

Friday, November 7

  • 8:00 AM - Breakfast

  • 9:00 AM - Welcome

  • 9:10 AM - Proclamation

  • 9:30 AM - Federal Policy w/ Congressman Rick Allen, John Dearie, and Eric Parker

  • 10:30 AM - Cracking the code on collaboration: How to co-design policy, programs, and trust with your local government w/ Alice Bosley and Gabriela Scarritt

  • 11:00 AM - America the Entrepreneurial

  • 11:30 AM - Wrap-Up and Announcements

  • 12:00 PM - Lunch

Speakers