A Collaborative Leadership Summit

A Collaborative Leadership Summit
CONTENTS
Together we can create
the great thinking and
bold solutions the future
demands in a way that
none of us could achieve
working independently.
WELCOME
2
SCHEDULE
4
SUNDAY:
COLLABORATIVE
LEADERSHIP
8
MONDAY:
ATTRACTING &
RETAINING TALENT
18
MONDAY:
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
26
MONDAY:
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
34
CLOSING SESSION:
LAUNCHING
ATLANTA FORWARD
42
LABS
46
SALONS
52
SPONSORS
54
MAP
69
ABOUT
KEY THEMES &
SESSION TOPICS
ATTRACTING
& RETAINING
TALENT
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
• The Future of Cities
• Engaging Top Talent
• Fostering Entrepreneurship
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
• Modern Drivers of Change
• Connection & Collaboration
• Innovations that Matter
• Teaching the Skills of Tomorrow
• New Models of Education
• A New Culture of Learning
SUMMIT STRUCTURE AND INTERACTIVE DESIGN
ATTRACTING
& RETAINING
TALENT
COLLABORATIVE
LEADERSHIP
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
4
SIGNATURE TALKS
FOCUS SESSIONS
DIGITAL LABS
SALONS
More than 60 renowned speakers
will lead presentations and panels,
exploring ways that we can apply
globally-proven strategies to fuel
breakout performance in ourselves,
our organizations and our region.
On Monday, September 23, participants
choose to dive deep into one of three
main topics of talent, innovation and
education. These sessions will vary
in format from 10-20 minute talks to
moderated panels and audience Q&A.
Dive into one of six LAB challenges
facing our region. Read the briefs or
watch the videos and submit your ideas
and solutions to the digital collaboration
platform, IdeaString. The top ideas will
be presented during the closing keynote.
On Sunday, September 22, join an
intimate, off-site gathering with other
(co)lab participants to expand on the
ideas shared during the summit or dive
deep into solutions for one of the labs.
Salons will be located all over Atlanta.
5
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
WELCOME
SUNDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY
Thank you for joining us
for this inaugural (co)lab
summit. You’re about to
experience incoming ideas
in rapid succession. Soften
your mind, and absorb
what’s happening on stage,
on screen, and around you.
And most of all, connect
with the people around you.
COLLABORATIVE
LEADERSHIP
ATTRACTING AND
RETAINING TALENT
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
CLOSING
SESSION
SYMPHONY
HALL
ALLIANCE
THEATRE
RICH
THEATRE
SYMPHONY
HALL
SYMPHONY
HALL
12:30PM — 2:30PM
9:00AM — 10:30AM
9:00AM — 10:30AM
9:00AM — 10:30AM
4:00PM — 6:00PM
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
THE FUTURE
OF CITIES
MODERN DRIVERS
OF CHANGE
TEACHING THE SKILLS
OF TOMORROW
LAUNCHING ATLANTA
FORWARD
3:00PM — 4:30PM
11:00AM — 12:30PM
11:00AM — 12:30PM
11:00AM — 12:30PM
SALONS:
ATTRACTING &
RETAINING TALENT
ENGAGING
TOP TALENT
CONNECTION &
COLLABORATION
NEW MODELS OF
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
SUNDAY
7:30PM – 9:30PM
5:00PM — 7:00PM
2:00PM — 3:30PM
2:00PM — 3:30PM
2:00PM — 3:30PM
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
FOSTERING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
INNOVATIONS
THAT MATTER
A NEW CULTURE
OF LEARNING
See p. 52-53 for
locations and details
on individual salons.
colabsummit.com
@colabsummit
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
SESSION 3
6
7
SUNDAY | SYMPHONY HALL
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
SESSION 3
COLLABORATIVE
LEADERSHIP
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
ATTRACTING &
RETAINING TALENT
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
12:30PM — 2:30PM
3:00PM — 4:30PM
5:00PM — 7:00PM
SUNDAY
SYMPHONY HALL
KASIM REED
Mayor, City of Atlanta
KASIM REED
Mayor, City of Atlanta
WILL RICHARDSON
Co-founder, Modern Learner
Media; Author of Why School?
TONY WAGNER
Innovation Education Fellow,
Technology & Entrepreneurship
Center, Harvard University
JIM S. TURLEY
Retired Chairman & CEO,
Ernst & Young
SIR KEN ROBINSON
Author, Speaker, Advisor in
Education Transformation
APRIL RINNE
Chief Strategy Officer,
Collaborative Lab
JIM PHILLIPS
Chairman & CEO,
NanoMech, Inc.
ROBERT AVOSSA
Superintendent of Fulton
County Public Schools
SUSAN BOOTH
Jennings Hertz
Artistic Director
RONEE HAGEN
CEO, Polymer Group
ALVETTA THOMAS
President, Atlanta
Technical College
KURT ANDERSEN
Author & Public Radio Host,
Studio 360
DEBORAH L. WINCE-SMITH
President & CEO, Council
on Competitiveness
MIKE THURMOND
Superintendent of DeKalb
County School District
The greater Atlanta region faces
tremendous opportunities for growth in
talent, innovation and education. Yet to set
the stage for what’s possible, we first must
confront reality.
In this session we’ll introduce collaborative
leadership, and the three key challenges
facing Atlanta: and explore each by sharing
the lab challenges paired with featured
speakers from each of the three themes:
• Transforming Education
• Cultivating Innovation
• Attracting & Retaining Talent
Collaborative Leadership track
presented by Delta
8
9
SUNDAY
KASIM REED
Mayor of Atlanta, City of Atlanta
Since taking office, Mayor Reed has hired more than 700 police officers,
re-opened all of the city’s recreation centers and improved core city services.
He has reversed a $48 million budget shortfall to deliver three years of
balanced budgets with no property tax increases. In September 2012, he
was named the 6th most influential African-American in the nation by The
Root. The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington
D.C. honored him with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award, saying
he “heralds a new and creative approach to leadership.”
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP
TONY WAGNER
Innovation Education Fellow, Technology & Entrepreneurship
Center, Harvard University
12:30PM — 2:30PM
SYMPHONY HALL
Dr. Tony Wagner is the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology and
Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard, where he researches and writes about how
parents, teachers, and employers can develop the capacities of young people
to become innovators. Dr. Wagner was founder and co-director of the Change
Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the author
of more than three dozen articles and five books, including the international
best-seller The Global Achievement Gap and Creating Innovators: The Making of
Young People Who Will Change The World.
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
APRIL RINNE
Chief Strategy Officer, Collaborative Lab
April Rinne has more than a decade of international experience focused
on disruptive business innovation, financial inclusion, law, policy,
micro-entrepreneurship, social enterprise and management of common
resources. She holds a JD from Harvard Law School and is a Young Global
Leader at the World Economic Forum, where she heads the collaborative
economy working group.
Atlanta has all the makings for a successful
world class innovation hub. Opportunity
lives here. In fact, as the fifth largest higher
education center in the country, we have
some of the brightest brains. So we thought
we’d put them to work.
SUSAN BOOTH
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
Susan joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. In the past twelve seasons,
she has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda
National Graduate Playwriting Competition, and created local producing
partnerships with Georgia Shakespeare, True Colors and the nine theatre
companies that participated in the Alliance’s City Series.
In this session, we’ll introduce the LABS and
explore how we might innovate our way out
of serious challenges facing the region.
HOST: JOE BANKOFF
Chair of the School at
Sam Nunn School of
International Affairs
at GA Tech
10
KURT ANDERSEN
Author & Public Radio Host, Studio 360
Kurt Andersen is the author of three critically acclaimed novels — most
recently True Believers, as well as the earlier bestsellers Heyday and Turn
of the Century – and the nonfiction books Reset and The Real Thing. In
addition, he’s the host of Studio 360, the Peabody Award-winning public
radio program, contributes regularly to Vanity Fair and The New York
Times, and writes for television, film and the theater. Previously, he cofounded Spy magazine; served as editor-in-chief of New York; design critic
for TIME; and has been a staff writer and columnist for The New Yorker. 11
SUNDAY
KASIM REED
Mayor of Atlanta, City of Atlanta
Since taking office, Mayor Reed has hired more than 700 police officers, reopened all of the city’s recreation centers and improved core city services. He
has reversed a $48 million budget shortfall to deliver three years of balanced
budgets with no property tax increases. In September 2012, he was named the
6th most influential African-American in the nation by The Root. The Joint
Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington D.C. honored him
with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award, saying he “heralds a new and
creative approach to leadership.”
JAMES S. TURLEY
Retired Chairman & CEO, Ernst & Young
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP
With approximately 167,000 people in 140 countries, Ernst & Young is one of
the largest professional services organizations in the world. As Chairman,
Mr. Turley has worked to create a high-performance work environment. Ernst
& Young has been consistently recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the
100 Best Companies to Work For. Mr. Turley serves on the Boards of the Boy
Scouts of America, Catalyst and the National Corporate Theater Fund. He is a
member of the Business Roundtable and Transatlantic Business Dialog.
3:00PM — 4:30PM
SYMPHONY HALL
JIM PHILLIPS
Chairman & CEO, NanoMech, Inc.
ATTRACTING &
RETAINING TALENT
James Phillips is a Member of the American Council on Competitiveness
and the U.S. Technology Leadership Council. Mr. Phillips has founded and
co-founded many successful corporations, earning prominent leadership
positions with Motorola, SkyTel, iPix, Telular, and The FedEx Institute of Technology. He was very instrumental in launching instant messaging, the PDA,
the Cable Modem, PCS, Fixed Cellular, iPix and TIME Magazine’s Medical
Invention of the Year- the VeinViewer. His innovative contributions have been
chronicled by Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, The New York Times, the Wall
Street Journal, Fox News, CNN, CNBC and the BBC.
What worked yesterday, won’t work today, and will be
obsolete tomorrow. This especially applies to how cities
and companies attract and retain top talent.
RONEE HAGEN
CEO, Polymer Group
In this session, we’ll ask hard questions, such as: What are
the skills of leaders of the future? What attracts top talent
to top companies? What role does the city play in attracting
top talent for companies and organizations? And how will
corporate leadership adapt it’s talent retention strategies for
the next generation?
Ms. Hagen was previously president and CEO of Sappi Fine Paper North
America. Ms. Hagen’s career began with an entrepreneurial turn as owner
and operator of Metal Sales Associates. After selling her company in 1996, she
joined Alumax as executive vice president and stayed on through the company’s
acquisition by Alcoa, where she rose to the position of VP and chief customer
officer. She is a member of C200, The Chicago Network, Women Corporate
Directors and The Economic Club of Chicago. DEBORAH L. WINCE-SMITH
President & CEO, Council on Competitiveness
An internationally renowned voice on competitiveness, innovation strategy,
science and technology, and international economic policy, Ms. Wince-Smith
has been credited with recharging the national debate on competitiveness, innovation and resilience. Ms. Wince-Smith is frequently called upon to testify
before Congress and appears regularly on global television news networks
including Bloomberg, BBC, CNBC, CNN and Fox News.
12
HOST:
DEBORAH L. WINCE-SMITH
President & CEO, Council
on Competitiveness
13
SUNDAY
HOST:
ETIENNE LEGRAND
Education Strategist
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP
5:00PM — 7:00PM
SYMPHONY HALL
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
There’s no doubt that Georgia’s educational system
needs a positive dose of transformation. Roughly,
only half of those that start high school, graduate.
In this session we’ll explore disruptive innovations in
the classroom, and ask questions like “why school?”
and “why doesn’t school look more like real life?”
and “what skills are we really teaching our students?”
After hearing from stellar experts in education, we’ll
turn inward, allowing local leaders in education to
respond to the challenges, and talk about how we as
a region can truly transform education.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
SIR KEN ROBINSON
Author, Speaker, Advisor in Education Transformation
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the
development of education, creativity and innovation. He speaks to audiences throughout the world on the creative challenges facing business
and education in the new global economies. The videos of his famous
2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen
by an estimated 200 million people in more than 150 countries.
14
15
NOTES
WILL RICHARDSON
Co-founder, Modern Learner Media; Author of Why School?
Mr. Richardson – a veteran public school educator of 22 years – is an outspoken advocate for change in schools and classrooms in the context of the
diverse new learning opportunities that the Web and other technologies now
offer. He has authored four books, most recently Why School? How Education
Must Change When Learning and Information are Everywhere.
ROBERT AVOSSA
Superintendent of Fulton County Public Schools
Dr. Avossa established the Learning Communities model for Fulton County
Schools. Organized geographically — Northwest, Northeast, Central and
South — the four learning communities allow a decentralized approach to
school management and provide schools the opportunity to work more
closely together and align resources. He also has been successful in driving
the school system forward in its quest for charter system status, which was
granted by the Georgia Department of Education in 2012.
ALVETTA THOMAS
President, Atlanta Technical College
Understanding that workforce training is critical in today’s business environment, Dr. Thomas has made great strides in increasing the number of highly-qualified, work-ready graduates in the city. Under her leadership, the college
has achieved a 98 percent job placement rate, an increase in college enrollment
of more than 40 percent, and the development of the Atlanta Technical College
Institute for Males, which was designed to increase the recruitment, retention,
and graduation rates of African-American males.
MICHAEL THURMOND
Superintendent of DeKalb County School District
Mr. Thurmond earned his JD from the University of South Carolina School
of Law. In 1986, he became the first African-American elected to the Georgia
General Assembly from Clarke County since Reconstruction. Mr. Thurmond
has served as a motivational speaker to state school board associations in
nine Southern states on issues regarding leadership, diversity and public
education advocacy in the 21st century. His latest book, Freedom: Georgia’s
Antislavery Heritage, 1733-1865, was awarded the Georgia Historical Society’s Lilla Hawes Award.
16
17
MONDAY | ALLIANCE THEATRE
ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT
ATTRACTING AND
RETAINING TALENT
MONDAY
ALLIANCE THEATRE
In today’s fluid driven economy, people in
fields like technology, design, architecture,
marketing, arts and entertainment can
help make a city more innovative and
competitive. Some call these people the
Creative Class. Others call them creators
and innovators. We simply like to call them
talented. And one of the biggest questions
facing Atlanta’s future is how do we attract
and retain more talented people?
Attracting & Retaining Talent track
presented by Cox Media Group
18
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
SESSION 3
9:00AM — 10:30AM
11:00AM — 12:30PM
2:00PM — 3:30PM
THE FUTURE
OF CITIES
ENGAGING
TOP TALENT
FOSTERING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
LEIGH GALLAGHER
Assistant Managing Editor,
Fortune
NADIRA HIRA
Journalist, Editor, Curator,
Generation Y Expert
AMY WILKINSON
Senior Fellow,
Harvard University
CHRISTOPHER B. LEINBERGER
Charles Bendit Distinguished
Scholar and Research Professor
of Urban Real Estate,
The George Washington
University, School of Business
CEREE EBERLY
SVP, Chief People Officer,
The Coca-Cola Company
YASUYUKI MOTOYAMA
Senior Scholar,
Kauffman Foundation
RICH FLOERSCH
EVP & Chief HR Officer,
McDonald’s Corporation
ALAN DABBIERE
Chairman, AirWatch
LIZ GOTTUNG
Chief Human Resource
Officer, Kimberly-Clark Corp.
DAVID CUMMINGS
CEO, Atlanta Tech Village /
Kevy
KRISTIN OLIVER
EVP, People Walmart U.S.
SANJAY PAREKH
Entrepreneur, Startup Riot /
Good Frenzy
ELLEN DUNHAM-JONES
Professor of Architecture and
Urban Design, Georgia Tech
PAUL MORRIS
CEO, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
KATHARINE KELLEY
Managing Director,
Jamestown / President and
CEO, Green Street Properties
19
LEIGH GALLAGHER
Assistant Managing Editor, Fortune
MONDAY
Leigh Gallagher is an Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune magazine, and
co-chairs the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. She is the author of
The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving. Ms. Gallagher speaks regularly at business and economics conferences, and appears
regularly on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, CNBC’s Squawk Box, CNN’s Piers
Morgan Tonight, public radio’s Marketplace and other programs.
CHRISTOPHER B. LEINBERGER
ATTRACTING AND
RETAINING TALENT
Charles Bendit Distinguished Scholar and Research Professor of Urban
Real Estate, The George Washington University, School of Business
Mr. Leinberger has four institutional connections: President of Locus, a group
that advocates for the upcoming transportation, tax reform and energy bills
at the federal, state and local level; The Charles Bendit Distinguished Scholar
and Research Professor at the George Washington University School of Business; the Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program of the
Brookings Institution; and as Founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a
New Urbanism/transit-oriented development firm. He authored The Option
of Urbanism, Investing in a New American Dream.
9:00AM — 10:30AM
ALLIANCE THEATRE
ELLEN DUNHAM-JONES
Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Georgia Tech
THE FUTURE
OF CITIES
Ellen Dunham-Jones is an award-winning architect and professor of urban
design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is co-author of Retrofitting
Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs. Its documentation of successful retrofits of aging stores, malls, and office parks into healthy
and more sustainable places received a PROSE award and has been featured
by The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Harvard Business Review, and
TED. She serves as Chair of the board of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
In order to thrive in the global economy, cities and
regions must attract and retain talent from outside
their usual walls. This requires investments in
infrastructure, quality of life, transportation (beyond
the car) and walkable, livable communities for all
ages. In this session, we’ll explore the future of
cities, from retrofitting suburbia to what attracts the
Millennial generation, to the ideal transportation plan
and structure. We’ll also sit with local developers and
ask how their plans help attract talent.
PAUL MORRIS, FASLA
President/CEO, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Paul Morris brings nearly 30 years’ experience to the organization, including prior work in consulting and line management roles focusing on transportation, urban redevelopment, natural resource management, public parks
throughout the US and Canada. Mr. Morris previously served as Deputy
Secretary for Transit for the North Carolina Department of Transportation
with responsibility for the department’s multi-modal divisions as well as a
number of land use and transportation initiatives.
HOST:
JUSTIN FARMER
WSB-TV, Channel 2,
News Anchor
20
KATHARINE KELLEY
Managing Director, Jamestown /
President and CEO, Green Street Properties
With over two decades of experience in urban infill, mixed-use and residential development, Ms. Kelley has supervised the development of more than
$700 million of properties. She also serves as President and CEO of Green
Street Properties, a subsidiary of Jamestown, where she oversees the company’s green consulting practice. 21
MONDAY
NADIRA HIRA
Writer / Host / Commentator, Generation Y Expert
Nadira Hira is a writer at heart. But in true restless Generation Y style, she
does it her way—as an award-winning journalist, editor, speaker, television
personality, all-round curator of great conversations and author of the
forthcoming Misled: How a Generation of Leaders Lost the Faith (And Just
What You’ll Need to Get It Back). Ms. Hira has become a leading voice on Gen
Y, speaking at such companies as AT&T and Walt Disney Imagineering. She
penned an analysis of her cohort, “You Raised Them, Now Manage Them”—
purportedly the first Fortune cover story to feature an emoticon.
ATTRACTING AND
RETAINING TALENT
CEREE T. EBERLY
SVP, Chief People Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Ceree Eberly is responsible for developing and transforming a global
workforce into a competitive advantage, and transforming the Company’s
workplace into a global differentiator. Her organization’s primary goal is to
attract, engage and retain the best people by making Coca-Cola “a great place
to work.” Ms. Eberly is a member of HR50, a group of the most senior HR
leaders from around the world. In addition, she is a Trustee for Oglethorpe
University in Atlanta and a member of Women Corporate Directors.
11:00AM — 12:30PM
ALLIANCE THEATRE
RICH FLOERSCH
EVP & Chief HR Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
ENGAGING
TOP TALENT
Rich Floersch’s prior service includes SVP of HR for Kraft Foods
International and VP of Corporate Compensation for Philip Morris. Mr.
Floersch is Vice Chairman for the HR Policy Association, an advocacy
organization representing the chief human resource officers from more
than 350 leading US employers. He was the fifth-ever recipient of the
Hunt-Scanlon Advisors’ HR Leadership Award, and was named by Human
Resource Executive to its Honor Roll. Mr. Floersch was inducted into the
National Academy of Human Resources.
Why is it that so many students come to the greater
Atlanta region for school — undergraduate or
graduate — but then leave immediately after
graduation? In this session, we’ll first seek to
understand the Millennial generation (Y) and what
they look for in both cities and companies. Then we’ll
turn the tables to understand what talent seekers —
Chief people officers — look for in prospective hirers,
and how they attract and retain top talent.
LIZ GOTTUNG
Chief Human Resource Officer, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Lizanne (Liz) Gottung is responsible for all enterprise human resource
strategies, and has transformed human resources into a strategic business
function. To achieve this, Ms. Gottung led the development of a five-year
People Strategy with initiatives, processes and systems designed to further
strengthen the company’s performance-driven culture. She continues to
identify ways to attract, develop, engage and retain the best people to drive
innovation and growth on a global basis at Kimberly-Clark. Ms. Gottung
was named one of the Top 10 Breakaway Leaders Award by Evanta HR.
KRISTIN OLIVER
EVP, People Walmart U.S.
22
Kristin Oliver is executive vice president of people for Walmart US,
supporting 1.4 million associates across the United States. Ms. Oliver
completed her bachelor’s degree at Oklahoma State University, and earned
her JD at Harvard. A former partner at the law firm of Gable & Gotwals
(Tulsa, OK), Ms. Oliver remains active in a variety of women’s initiatives,
including Walmart’s President’s Global Council of Women Leaders. She was
named to Diversity MBA Magazine’s “Top 100 Under 50” in 2011.
HOST:
BRIAN KROPP
Managing Director
of the Corporate
Leadership Council
23
MONDAY
AMY M. WILKINSON
Senior Fellow, Harvard University
Steeped in the world of innovation and the ways it has altered our most
fundamental assumptions, Ms. Wilkinson has conducted 250 interviews
with high-impact entrepreneurs to determine how and why these iconoclasts
shape the new world of work. As an entrepreneur herself, she started Alegre,
a cross-border art export company. Ms. Wilkinson previously led teams at
McKinsey & Company and J.P. Morgan. She has also served in the White
House as a White House Fellow and senior policy advisor to the U.S. Trade
Representative. She is a frequent speaker and media commentator.
ATTRACTING AND
RETAINING TALENT
YASUYUKI MOTOYAMA, PH.D.
Senior Scholar, Kauffman Foundation
Dr. Yasuyuki Motoyama’s main research areas are the regional ecosystem
of entrepreneurship, drivers of high-growth companies and universityindustry relations. Prior to joining the Kauffman Foundation, Dr.
Motoyama was a postdoctoral fellow with the Center for Nanotechnology
in Society at UCSB, researching the process of commercialization and
globalization of nanotechnology.
2:00PM — 3:30PM
ALLIANCE THEATRE
FOSTERING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Startups bring a striking energy to cities and
regions. It’s the lifeblood of the economy and
how young talent (or senior talent) invent
new jobs and new possibilities. In this session,
we’ll first hear from the experts who study
entrepreneurs, and understand what policies
our region might implement to better foster
entrepreneurs. Then we’ll invite rockstar
entrepreneurs to the stage, to share their
perspective and recommendations for how
we as a region can foster entrepreneurship.
Alan Dabbiere is a founder and Chairman of the Board of the world’s largest
mobile security and enterprise mobility management provider. Prior to
AirWatch, Mr. Dabbiere founded Manhattan Associates, the world’s leading
supply-chain execution software company, where he served as CEO or
Chairman from 1990-2003. His extensive résumé of community leadership
includes service on the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s Technology
Leadership Council, the Georgia Tech Advisory Board, the Board of Directors
of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the Advisory Board of Emory
University’s Roberto C. Goizueta Business School.
DAVID CUMMINGS
CEO, Atlanta Tech Village / Kevy
David Cummings is the founder of Hannon Hill (CMS provider) and cofounder of Pardot (B2B marketing automation software) – a company that
was acquired by ExactTarget, which – along with Pardot - was subsequently
acquired by salesforce.com. Most recently, Mr. Cummings founded the
Atlanta Tech Village, which ranks as the largest technology entrepreneur
center in the Southeast.
SANJAY PAREKH
Entrepreneur, Startup Riot / Good Frenzy
HOST:
ANDRE JACKSON
Editorial Editor, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
and AJC.com
24
ALAN DABBIERE
Chairman, AirWatch
Sanjay Parekh is the founder of Startup Riot (a day-long conference and
career fair event held in multiple cities) and Founder Fables (an off-the-record
conference for founders and co-founders.) In 2011, he also launched “Shop
Down the Debt” as a way for ordinary citizens to impact and reduce the U.S.
national debt. Mr. Parekh was also the founding CEO of Digital Envoy and
the inventor of the company’s patented NetAcuity IP intelligence technology.
He is widely celebrated and recognized with honors including Georgia Tech’s
“Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni,” Georgia Trend’s “Top
40 under 40” and MIT Technology Review’s “Top 100 young innovators.”
25
MONDAY | RICH THEATRE
CULTIVATING INNOVATION
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
SESSION 3
CULTIVATING
INNOVATION
9:00AM — 10:30AM
11:00AM — 12:30PM
2:00PM — 3:30PM
MODERN DRIVERS
OF CHANGE
CONNECTION &
COLLABORATION
INNOVATIONS
THAT MATTER
MONDAY
RICH THEATRE
DAVID BUTLER
VP of Innovation,
The Coca-Cola Company
ROBIN CHASE
Founder, Zipcar & Buzzcar
TOM FANNING
Chairman, President & CEO
Southern Company
GLEN HIEMSTRA
Founder & CEO,
Futurist.com
ROSS BAIRD
Executive Director,
Village Capital
LOCAL INNOVATORS
Atlanta has all the makings for a successful
world class innovation hub, right here
in our own backyard. For example, the
Advanced Technology Development
Center (ATDC) located at Georgia
Tech is considered one of the top 10
incubators in the world. Atlanta is home
to thousands of entrepreneurs, yet we still
condemn failure instead of supporting risktaking. How do we change our culture to
celebrate a “try, fail, try again” approach?
Cultivating Innovation Track
presented by Turner
SARA LEVINSON
Co-Founder, Kandu
SLAVA RUBIN
Founder & CEO Indiegogo
UDAIYAN JATAR
CEO Blue Earth Network
MERRICK FURST
Professor, Georgia Tech
Founder of Flashpoint
AMY BAXTER, M.D.
Inventor, CEO, MMJ Labs
KATHRYN PETRALIA
COO, Co-founder, Kabbage
GENEVIEVE BOS
Co-Founder, IdeaString
MARK FEINBERG
CEO & Co-founder of Uruut
DR. KARI EDISON WATKINS
Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
MARGARET MARTIN
CEO of Merlin Mobile
26
27
MONDAY
DAVID R. BUTLER
VP of Innovation, The Coca-Cola Company
David Butler is responsible for defining The Coca-Cola Company’s approach
to innovation. With an emphasis on disruptive or breakthrough thinking,
Mr. Butler is responsible for leading the strategy and developing the
capabilities required to create sustainable innovation across this global
corporation. He has been recognized by Fast Company as a “Master of
Design,” and was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix from the Cannes Lions
International Advertising Festival. Mr. Butler is a member of the World
Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Design Innovation. He is a
frequent lecturer and strong advocate for design education.
CULTIVATING INNOVATION
GLEN HIEMSTRA
Founder, Futurist.com
9:00AM — 10:30AM
RICH THEATRE
Glen Hiemstra is dedicated to disseminating information about the future to
assist individuals, organizations and industries in effective strategic planning.
An internationally respected expert on future trends, long-range planning and
creating the preferred future, Mr. Hiemstra has advised professional, business
and governmental organizations for two decades. A writer, speaker, consultant
and technical advisor for TV and movie productions, Mr. Hiemstra is also the
author of Turning the Future into Revenue: What Businesses and Individuals
Need to Know to Shape Their Future and co-author of Strategic Leadership:
Achieving Your Preferred Future.
MODERN DRIVERS
OF CHANGE
SARA L. LEVINSON
Co-Founder, Kandu
It’s hard enough to know what’s happening next
year, and you can forget about planning for ten
years from now. But there are a few experts that
seem to have a vision of the future, and can
forecast, predict and even act on beliefs that
become true modern drivers of change.
In this session, we’ll explore the future and examine
modern drivers of change that we can leverage,
from a new collaborative model of innovation, to
the top futurist trends, to wildly game-changing
apps made by kids.
28
Sara Levinson has forged a distinguished career working with some of the
world’s leading brands - companies that enjoy powerful consumer loyalties.
She served as President of both MTV Networks and NFL Properties,
and was named the first “Woman of the Year” by Women in Sports and
Entertainment. But she left all that to become CEO of a startup called
ClubMom, now a popular social network for mothers. She currently serves
on the Advisory board of the NRDC’s environmental magazine, On Earth.
Ms. Levinson is a board member for Harley Davidson, with a BS degree from
Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia.
UDAIYAN JATAR
CEO, Blue Earth Network
HOST:
MARTHA BROOKS
President and COO, Novelis
(Retired), Board Member
—Bombardier, HarleyDavidson, and Jabil Circuit
Udaiyan Jatar is the CEO of Blue Earth Network, a “Sustainable
Innovation & Brand Incubator” designed to help people create and scale
transformational products, services and solutions. Blue Earth Network
works with change-makers in Fortune 100s to Start-ups, Nonprofits and
Government. Blue Earth utilizes the revolutionary “Seven Disciplines
of Transcending Innovation” system based on a decade long study that
decoded how tinkerers and hobbyists built the world’s greatest businesses.
Mr. Jatar co-leads the pioneering Certified Professional Innovator program
at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.
29
MONDAY
ROBIN CHASE
Founder and Former CEO of Zipcar and Buzzcar
Robin Chase is founder and former CEO of Buzzcar, a service that brings
together car owners and drivers in a car sharing marketplace. She is also
founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the largest car sharing company in the
world, and GoLoco, an online ride-sharing community. Ms. Chase serves on
the Board of the World Resources Institute, the National Advisory Council for
Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the US Department of Commerce, and the
OECD’s International Transport Forum Advisory Board.
HOST:
RHONDA LOWRY
VP, Emerging Social Web
Technologies, Turner
ROSS BAIRD
Executive Director Village Capital
Village Capital has launched fifteen programs on five continents worldwide,
supporting over 250 enterprises; entrepreneurs themselves have allocated
over $2 million from partner investors through programs. Mr. Baird also
serves as a faculty member at the Monterey Institute for International
Studies, where he helps lead the Frontier Market Scouts program, the
nation’s top initiative for young professionals interested in careers in impact
investing. Prior to starting Village Capital, Ross served as an Investment
Analyst with First Light Ventures.
SLAVA RUBIN
Founder & CEO Indiegogo
Slava Rubin is the CEO and co-founder of Indiegogo, a company dedicated
to revolutionizing the way that people fund what matters to them, and has
led the organization to becoming the largest crowdfunding platform in the
world. Prior to Indiegogo, Mr. Rubin was a strategy consultant working on
behalf clients such as MasterCard and FedEx for over a decade. He is the
founder of “Music Against Myeloma,” an annual charity event that raises
funds and awareness for cancer research.
MERRICK FURST
Professor, Georgia Tech; Founder of Flashpoint
Dr. Merrick Furst runs commercialization and new venture creation, and
directs undergraduate programs and faculty development in the College of
Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He recently founded the
anti-botnet startup, Damballa, Inc. Previously, Dr. Furst was a professor at
UC Berkeley, president of the International Computer Science Institute at
Berkeley and associate dean in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie
Mellon. He is known for seminal research in algorithms, complexity theory
and AI. Merrick co-invented probabilistic circuit analysis and planning
graphs, which are considered among the most influential breakthroughs in
the field of AI planning.
30
CULTIVATING INNOVATION
11:00AM — 12:30PM
RICH THEATRE
CONNECTION &
COLLABORATION
Citizens are more connected through technology than ever
before, and therefore are connected to more people, more
products, more ideas than ever before.
In this session, we’ll explore why connection matters, how
we are physically wired for connection, and what that
means for innovation. We’ll also explore what connection
means in the sharing economy and how connection can
not only drive innovation, but how it can drive funding for
innovation in far more creative, flexible and sharable ways.
31
MONDAY
TOM FANNING
Chairman, President & CEO Southern Company
HOST:
KEVIN RILEY
Editor, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Fanning has worked for Southern Company for more than 30 years and
has held numerous officer positions in the areas of finance, strategy,
international business development and technology. Fanning serves on the
board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Georgia Tech
College of Management advisory board, and the board of trustees for the
Georgia Tech Foundation. He also is vice chairman of the Edison Electric
Institute and a member of the Business Roundtable.
LOCAL INNOVATORS
CULTIVATING INNOVATION
2:00PM — 3:30PM
RICH THEATRE
INNOVATIONS
THAT MATTER
From solving energy to solving water to solving
transportation, innovations that matter far exceed
just profits. They exceed the expectations of citizens.
In this session, we’ll explore the role of energy,
and how one of the largest suppliers of energy
is innovating its portfolio, and how to foster
entrepreneurship in a large scale company.
Then we’ll dive into a series of talks by local
innovators solving challenges in healthcare,
education, digital collaboration, transportation and
augmented reality. It just might change your mind
about waiting to start your own business.
32
AMY BAXTER, M.D.
CEO buzzy4shots.com, MMJ Labs LLC
GENEVIEVE BOS
CEO and Co-Founder, IdeaString
A pediatric emergency physician and the Director of
Emergency Research for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, Dr. Baxter invented and patented
a non-invasive desensitization device proven to block
needle pain on contact. “Buzzy” is now in over 500
hospitals worldwide. Dr. Baxter holds patents on the
MDEA-winning “Buzzy” and DistrACTION cards, and
is CEO of MMJ Labs, a maker of personal pain products. She was ranked #1 in Inc. Magazine’s Top Woman
in Tech to Watch for 2012, is a MakerFaire speaker, and
a Huggies “MomInspired” grant recipient.
IdeaString is an online collaboration and ideation
platform that transforms employees – and an entire
network – into innovators for some of the world’s largest
companies, such as GE, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Focus
Brands, Manheim, Computer Associates and more. Ms.
Bos has started and sold multiple venture-backed and
privately-held corporations in the technology and media
sectors. She co-founded PINK magazine (now www.LittlePinkBook.com) as well as the technology companies
InfoGraphix and ZapMedia. She is a sought-after expert
and speaker on professional success and entrepreneurship, and is featured by many media outlets, including
Forbes, CBS, NBC and CNBC.
MARGARET MARTIN
CEO of Merlin Mobile
Margaret Martin has over 20 years of experience
leading educational and media technology companies
to commercial success. Her experience includes 13
years in the Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and Portland
technology markets. Ms. Martin founded and led
several of Atlanta’s first Interactive Media companies. Her early work includes development for TBS,
Cartoon Network and TBS Advertising. She founded
IQTV, an educational technology company featured at
AT&T’s Distance Learning Lab. Along with Georgia
Tech professors, she founded her first Georgia Tech
startup whose product, inFusion (an integrated media
distance learning tool) is still in use today.
MARK FEINBERG
CEO & Co-founder of Uruut
Uruut is a collaborative fundraising tool that’s revolutionizing the way community projects are funded.
Through Uruut, Mr. Feinberg is able to blend his business, technology, investment and entrepreneurial background with his passion for strengthening community.
Mark also holds both a Bachelor and Master of Business
Administration from Emory University, and brings
senior leadership experience from his tenure at the IBM
Corporation and Ernst & Young Consulting. Mark has
served on various corporate boards, and is a founding
member of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce.
KATHRYN PETRALIA
COO, Co-founder, Kabbage
DR. KARI EDISON WATKINS
Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
Ms. Petralia started Kabbage (the world’s fastest platform to provide small business financing) along with
her two co-founders, which grew to more than 100,000
customers in just over four years. Previously, she
was VP of Strategy with Revolution Money, an Internet-based credit card startup, and a corporate development executive with CompuCredit Corporation. Ms.
Petralia was also one of the founders of WorthKnowing.com, a consumer financial services portal whose IP
was later sold to CompuCredit and TransUnion.
Dr. Kari Watkins is an Assistant Professor in the School
of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia
Institute of Technology. Her teaching and research
interests revolve around multi-modal transportation
planning and the use of technology in transportation,
especially as related to transit planning and operations
and improved traveler information. She co-created the
OneBusAway program (onebusaway.org) to provide
real-time next bus countdown information and other
transit tools for riders in greater Seattle-Tacoma.
33
MONDAY | SYMPHONY HALL
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
SESSION 3
TRANSFORMING
EDUCATION
9:00AM — 10:30AM
11:00AM — 12:30PM
2:00PM — 3:30PM
TEACHING THE SKILLS
OF TOMORROW
NEW MODELS OF
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
A NEW CULTURE
OF LEARNING
MONDAY
SYMPHONY HALL
TONY WAGNER
Author, Harvard Fellow
DR. G.P. “BUD” PETERSON
President, Georgia Institute
of Technology
ANDREW NG
Co-founder, Coursera
RINAT ARUH
Co-founder, aruliden
DIANA LAUFENBERG
Lead Teacher, Inquiry Schools
RON CLARK
Founder,
Ron Clark Academy
MICHAEL LEVINE
Founder, Director
Joan Ganz Cooney Center
NIKHIL GOYAL
Author, Activist,
Learning Revolution
LAUREN MILLER
CEO, Excelegrade;
Winner of 2013 Startup Riot
BRETT JACOBSEN
Head of School, Mount Vernon
Presbyterian School
KEN ZEFF
Chief Strategy and Innovation
Officer, Fulton County Schools
JEFF HOWARD
Founder & President,
The Efficacy Institute
BILL STRICKLAND
Community Leader
and Author
SUNNY LEE
Product Lead, Open Badges,
Mozilla Corp.
Georgia is in the midst of a
dropout crisis. The consequences
to individual children, their families
and communities, and to Atlanta
constitute a modern social crisis. In
this Transforming Education track,
we’ll explore how we can teach the
skills of tomorrow, understand new
models in education, and create a
new culture of learning for all.
Transforming Education Track
presented by Georgia Pacific
34
35
MONDAY
TONY WAGNER
Author, Harvard Fellow
Dr. Tony Wagner is the first Innovation Education Fellow at the
Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard, where he researches
and writes about how parents, teachers, and employers can develop the
capacities of young people to become innovators. Dr. Wagner was founder
and co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate
School of Education.
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION
RINAT ARUH
Co-founder, aruliden
9:00AM — 10:30AM
SYMPHONY HALL
Rinat Aruh, with her nontraditional approach to design and marketing, has
led and collaborated on diverse projects for retail environments, mobile
communications, automotive launches, consumer packaging as well as internet
start-ups. Before Gap Inc. brought her to work on a new brand initiative as
Vice President of Marketing, she held the position of Global Strategy Manager
for MINI Lifestyle at BMW Group in Munich, where she was responsible for
product development, brand extensions as well as new business strategies.
TEACHING
THE SKILLS OF
TOMORROW
Perseverance. Grit. Tenacity. Multi-tasking.
Synthesis. Collaboration. These are all some of
the skills of tomorrow that adults will have to
learn in an ever increasing creative economy.
So how are we preparing adults at the earliest
stages in life? In this session, we’ll reimagine the
classroom, by integrating design-thinking into the
curriculum, even in early childhood education.
We’ll learn how the digital revolution is changing
the way our children learn, and how project-based
learning might just be the way to wire brains for
creativity — a skill most coveted by CEO’s.
36
MICHAEL H. LEVINE
Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center
at Sesame Workshop
Dr. Michael Levine directs the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, an independent
organization based at Sesame Workshop. Previously, Dr. Levine served
as VP of New Media and Executive Director of Education for Asia
Society, managing their interactive media and educational initiatives to
promote knowledge and understanding of Asia and other world regions,
languages and cultures. He oversaw Carnegie Corporation of New York’s
groundbreaking work in early childhood development, educational media,
and primary grades reform.
BRETT JACOBSEN
Head of School, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School
HOST:
JULIE BREHM
Executive Vice President,
Human Resources,
Georgia- Pacific
Dr. Brett Jacobsen advocates for a new kind of framework for this generation
of students – one that requires all learning communities to develop relevant
and innovative learning and assessment maps for each student; recognizes
the critical process of employing a variety of approaches to engage and
motivate students; and prioritizes the training and development of teachers
in a fast paced, digitally-based global marketplace. Dr. Jacobsen is the
founder of the Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation.
37
BUD PETERSON
President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Under the leadership of Peterson, the Tech community has developed
and begun the implementation of a 25-year strategic plan, “Designing the
Future.” At Georgia Tech he has expanded innovative collaborations and
strategic partnerships with research universities and hospitals, as well as
business and industry. His prior academic service includes positions as
chancellor of University of Colorado at Boulder, provost of RPI, and faculty/
leadership at Texas A&M. Dr. Peterson has worked for NASA and the
National Science Foundation, and is serves by US presidential appointment
on the National Science Board.
DIANA LAUFENBERG
Lead Teacher, Inquiry Schools
Diana Laufenberg most recently taught at the Science Leadership Academy
in Philadelphia, an inquiry-driven, project-based high school focused on
modern learning. Her practice has deep roots in experiential education,
taking students from the classroom to the real world and back again. Prior
to her work in Philadelphia, Ms. Laufenberg worked in Flagstaff, where she
was named Technology Teacher of the Year for Arizona and a member of the
Governor’s Master Teacher Corps.
NIKHIL GOYAL
Author, Activist, Learning Revolution
Nikhil Goyal is the author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s
Assessment of School. At just 18 years of age, his work has already received
significant media coverage, including The New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Washington Post, MSNBC, NPR, FOX Business, The Globe and Mail,
Huffington Post, Fast Company and Education Week. In 2012, Mr. Goyal was
named one of the “World Changers” for Dell #Inspire 100. A recipient of the
2013 Freedom Flame Award, Mr. Goyal was named among 2013 Forbes “30
Under 30” and ORIGIN magazine’s “The Nation’s Top Creatives.”
BILL STRICKLAND
Community Leader and Author
Mr. Strickland founded the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild to bring arts
education and mentorship to inner city youth in his neighborhood; he
transformed the struggling Bidwell Training Center into a nationally
accredited, state licensed institution; and he founded the National Center
for Arts and Technology. Widely honored for his work, Mr. Strickland is an
acclaimed speaker and the author of Make the Impossible Possible.
KEN ZEFF
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Fulton County Schools
Kenneth Zeff oversees the Fulton County District’s transition to a charter
system, which grants all 100 schools (serving 95,000 students) charter-like
flexibility and freedom. Ken arrived from Los Angeles where he served as
the Chief Operations Officer for Green Dot Public Schools, serving over
10,000 students in Los Angeles and New York.
38
HOST:
JOVITA MOORE
WSB-TV, Channel 2,
News Anchor and
Reporter
MONDAY
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION
11:00AM — 12:30PM
SYMPHONY HALL
NEW MODELS
OF SCHOOLS
& EDUCATION
It’s evident that the old school model is broken. In
fact, really broken. The big question here
is, “why doesn’t school look more like real life?” In this
session we’ll explore new models of education and
how leaders are completely rethinking curriculums,
school climates, business models and the role of
the arts. We’ll aim to understand the power of
technology and access to world-class education
through MOOC’s. And we’ll hear how universities
are mastering partnerships to amplify their course
offerings into real world work experience.
39
MONDAY
HOST:
SCOTT SLADE
News/Talk WSB, Host of
Atlanta’s Morning News
ANDREW NG
Co-founder, Coursera
Andrew Ng is a co-founder of Coursera, an Associate Professor of Computer
Science at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Artificial
Intelligence Lab. Mr. Ng’s goal is to give everyone in the world access to
a high quality education, for free. Today, Coursera boasts more than 85
university partners, 435 courses, and 4.5 million students.
RON CLARK
Founder, Ron Clark Academy
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION
2:00PM — 3:30PM
SYMPHONY HALL
Ron Clark brings charisma, energy and devotion to the education profession.
His highly effective educational programs in rural North Carolina garnered
national attention and led to a White House invitation to be honored by the
President. Known to many as “America’s Educator,” he is the 2000 Disney
American Teacher of the Year, a two-time New York Times Bestselling
author, and the subject of a television movie and the founder of The Ron
Clark Academy.
LAUREN MILLER
CEO, Excelegrade; Winner of 2013 Startup Riot
A NEW CULTURE
OF LEARNING
Lauren Miller is the CEO of Excelegrade, an online software platform that
allows K-12 teachers to design standards-based assessments, administer
tests on mobile devices, automatically track student performance, conduct
rigorous data analyses, and create individualized progress reports. Ms.
Miller was a second grade teacher in Atlanta, a Teach for America corps
member, and a teacher trainer and Program Director at a school in Ghana.
A truly well-rounded education takes more than
perfect scores within the walls of a classroom. It’s
more about establishing a culture for life-long
learning — from cradle to grave. In this session,
we’ll explore how our communities might rally
around our schools to help our students become
the most competitive in the nation.
JEFF HOWARD
Founder & President, The Efficacy Institute
We’ll hear from students, recent graduates and
professors to understand how best to prepare
students for a new culture of learning.
Dr. Jeff Howard is the founder and President of The Efficacy Institute, Inc.
The Institute’s mission is to promote the academic and social development
of children by helping educators, parents and human service providers
operate from a simple belief: all children can learn at very high levels if
the process of education is effectively organized. A graduate of Harvard
University, Dr. Howard has spent more than 30 years as a staff developer
and consultant to school and community leaders on systemic education
reform, and as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies. His work is based on
the idea that intelligence can be developed.
SUNNY LEE
Product Lead, Open Badges, Mozilla Corp.
Sunny Lee speaks passionately about the potential for open badges as an
alternative and complementary system for credentialing. Ms. Lee oversees
partnership strategies that would grow and advance the ecosystem, and
works to promote badges as a viable and evidence-based way to evaluate
candidates for career and educational advancement and opportunities. Ms.
Lee has a Master of Information Management & Systems degree from UC
Berkeley with an emphasis in Education & Technology.
40
41
MONDAY
CLOSING SESSION
4:00PM — 6:00PM
SYMPHONY HALL
LAUNCHING
ATLANTA
FORWARD
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
THOMAS FRIEDMAN
Enough talk already. We need action!
Well, OK, maybe one more talk, especially
if it’s Thomas Friedman. But after that, it’s
all about action, and next steps.
Author, Reporter, Columnist for The New York Times
During this closing keynote, all six LAB
Leaders will present the top ideas and
solutions crowdsourced on IdeaString.
Then a panel of regional leaders will discuss
the ideas and talk about how the region can
collaborate in order to bring these solutions
into reality.
HOST:
DAVID LEWIS
President, David
Lewis Productions
42
Tom Friedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and
renowned columnist for The New York Times, respected for
his direct reporting and sophisticated analysis of complex
issues facing the modern world. According to Foreign Policy
magazine, “Friedman doesn’t just report on events; he helps
shape them.” He has covered monumental stories from
around the globe for The New York Times since 1981. Vanity
Fair called him “the country’s best newspaper columnist.”
of the Arab Awakenings and Arab/Israeli relations in a
new preface and afterword.
His latest New York Times bestseller, co-written with
Michael Mandelbaum, is That Used to Be Us: How America
Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come
Back. According to The Christian Science Monitor, “Anyone
who cares about America’s future ought to read this book and
hear the authors’ compelling case.”
Ranked #2 on The Wall Street Journal’s list of “influential
business thinkers,” named to the 2011 Thinkers50, and
considered one of “America’s Best Leaders” by US News &
World Report, Friedman is a frequent guest on programs
such as Meet the Press, Morning Joe and Charlie Rose. His
TV documentaries, Searching for the Roots of 9/11, The
Other Side of Outsourcing, and Addicted to Oil, have aired
on the Discovery Channel.
Friedman’s book The World is Flat: A Brief History of
the Twenty-First Century sold over four million copies;
Kirkus Reviews called it “simply the best book written
on globalization.” The book won the inaugural Financial
Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year
Award. In 2012 Friedman updated his National Book Awardwinner, From Beirut to Jerusalem, adding a fresh discussion
His following book, Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a
Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America, was a
#1 New York Times bestseller. Friedman’s other bestsellers
include Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of
Terrorism, and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. In awarding Friedman his third Pulitzer Prize, the Pulitzer
Board cited his “clarity of vision, based on extensive
reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the
terrorist threat.”
43
SHARE YOUR IDEAS ON IDEASTRING
REGIONAL LEADERSHIP PANEL
SEPTEMBER 16 THRU SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
DOUG HOOKER
1) GO TO: www.colabsummit.com/IdeaString
Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission
2) ENTER: your email address
As head of the official planning organization for the 10-county, 70-city
Atlanta region, he oversees regional planning programs in the areas of
transportation, community development, land use, water and natural
resources, aging services and workforce development and more.
3) ENTER THE PASSWORD: colab2013
4) CHOOSE A LAB: or dive into all six labs
5) WATCH THE VIDEO, or read the briefs
6) ADD YOUR IDEAS , and build on other ideas
SIG MOSLEY
Managing Partner at Mosley Ventures LLC
Sig Mosley, better known in Atlanta’s tech startup circles as the “unwitting
godfather of angel investing,” has been appointed chairman of the Atlanta CEO
Council for 2012 and 2013. Sig Mosley has spent the past two decades financing
and mentoring Atlanta startups. Mosley is president of Imlay Investments, Inc.
LAB 1
ATTRACT
THE CREATIVE
CLASS
How might we design our
communities to attract
the creative class?
LAB 2
AMPLIFY
ARTS AND
CULTURAL
ASSETS
How might we better
celebrate our arts and
cultural assets?
RON CLARK
Founder, Ron Clark Academy
Ron Clark brings charisma, energy and devotion to the education profession.
Known to many as “America’s Educator,” he is the 2000 Disney American
Teacher of the Year, a two-time New York Times Bestselling author, and the
subject of a television movie and the founder of The Ron Clark Academy.
KEITH T. PARKER, AICP
LAB 3
FOSTER
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
COLLABORATIVE
INNOVATION
How might we foster
partnerships among
business, universities
and governments to
spark innovation and
entrepreneurship?
LAB 4
DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY
TO CONNECT
THE REGION
How might we make
our cities and our region
smarter, more efficient,
more connected and
more collaborative
through technology?
General Manager/Chief Executive Officer, MARTA
Keith T. Parker, AICP, is the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of
the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) the nation’s 9th
largest transit system which includes heavy rail, bus and paratransit services.
MARTA provides nearly 420,000 passenger boardings a day.
TIM LEE
Commission Chairman, Cobb County
Tim Lee was elected Chairman of the Board of Commissioners in July 2010. He
was first elected to office in November 2002 serving the residents of northeast
Cobb as District Three Commissioner until April 2010. Prior, Lee was VP of the
Northeast Cobb Homeowners Group and led the organization in 2000.
LAB 5
INCREASE
HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION
RATES
How might we raise
Metro Atlanta’s current
high school graduation
rates to 90+%?
LAB 6
ENGAGE
COMMUNITIES
IN EDUCATION
How might communities
rally around our students
to help develop the next
generation of leaders?
JEFFREY TAPIA
Executive Director, Latin American Association
Jeffrey Tapia brings more than 30 years experience leading programs and
initiatives serving the Latino community. Prior to her appointment, Tapia held
two key roles for the organization, serving as the Chief Operating Office since
2008 and as the Associate Executive Director from 1994 to 2001.
44
45
ATTRACTING & RETAINING TALENT LABS
LABS
LAB 1
LAB 2
ATTRACTING THE CREATIVE CLASS
AMPLIFING ART & CULTURAL ASSETS
HOW MIGHT WE DESIGN OUR COMMUNITIES
TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE CREATIVE CLASS?
HOW MIGHT WE BETTER CELEBRATE AND AMPLIFY
OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSETS?
In today’s fluid driven economy, people in fields like technology,
Imagine you fly to Miami, get in a cab, and the driver knows you’re
design, architecture, marketing, arts and entertainment can help make
there for Art Basel. Or you fly to New York, and the cabbie knows
a city more innovative and competitive. Some call these people the
you’re in town to see the Guggenheim and a Broadway show. Atlanta
Creative Class. Others call them creators and innovators. We simply
has a rich, vibrant arts scene, but still, all we’re known for is traffic and
like to call them talented. And one of the biggest questions facing
heat. So how do we make the arts a bigger part of our identity? How
Atlanta’s future is how do we attract and retain more talented people?
can we as a city become known for arts and culture?
LAB LEADER
LAB LEADER
Kevin Green
Gregory Burbidge
Leadership Atlanta ’06, President & CEO, Midtown Alliance
Senior Program Specialist, Atlanta Regional Commission
LAB CHAIR
LAB CHAIR
Lena Carstens
Kim Poma
LEAD Atlanta ’08, Global Operational Excellence Manager,
The Coca-Cola Company
Iris Worldwide
Iris Worldwide
Anna Lee, Marketing Strategist
Anna Lee, Marketing Strategist
Ashley Grice, Public Health Strategist
Ashley Grice, Public Health Strategist
Grant Weber, Senior Copywriter
Lauren Colley, Social Strategist
46
City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
CREATIVE TEAM
CREATIVE TEAM
Simon Candy, Creative Director
LEAD Atlanta ’06, Program Manager, Arts in Education,
Simon Candy, Creative Director
#coLAB1
Grant Weber, Senior Copywriter
Lauren Colley, Social Strategist
#coLAB2
47
CULTIVATING INNOVATION LABS
LABS
LAB 3
LAB 4
FORGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS
SOLVING WITH TECHNOLOGY
HOW MIGHT WE FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS AMONG
BUSINESS, UNIVERSITIES AND GOVERNMENTS TO
SPARK INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
HOW MIGHT WE MAKE OUR CITIES AND OUR REGION
SMARTER, MORE EFFICIENT, MORE CONNECTED AND
MORE COLLABORATIVE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY?
Atlanta has all the makings for a world class innovation hub, right here in
Technology allows for cities to connect in ways never before imagined.
our own backyard. Yet, we also face challenges that can best be solved by
How can we harness technology — from mobile apps to smart bus
partnerships between government, companies and universities. Forging
stations — to help connect citizens to each other and create far more
these partnerships presents its own challenges. Silos in authority,
connected and collaborative neighborhoods, cities and regions?
ownership, resources, and even competitive advantages create barriers
to partnership and innovation. Imagine the impact of innovating, and
LAB LEADER
collaborating seamlessly.
Stephen Fleming
Vice President, Economic Development and Technology Ventures, and
LAB LEADER
Executive Director of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech
Katie Kirkpatrick
Leadership Atlanta ’12, Senior Vice President, Business Higher
LAB CHAIR
Education, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Jeff Hilimire
Leadership Atlanta ’13, CEO and Founder, Dragon Army
LAB CHAIR
Daniel Gordon
CREATIVE TEAM
LEAD ’09, President, Soleria Development Group
Porter Novelli
Jana Thomas, Senior Vice President
CREATIVE TEAM
Kristy Grulikowski, Vice President
Porter Novelli
Amber Wilburn, Creative Designer
Jana Thomas, Senior Vice President
Mark Avera, Senior Account Executive
Kristy Grulikowski, Vice President
Matt Cone, Strategic Audience Services
Amber Wilburn, Creative Designer
#coLAB3
#coLAB4
Mark Avera, Senior Account Executive
48
Matt Cone, Strategic Audience Services
49
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION LABS
LABS
LAB 5
LAB 6
RAISING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS
ENGAGING FUTURE LEADERS
HOW MIGHT WE RAISE GEORGIA’S CURRENT HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE TO 90+%?
HOW MIGHT COMMUNITIES RALLY AROUND
OUR STUDENTS TO HELP DEVELOP THE NEXT
GENERATION OF LEADERS?
Georgia is in the midst of a dropout crisis. With a high school
graduation rate of 69 percent, our education system is failing far
It takes a village to raise a child. But effective leadership to preserve
too many of our children. The consequences to individual children,
a village. The challenges we face are greater than ever, and a
their families and communities, and to Atlanta constitute a modern
leadership deficit leaves our future in question. How might the
social crisis. Improving our high school graduation rate is crucial to
Atlanta community more effectively engage with our schools and
developing a sustained higher quality of life throughout our region. students to improve education and generate the next generation of
How can we raise our high school graduation rate in metro-Atlanta
leaders to sustain and advance the proverbial village.
from less than 70 percent to more than 90 percent?
LAB LEADER
LAB LEADER
Ann Cramer
Kamau Bobb
Leadership Atlanta ’77, Senior Consultant, Coxe Curry & Associates
Research Scientist for Outreach and Policy Analysis at CEISMC
LAB CHAIR
LAB CHAIR
John Hardman
Hunter Pierson
LEAD Atlanta ’12, Vice President, Granite Holdings, Inc.
Goldman Sachs, Former Corps Member, Teach for America,
Founder, Young Professionals for Educational Equity
CREATIVE TEAM
Nebo
CREATIVE TEAM
Adam Harrell, Creative Director
Nebo
Pete Lawton, Art Director
Adam Harrell, Creative Director
Zach Graham, Sr. Designer
Pete Lawton, Art Director
Venkat Gazula, Designer
Zach Graham, Sr. Designer
#coLAB5
#coLAB6
Venkat Gazula, Designer
50
51
SALONS
SALONS
Salons are off-site
gatherings all over the
greater Atlanta region
where (co)lab participants
join others over dinner
to expand on the ideas
shared during the summit.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,
FROM 7:30PM – 9:30PM
MIDTOWN, ATLANTA:
STRATEGIES FOR
CREATING A WORLDCLASS INNOVATION
DISTRICT
SALON HOST:
Midtown Alliance
VENUE:
Midtown Alliance
999 Peachtree Street
Suite 730
Atlanta, GA 30030
COLLABORATIVE
GROWTH AND
COLLABORATIVE
SPACES
SALON HOSTS:
covello and Gensler
VENUE:
Gensler
999 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30309
CREATING A
BIKE-FRIENDLY
ATLANTA
BUILDING
A DESIGN
COMMUNITY
SALON HOST:
Atlanta Bicycle
Coalition
SALON HOSTS:
MODA and
Son&Sons
VENUE:
Atlanta Bicycle
Coalition
692 Kirkwood Ave
SE #C1
Atlanta, GA
VENUE:
MODA
1315 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA
VENUE:
Phillip Rush Center
1530 DeKalb Avenue,
Suite A, Atlanta, GA
30307
OUR LABOR,
OURSELVES: REIMAGINING WORK
IN THE PURPOSE
ECONOMY
INNOVATION
AND POWER
STRUCTURES
FINDING YOUR
FORTE: PASSIONS,
GIFTS AND REWARDS
TOWARDS PURPOSE
SALON HOST:
WonderRoot
SALON HOST:
Your Crescendo
VENUE:
WonderRoot
Community Arts
Center
982 Memorial Dr. SE,
Atlanta, GA 30316
VENUE:
Your Crescendo
VisionSpace
The Atlantic
270 17th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30363
ATLANTA’S
BUSINESS OF BBQ
/GROWTH OF
BBQ IN ATLANTA
THE HEALTH
OF ATLANTA’S
LITERACY
SALON HOST:
Imperative
VENUE:
Carroll Street Cafe
208 Carroll St SE,
Atlanta, GA 30312
THE LGBT
COMMUNITY
AND THE
CREATIVE CLASS
SALON HOST:
Georgia Equality
INVITATION ONLY
VIP DINNER
FOR SPEAKERS,
PATRONS & VIP
SPONSORS
52
FOSTERING REGIONAL
COLLABORATION TO SPARK
INNOVATION
HOST:
Leadership Atlanta
SALON HOSTS:
Metro Atlanta Chamber and Atlanta
Regional Commission
VENUE:
Center Space
Woodruff Arts Center
1280 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
VENUE:
Sky Bar at 5 Seasons
Restaurant & Brewery
1000 Marietta St NW #204,
Atlanta, GA
OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES OF SHIFTING
TO A STUDENT-CENTERED
SCHOOL MODEL
SALON HOSTS:
The Westminster Schools and The
Lovett School
VENUE:
The Westminster Schools
1424 West Paces Ferry Road NW,
Atlanta, GA
THE SOCIAL
INNOVATION OF
STARTUPS
SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITY
DESIGN
SALON HOST:
Nex Atlanta
(formally Hub Atlanta)
SALON HOST:
Southface
VENUE:
Nex Atlanta
318 Cherokee Ave SE
#104, Atlanta, GA 30312
VENUE:
Southface
241 Pine Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
SALON HOSTS:
Atlanta BBQ Festival /
Atlanta BBQ Club
VENUE:
Home of
Bob Herndon
131 Superior Ave
Decatur GA 30030
SALON HOST:
Literacy Action, Inc.
VENUE:
PricewaterhouseCoopers
1075 Peachtree St NE
26th Floor
Atlanta, GA
53
ORGANIZING SPONSOR
LEADERSHIP ATLANTA STAFF
LEADERSHIP ATLANTA’S MISSION:
It is the mission of Leadership Atlanta to build a
better community for everyone in the Atlanta region
through education about the key issues facing the
region and inspiring members and others to take on
and exercise real leadership committed to serving
the common good. More on our mission.
LEADERSHIP ATLANTA’S HISTORY:
Celebrating 44 years of developing leaders,
Leadership Atlanta operates the oldest sustained
community program of its type in the country.
Leadership Atlanta was built upon this conviction:
the early selection, nurturing and training of leaders
was too important to be left to chance. The founders
envisioned an organization that would serve as a
training ground and a conduit through which people
could pass and make a difference in how Atlanta
worked. The model leveraged one of Atlanta’s
strongest assets — the tradition of cooperation
among its businesses, community organizations and
public officials.
54
Today, through both its Leadership Atlanta and
LEAD Atlanta programs, the organization continues
that proud tradition of connecting and inspiring
leaders to strengthen Metro Atlanta’s communities.
The organization’s influence is apparent throughout
the region, as its programs have helped educate
and connect many of Metro Atlanta’s top CEO’s,
educators, judges, elected officials, entrepreneurs,
community organizers and nonprofit leaders. More
information on the history of Leadership Atlanta.
WHY (CO)LAB?
As a result of its strategic review process, Leadership
Atlanta adopted an initiative that would expand
its reach beyond its alumni network and current
program participants and engage the broader
community in conversations on how to create a
better Atlanta. That initiative became known as
(co)lab, which is designed to foster collaboration,
connections and community amongst Atlantans
and generate innovative ideas on how to solve our
region’s problems and maximize its potential as well.
Pat Upshaw-Monteith
President and CEO
Megan Sparks
Director, Programs
Audrea Rease
Director, Alumni Affairs
and Special Initiatives
Sandra Kirkpatrick
Director, Operations
and Finance
Elaine Hudson
Manager, Programs
and Marketing
55
ORGANIZING TEAMS
ORGANIZING TEAMS
(co)lab wouldn’t be possible without
the tireless leadership of our
organizing volunteers. Thank you
for all of your hard work, passion
and determination to make (co)lab
a success, this inaugural year.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Andre Andersen
Martha Brooks
Sallie Adams Daniel
Andrew Feiler
Jenn Graham
David Lewis
Christine St.Clare
56
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Danica Kombol
Mike Siegel
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Ken Bernhardt
Andy Chang
Kristina Christy
Sallie Adams Daniel
Sonji Jacobs
Rena Kilgannon
Randall Kirsch
Brian Leary
David Lewis
Rita Owens
Julie Ralston
Janice Rys
Grace Trimble
Dexter Warrior
Kristin Wilson
Danica Kombol
Ellen Dracos Lemming
Bari Love
Julie Ralston
Mike Siegel
Misty Skedgell
Ricky Steele
Carolyn Stefanco
Jorgelina Striedinger
Grace Trimble
Patty Tucker
Che Watkins
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Ken Bernhardt
Sallie Adams Daniel
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Joe Bankoff
Jay Bernath
Renay Blumenthal
Jim Breedlove
John Brewer
Roxanne Douglas
Kimberly Euston
Lisa Gordon
Doug Hooker
PR MARKETING TEAM
Roxanne Douglas
LAB LEADERS & CHAIRS
Kamau Bobb
Greg Burbidge
Lena Carstens
Ann Cramer
Steve Fleming
Dan Gordon
Kevin Green
John B. Hardman
Adam Harrell
Jeff Hilimire
Katie Kirkpatrick
Anna Lee
Hunter Pierson
Kim Poma
Jana Thomas
57
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
is committed to in-depth coverage
on issues that matter
to our readers and
to the future of Atlanta.
Proud Presenting Sponsor of (co)lab Summit
58
1284-001
59
PRESENTING SPONSORS
MORE LAPTOP OR
JUST MORE LAP?
MORE WORKSPACE WITH
ECONOMY COMFORT ™.
Delta is a proud platinum level sponsor of (co)lab.
60
501284-001
DELTA.COM
61
Collaborative leadership can
create a brighter world.
TURNER
BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
Is Proud to Support the Inaugural
(co)lab: A Collaborative
Leadership Summit
At Georgia-Pacific, we
believe collaborative
leadership can truly
brighten the world of
education. Let’s sharpen
our pencils and get to work.
TM
TM
®
®
TM
TM
TM
TM
SM
TM
TM
®
TM
GP.com
© 2013 Georgia-Pacific LLC. All rights reserved.
62
Gold Sponsor
co(lab) Leadership Summit’s
“Transforming Education”
© , ® , SM a n d
TM
2 013. Tu r n e r B r o a d c a s ti n g S y s te m, I n c . A
C o mp a n y. A l l R i g h ts R e s e r ve d .
63
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Proudly Supports
Leadership Atlanta
and the
2013 (co)lab Leadership Summit
© 2013 The Coca-Cola Company. All Rights Reserved.
64
65
Atlanta Regional Commission
SALUTES
and
SUPPORTS
Leadership Atlanta
in its Groundbreaking Endeavor
When the community works
together, the community works.
Photo © Kevin C. Rose / AtlantaPhotos.com
ATLANTA:
A healthy, vibrant community banks on the
participation of its members. Bringing a neighborhood
together to bring about positive change is no small
accomplishment.
Bank of America is proud to support Leadership
Atlanta for their leadership in creating common goals
and a long-term vision for the community.
Visit us at bankofamerica.com
Connecting, Communicating & Collaborating
for a better region
The Playground for Innovation
Supports
Leadership Atlanta’s (co)lab!
MAC is proud to partner with (co)lab to foster
the region’s Innovation story. Community-wide
conversations and coalitions will drive growth
and prosperity, while better telling our success
story to the world.
The status quo. Linear thinking. These are obstacles to
an evolving organization.
#1 City for New College Grads in 2013
At Diversified Search, we offer the power of perspective.
By bringing a diverse view to executive searches, we
help guide your organization to a better solution.
#1 City to Start a Business
(Forbes & Rent.com, March 2013)
(NerdWallet.com, April 2013)
#1 City for Young Entrepreneurs
U.S. OFFICES: ATLANTA, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, MIAMI, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA,
SAN FRANCISCO AND WASHINGTON D.C.
OFFICES WORLDWIDE: NORTH AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE, AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
(Under30CEO, March 2013)
To learn more, call 404.880.9000
or visit MetroAtlantaChamber.com.
Follow us on Twitter @katiebizu
©2013 Bank of America Corporation | AR9E9C35
What we know about fundraising
strategy could fill volumes.
Newell Rubbermaid
is committed to helping
people flourish where they
live, learn, work and play.
Newell Rubbermaid is a consumer
and commercial products company
that touches the lives of people where
they live, learn, work and play. Our
brands matter to consumers around
the world by making daily lives more
convenient and comfortable. Known
for innovation and quality, we offer
a range of products, including baby gear, storage solutions,
gourmet cookware, writing instruments and tools.
Marketing
Social Media
Public Relations
www.bofcreative.com
Fundraising strategy and event production experts
Now offering corporate event, meeting, convention,
and trade show production services 404-262-3013
66
Through Investing in Community, we harness the philanthropic
efforts of our employees and brands to make strategic
investments in early childhood development, in-classroom
education, professional skill development and employee
volunteerism. Visit newellrubbermaid.com to learn more today.
The legacy
of leadership
Great leaders leave a mark on the communities they
serve. They bring people together, create a consensus
and work hard to make positive change. What is
accomplished today can last for generations.
Leadership Atlanta, thank you for creating
a lasting legacy of success.
wellsfargo.com
© 2013 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
All rights reserved.
Member FDIC. 121948 08/13
www.candyberman.com
67
WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER MAP
Susan Grant
Louisa Grigorian
Stuart Gulley
Kwanza Hall
Erin Hayne
Sara Henderson
Michael Hobbs
Debra Houry
Justin Honaman
Bucky Johnson
Patrick Jones
David Kirk
Ellen Dracos Lemming
Brian Leary
Stephen Lewis
Govantez Lowndes
Tod Martin
David Peterson
Alicia Philipp
Olga Goizueta Rawls
Christine St.Clare
Ricky Steele
Stephen Swicegood
Scott Taylor
Volkan Topalli
Mike Whittington
Joni Winston
SPECIAL THANKS
STRATEGY & DESIGN
Unboundary
LOGISTICS
Candy Berman &
Associates
Candy Berman
Pam Rosenthal
Lila Fair
Alison Robins
Shoshana Ben-Yoar
BATDORF & BRONSON
COFFEE ROASTERS
Ren Doughty
Mike Ferguson
68
MARKETING
Mike Siegel
SPEAKER LIAISONS
John Cantrell
Linda Carnes
Jenn Graham
Liz Liebman
GRAPHIC ARTISTS
Julie Stuart
Jenny Tratman
Kristin Leydig Bryant
MUSIC CURATION
Matt Arnett
TURNER PRODUCTIONS
David Kennerly
Lauren Thomas
Mardy Beeson
Jeff Hall
Griff Thomas
Carol Dorsey
Larry Robertson
Jeff Dillon
Tim Harrigan
Dennis Bassarab
Matt Hirschfeld
Kyle White
SAM FLAX
SYMPHONY HALL
MAIN ENTRY FROM
PARKING DECK & MARTA
Erika Alexander
Claire Arnold
Ken Bernhardt
John Berry
Marsha Anderson Bomar
Renay Blumenthal
Eleanor Chin
Charlie Crawford
Sallie Adams Daniel
Kathleen Day
Clark Dean
Roxanne Douglas
Lawrence Drake
Nuno Ferreira
ALLIANCE THEATRE
INFO
GALLERIA
(BOOK STORE IN UPPER GALLERIA)
MAIN ENTRY FROM
VALET & CALLAWAY PLAZA
PATRON SPONSORS
COFFEE
Rich Theater
REST ROOMS
CENTER SPACE
ENTRY FROM
PEACHTREE STREET
69
IDEAS
70
IDEAS
71
(c )lab
A Collaborative Leadership Summit
(CO)LAB IS AN INITIATIVE OF LEADERSHIP ATLANTA
www.colabsummit.com