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Welcome

to Conuence.This event is or you. Whoever you are -- decision maker, proessional, geek,

artist, student, teacher, business owner, government ocial, or entrepreneur

-- this event is or you to discover new inspiration, new connections between

ideas and people, and new energy or the journey that lies beore you. Weve

spent nearly a year conceiving o these two days and working to bring you thebest content, thought leaders, and resources. We hope that we did our job.

This event requires you. More than a ticket holder or an attendee, you are a

participant. Dialogue with colleagues, seat neighbors, speakers, and panelists

is required or this event to be all that it can be. Join the Twitter conversation

by ollowing @romeconuence and using #conuence2013. You are a part o

the conversation. Dont be shy.

Confuence only starts here. The real work comes as you return to your

world and act on the inspiration or insight youve discovered here. We look

orward to continuing to tell the stories o what happened ater the event at

romeconuence.com.

Finally, while we are attempting to do a new thing, we know that we owe

deep gratitude to the history o visionaries that precede us. As has beensaid beore, it is true that i we have seen urther, it is because we have been

standing on the shoulders o giants.

Sincerely,

Tricia Seele SeiferConfuence Chair

Lowell Prat, Direcor of Enrepreneurship & InnovaionGreater Rome Chamber o Commerce

Planning Commitee

Greg Richardson, John Grou, Seve Devine, Lamane Ataud, Nancy Grifn,Jo Ann Hibbers, Charles Howell, and Phil Wilson


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THURSDAY, FEB 21, 20138:30 AM - Registration

Historic DeSoto Theatre

9:00 AM - Welcome & Kicko

9:45 AM - Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

Chris Anderson


10:45 11:45 AM - Community Innovation


Jim Baller, How Creative Economies are Sustained by

Communications Infrastructure

David Parker, Business at the Speed of Light

Greg Richardson, New Models for Civic Improvement

11:45 AM - Break & Networking

Seven Hills Fellowship Great Room

12:30 1:30 PM - Creativity and the Arts

Historic DeSoto TheatreBoxed Lunch Provided

Kris Carlisle & Adam Hayes, Contemporary Music Demonstration

Marshall Seese, Songster Demonstration

Allen Bell, Creative Economies

1:30 PM - Break & Networking


2:00 PM - Innovation Presentations


Chris Allen, EventHost.com

Sy Allen, Georgia Power

Herrick Kroeger, Blue Sky Outftter

MakerVillage Launch

3:15 PM - Breakout Sessions

Choose 1 of 3 Topics: Teach, Make, or Heal

Teach - Innovation In Education (Rome Area History Museum)

Make - Lean Manuacturing (The Forum - Berry Room)

Heal - Healthcare Innovation (The Forum - Blossom Room)


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FRIDAY, FEB 22, 20138:00 AM - Check-in & Light Breakast

Check-in - Historic DeSoto Theatre

Light Breakfast - Seven Hills Fellowship Great Room

8:30 AM - Welcome Back & Introductions


8:45 AM - LocavestingAmy Cortese


9:30 AM - Technology Making Small Business Competitive

Danielle Herzberg, HubSpot


10:00 AM - Break & Networking


10:30 AM - Top Five Technology Trends in 2013

Stephen Fleming, Georgia Tech


11:00 AM - Rules for Innovating Within EnterpriseEarl Robinson, Boeing Moonshine Shop


12:15 PM - Dismiss

5:00 7:00 PM - Maker Bazaar/Business Ater Hours

7hills Makerspace

Explore several inventions and projects by local makers and corporate

research departments, hosted by Romes own Makerspace. This willalso be the Business Ater Hours event or the Greater Rome Chamber

o Commerce. Attendance is included in the Confuence registration.

Non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks provided.


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Chris Anderson is the most forward-looking and articulate speaker aboutthe effect of new technology on business. His first book, The Long Tail, is

the definitive account of how the internet undermined blockbuster-cultureand created an economy of targeted niche products. His next book, Free,explored the new online marketplace of free products, explaining howcompanies can make money by giving things away.

Now, in his newest book, Chris unfolds for us the latest chapter in the digitalrevolution: a physical revolution. Makers: The New Industrial Revolutionintroduces a new era of micro-manufacturing. New technologies suchas 3-D printing and electronics assembly allow anyone with an idea tobuild it. Data can become objects and everyone has access to data.This means the extraordinary democratization of information which theinternet has enabled is about to be mirrored by the democratization ofphysical creation. In Chriss phrase, atoms are the new bits.

Chris isnt sitting on the sidelines of this revolution. He is the founder ofDIYDrones, an open-source community with 12,000 people and threefactories around the world. Chris has also founded 3D Robotics, a robotic

manufacturing company that began as a GeekDad hobby with his children.

As editor-in-chief of Wired, Chris led the magazine to two dozen NationalMagazine Award nominations, winning the prestigious top prize forgeneral excellence in 2005, 2007, and 2009. Chris stepped down fromhis role at Wired after an incredibly successful 12-year run to becomeCEO of 3DRobotics.

CHRIS ANDERSONMakers: The New Industrial

Revolution

Thursday, Feb 22 at 9:45 AMFeatured Keynote Speaker



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Jim Baller, president of the Baller Herbst Law Group in Washington, DC, represents clientsin a broad range of communications matters nationally and in more than 35 states. He wasthe founder and president of the US Broadband Coalition, a large and diverse consortiumof organizations that helped to build a national consensus on the need for a comprehensivenational broadband strategy for the United States and recommended the framework thatis now reflected in the FCCs National Broadband Plan. He also worked with Google in

developing its Fiber for Communities Initiative, and he is the co-host of BroadbandUS.TVbroadband television policy series, Inside Voices on Critical Choices.

The Fiber to the Home Council has recognized Jim as the nations most experiencedand knowledgeable attorney on public broadband matters. The National Association ofTelecommunications Officers and Advisors named him its Member of the Year in 2001 andits first Community Broadband Visionary of the Year in 2007 for almost single-handedlyputting the need for a national broadband strategy to the forefront of public consciousness.In 2009, Ars Technica included Jim on its list of the 25 Top Names in Tech Policy and

FiberToday honored him as its Person of the Year. In 2012, he received the Fiber to theHome Council Chairmans Award for his relentless promotion and pursuit of communitybroadband and of faster networks for everyone. His efforts have paved the way for thedeployment of all-fiber networks across the country.

Jim is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Cornell Law School.

Thursday, Feb 22 at 10:45 AM - 11:45 AMCommunity Innovation


JIM BALLERPeretz Partensky

David Parker is the founder and CEO of Parker FiberNet which evolved from Davids initialsecurity systems business that he started during his college career at Georgia Tech. He grewParker FiberNet through a focus on building fiber optic rings in medium-sized cities in NorthGeorgia and other states. Parker is recognized as an innovative business leader and hasbeen a key contributor to the successful pursuit of the $21.4 million ARRA grant awardedto the Appalachian Valley Fiber Network for fiber optic infrastructure for Northwest Georgiaand Eastern Alabama. This new network, projected to be completed in 2013, will provideaffordable, high-capacity bandwidth to bring new jobs and industries to areas hard-hit withrecent economic losses in Georgia and Alabama.

David is active on the Board of Shorter University and Heritage First Bank in Rome, Georgia,and in 2010 traveled to Haiti as part of a specialized team mobilized to restore emergencycommunication after the devastating earthquake. He resides with his wife and two childrenin Lyerly, Georgia.

DAVID PARKER

How Creative Economies are Sustainedby Communications Inrastructure

Business at the Speed o Light


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GREG RICHARDSONNew Models or Civic Improvement

Greg Richardson is the founder and managing partner for Civitium. Since founding thecompany in 2004, Greg has served as the lead advisor for Philadelphia, San Francisco,Houston, Chicago, and numerous other U.S. and international cities on matters related tocommunity broadband strategy, policy, technology, and communications planning. Gregis a leading authority on how communities can apply technology for economic and socialbenefit. He is a regular speaker at international industry conferences, having spoken andled workshops on five continents and in more than a dozen countries.


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KRIS CARLISLE & ADAM HAYES

MARSHALL SEESE

Thursday, Feb 22 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PMCreativity and the Arts


KRIS CARLISLE is an associate professor in the fine arts department at Berry College.He received his training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the ClaremontGraduate University. He has been the winner of many competitions and the recipientof various awards including: the Martha Fischer-Tye Foundation Award; a SpecialAchievement in Musicology Award from the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.; and a

Georgia Music Teachers Steinway Piano Galleries Educator Grant.

Specializing in contemporary music, Kris is currently promoting his latest album withEastman Trumpet Artist, Adam Hayes. The album, Current, is a collection of contemporaryworks for piano and trumpet. This collaborative album features innovative compositionsfor trumpet and piano and is distributed internationally by Curvepoint Media.

ADAM HAYES is the artist-in-residence and assistant professor of music at Berry College

where he teaches the trumpet studio, courses in music, and conducts the jazz ensembles.Adam is active throughout the eastern United States as a professional trumpet playerand educator. A seasoned soloist, as well as chamber, orchestral, jazz, and commercialmusician, Adam has performed throughout North America, South America, Europe, andAsia. He actively commissions new works for trumpet by a variety of composers and haspublished articles and reviews for various music publications.

Special Live Demonstration o Contemporary Music

Marshall is an experienced entrepreneur with a background in music, technology, and law.He earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan, and opened his own law firm, BCLSLegal, only two years after graduation. In late 2008, Marshall sold his stake in BCLS andjoined North Highland as its general counsel. In addition to his legal career, Marshall haslaunched a number of small businesses and is an experienced musician with a recording

agreement through Backspace Records. Today, he is the founder and CEO of Songster,the first game by Atlanta-based startup, Mowgli.

Songster Demonstration


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Allen Bell is the Program Director for Arts Education, Research & Information at SouthArts, a nine-state regional arts organization based in Atlanta. He is also a freelance writer.

Prior to working for South Arts, Allen was the executive director for the Rome Area Coun-cil for the Arts (RACA). He received his B.A. from Berry College and his M.A. from StateUniversity of New York at Binghamton. Currently, he resides in the Greater Atlanta Area.

ALLEN BELL


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SPEAKERS

Thursday, Feb 22 at 2:00 PMInnovation Presentations


Chris Allen is currently the president of EventHost, an online application that simplifiesvolunteer management. The application reduces administrative headaches and allowsusers to better organize large events, year-round volunteer programs, and small serviceprojects. Chris is also the founder of iServe which connects individuals with local serviceopportunities that match their passions, skills, and availability. He is a graduate of Berry

College in Rome, Georgia.

Sy Allen serves as a project manager for Renewable Development and Green Strategies forGeorgia Power. He is responsible for the development of renewable energy projects witha primary focus on solar energy, including all issues related to regulatory and legislativepolicy and external relationships. Since joining Georgia Power in 2001, Sy has held severalpositions in customer service as well as graduating from Georgia Power Companys

Professional Development Program. At the conclusion of rotations in Southern CompanysBusiness Assurance and Georgia Power Community and Economic Development, hejoined Renewable Development in his current role.

Herrick Kroeger is currently the store manager of Blue Sky Outfitters, a shop sellingattire for outdoor enthusiasts. Blue Sky Outfitters has locations in Rome and Cartersville,

Georgia, and it often hosts events during the warmer months. Herrick is a 2009 graduateof Georgia Highlands College. He will tell the story of his Hammock Compatible SleepingBag System, the newest innovation in Ultra-Light hammock camping. The sleepingbag which can be used on any camping trip as a normal bag, also doubles as a fullyincapsulating cocoon for the hammock camper. The HCSB was produced and releasedin June of 2012 and has since been featured in multiple magazines and articles to goodreviews and much interest.

Be the first to hear an exciting announcement for tech-based entrepreneurs!

MakerVillage Launch Announcement

HERRICK KROEGER, Grand Truck Hammock Sleeping Bag System

SY ALLEN, Georgia Power Renewable Development

CHRIS ALLEN, eventhost.com


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PANELISTS

Thursday, Feb 22 at 3:15 PMBreakout Sessions

Various Locations

INNOVATION IN EDUCATIONRome Area History Musuem

MODERATOR: ANGIE DOUGLAS District Manager, Kelly ServicesZANE COCHRAN Computer Science Lab Assistant, Berry College

TREY CUNNINGHAM Ph.D. Chair & Assistant Proessor o Sport Management,

Shorter University

REBEKAH KINNEY Fourth Grade Teacher/Technology Integration Specialist

Pre-K 6th grade, Darlington School

HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONThe Forum - Blossom Room

TIM CLARK iNexx Implementation Consultant, Medicity

LEONARD REEVES MD, FAAFP, CLP: Assistant Dean, Northwest Georgia

Clinical Campus, Medical College o Georgia

CHRIS MCKINNEY DA, MBA: Associate Vice-President, Technology Transer &

Economic Development, Georgia Regents University

LEAN IMPLEMENTATIONThe Forum - Berry Room

DAVID NEWBY General Manager, Profle Extrusion Company

EARL ROBINSON Lean Consultant, The Boeing Company

STEVE SWEAT Quality/Continuous Improvement Manager, HON Company


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Amy Cortese is an award-winning journalist who writesabout topics spanning business, finance, food, wine, andtravel. Her work has appeared in the New York Times

Magazine, New York, Business Week, the New York Times, the Daily News, Portfolio,The American, the Daily Beast, Business 2.0, and Wired, among other publications.Her recently published book, Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and Howto Profit From It(John Wiley & Sons, 2011), draws upon her experience covering thesediverse realms to explore how a small shift in investment away from multinationalstowards locally-owned enterprises can reap enormous economic and social benefits forindividuals, their communities, and the country.

She joined Wit Capital, a pioneering online investment bank, in late 1998 as SeniorVice President and Director of Content. Wit Capitals mission was to democratize theIPO process by allowing individual investors to get in on the eras hot IPOs at the pre-

offering pricesomething that was previously available only to institutional and well-connected individual investors. (Wit Capital acquired the bricks & mortar investmentbank Soundview Technology Group in 2000, and the combined company was lateracquired by Charles Schwab).

Amy left Wit in 2000 to begin a freelance career that allowed her to explore a broaderrange of journalistic interests. Her stories about sustainable business for the New YorkTimes beginning in 2001 were among the papers first serious business coverage of the

budding sustainability movement. As a freelance journalist, she has demonstrated aknack for spotting trends and producing buzz-generating stories, such as recent articlesfor the Times on barefoot running and Italian prosecco makers battling for turf, thatzoomed to the top of the most-emailed list.

These eclectic interests informed the writing of her book, Locavesting, which takesreaders inside the local investment movement and introduces them to the pioneerscreating new models for funding locally-owned businesseswhether farmers, mom &

pop shops or manufacturers. In the process, these citizens are building healthy, resilientcommunities.

AMY CORTESELocavesting

Friday, Feb 22 at 8:45 AMHistoric DeSoto Theatre


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DANIELLE HERZBERGDanielle Herzberg serves as a Partner Channel Member for HubSpot, one of the fastestgrowing companies in the nation. Previously, she worked as an Inbound MarketingSpecialist who provided CEOs, CMOs, and marketing directors with an introduction toinbound marketing by conducting assessments of their websites and showing themhow HubSpots tools and consulting could help. She helped generate revenue from free

internet resources, develop business relations from the web, and drive more qualifiedbuyers to their website. Danielle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania suma cumlaude and currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.

Technology Making Small Business Competitive

STEPHEN FLEMING

At various times, Stephen Fleming has been paid to be an optical physicist, laser fabricator,software developer, field engineer, product manager, corporate trainer, marketing

executive, salesman, general manager, entrepreneur, author, venture capitalist, boardmember, investment banker, consultant, angel investor, public speaker, adjunct universityfaculty, commercial landlord, and now academic bureaucrat and economic developer.

An Atlanta native and summa cum laude graduate of Georgia Tech, Stephen returnedto his alma mater in mid-2005 where he currently serves as Vice President, EconomicDevelopment and Technology Ventures, and Executive Director of the EnterpriseInnovation Institute at Georgia Tech.

In addition to his roles at Georgia Tech, he is a member of the Investment Committee ofthe Seraph Group, an early-stage venture capital firm. Stephen is active in the alternativespace industry; he is an investor in four private aerospace companies and is a foundingmember of the Space Angels Network.

Top Five Technology Trends in 2013




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Earl Robinson is a Manufacturing Operations Analyst in the Boeing CommercialAirplane Lean Enterprise Office where he has been actively working to implement LeanManufacturing since 1996. In this position, he has worked with manufacturing operationsand support groups in Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems,and with external suppliers and customers. Earl has worked in manufacturing for over 39

years, including Boeing and General Electric Company.

The Lean Enterprise Office is often referred to as the Boeing Moonshine Shop, a placewhere innovative, creative people have the materials and space to conceptualize,mockup, and simulate improvement concepts. A Moonshine Shop is empowered bysenior management to work independently and provide the resources required for theirprojects. Moonshine Shops range from those with minimal tools and material and asmall staff to more mature shops with varied tools and equipment and skilled crafts

people. The Moonshine shop is for evolving improvement concepts into working modelsthrough simulations for development of safe, ergo approved right sized equipment that

improves processes.

As a Lean Manufacturing Operations Analyst, Earl has led many Kaizen Improvementworkshops, Production Preparation Process (3P) workshops, Lean ManufacturingAssessments, and Value Stream Diagramming workshops as well as conducting manyLean training classes. In addition to working at Boeing in the Northwest Earl has helped

implement Lean in Huntington Beach rocket programs, Huntsville missile programs andSt. Louis jet production. Earl has also led, instructed, coached and facilitated many LeanManufacturing workshops with customers and suppliers around the world.

Earl has a business administration degree from Seattle University

EARL ROBINSON


Rules or Innovating Within Enterprise


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