Agenda

8 a.m.

Registration begins

noon–2:30 p.m.

Opening Session and Lunch: “Innovation in Changing Times”

Welcome
James Bullard, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Keynote: The Innovation Toolkit – From Collaboration to Value Creation
Kathie Thomas, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.

Response: Innovation in Action – Creating an Innovative Approach to Community Development
Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, One Economy Corporation

      

2:30 p.m.–3 p.m.

Break

3 p.m.-5 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

• Discussion Groups
• Reading Circle
• Mobile Learning Labs

5 p.m. –7 p.m.

Networking Reception

8:30 a.m. -
9:30 a.m.

Breakfast with the Players:
Community Development and the Arts
Swamp Gravy
Enjoy breakfast while being treated to a one-of-a-kind performance by the Swamp Gravy Players. An original, crowd-pleasing blend of comedy, drama, and music, Swamp Gravy features a volunteer cast who transform southern life into unforgettable theater. More than just a play, our audience will learn how Colquitt, Ga., has transformed their development strategy through a community arts program focused on cultural heritage tourism.

9:30 a.m. –
9:45 a.m.

Break

9:45 a.m. –
11:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

• Breakout Session
• Film Viewing and Discussion: Brooklyn Matters: Urban Neighborhoods on the Brink of Change—Who Makes the Decisions?

11:15 a.m.–
11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m.–
1:30 p.m.

Policy Plenary and Lunch: 
“Policy Implications for Innovative Community Development”
In this highly interactive session, our audience will be given the opportunity to participate in a real-time dialogue with national experts and thought leaders in community development policy.  Using a point-counterpoint approach, this session will offer a robust debate of some of the most pressing current public policies and their implications for community developers.

Methods Toolkit

Moderator:
Mark Pinsky, President, Opportunity Finance Network

Panelists: 
Ray Boshara, Vice President, New America Foundation
Alan Berube, Research Director, The Brookings Institution

1:45 p.m.–5 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

• Breakout Sessions, 1:45-3:15 p.m.
• Breakout Sessions, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
• Innovation Workshop
• Community Development Institute Central/Midwest Joint Meeting

Evening

Informal Dinner
On your own

8:30 a.m.–
9:15 a.m.

Facilitated Breakfast Discussion:
“Breakfast and Brainstorming”
Innovation requires time for reflection.  Join us for breakfast as we take time to synthesize and process the concepts and lessons learned so far during the conference.  This facilitated discussion is intended to identify breakthroughs— observations, discoveries, innovations—and set the stage for turning those new ideas into real results. 

Facilitator: Michael Torrens, CFED 

9:15 a.m.–
9:30 a.m.

Break

9:30 a.m.–
11:30 a.m.

Roundtable Discussions: “Issues and Actions”
Leave your ideas of what roundtable discussions are at home. This session will challenge you to interact in new and exciting ways while reinforcing the idea that anyone can innovate. Participants will use strategies for innovative thinking—visioning, modifying, exploring and experimenting—to discuss community development’s “hair on fire” issues identified by conference participants themselves. If you are interested in discovering innovative solutions to the most important issues facing the communities where you work, this session is a “can’t miss”!

Methods Toolkit

Facilitator: Julia Young, Vice President, Facilitate.com

Read Julia Young's blog about the conference:
Walking the Talk: Innovating Conference Design to Build Community

11:30 a.m.–
11:45 a.m.

Break

11:45 a.m.–
2:00 p.m.

Closing Keynote and Lunch:  “Making the Impossible Possible”

Opening Remarks
Robert Schenk, Senior Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

“Fed Prize” Awards
Michael Torrens, CFED
Hillary Rowe, NeighborWorks America

Keynote
Bill Strickland, President and CEO
Manchester Bidwell Corporation

2 p.m.

Adjourn

“Grim surroundings makes for grim people, makes for grim performance. Create great surroundings, create great people and great performances.” —Bill Strickland