7:00 – 7:50 – Continental Breakfast/Coffee in Curb Center
7:50 – 8:00 – Welcome & Announcements
8:00– 8:20 – Mike McWherter, Gubernatorial Candidate
Hear from a Gubernatorial Candidate who will discuss the pressing issues of technology, and the platform for Technology in Tennessee. Issues to be discussed:
-affordable energy costs for data centers
-continuation of strong economic development initiatives to attract new technology companies region
-creation of new economic development initiatives to attract new individuals to the region in technology jobs
-Continuation of Internet Tax Credits on sales tax
-Security/Privacy for all citizens
-Broadband growth and wireless incentives
-Tax credits for incumbent workers who need to be retrained for technology jobs
8:20 – 8:30 – Nashville Technology Community Update (Jobs, Wifi, Professional Development)
Tod Fetherling, President & CEO, Nashville Technology Council
8:30 – 8:50 – State of Tennessee Update
Mark Bengel, Chief Information Officer, State of Tennessee
8:50 – 9:30 – CEO Panel
Don Enfinger, Managing Director/ Production Services – Technology Services Group, BNYMellon
Ron Samuels, CEO, Avenue Bank
Tim DuBois, VP & Managing Executive, ASCAP
Jason Grant, Healthways
Moderator: Steven Howard Smith, President & CEO, Zycron
Hear from four Enterprise Level CEO’s representing four key industries: Health Care, Music & Publishing, Retail and Transactions. The purpose of this panel is to tell the Nashville Technology Story. The panel will answer questions such as:-What impact does the economic environment in Nashville have on your business?
-As a CEO, what challenges do you have in the technology industry, and how have you overcome them?
-As a CEO, how do you ensure your business is innovative, while maintaining a profit margin? Is innovation about building new or creating efficiencies in operations?
-From your perspective, how is the technological landscape changing in Nashville?
9:30 – 9:45 – Exhibitors/Break
9:45 – 10:30 – Breakout Groups
Listen as one entrepreneur and one enterprise level CTO or CIO from each of the 4 key industries share their perspective on technology in Nashville. This will be a “deeper dive” into each industry, and the challenges associated with technology in that respective industry. Choose from: Health Care, Music & Publishing, Retail and Transactions.
Healthcare
Scott Blanchette, CIO, Healthways
Christopher Parks, Co-Founder & CEO, change:healthcare
Music/Publishing
Rachel Barnhard, Founder, Big Data Marketing
TBD
Retail
Ed O’Kelley, Director of Information Systems, Goodwill Industries
Jeff Orton, CIO, Genesco
Transactions
Todd Joseph, CIO, Comdata
Darwin Melnyk, President/CEO Iron Solutions
10:30 – 10:50 A Platform for Tennessee
Zach Wamp, US Congressman and Gubernatorial Candidate
Hear from a Gubernatorial Candidate who will discuss the pressing issues of technology, and the platform for Technology in Tennessee. Issues to be discussed:
-affordable energy costs for data centers
-continuation of strong economic development initiatives to attract new technology companies region
-creation of new economic development initiatives to attract new individuals to the region in technology jobs
-Continuation of Internet Tax Credits on sales tax
-Security/Privacy for all citizens
-Broadband growth and wireless incentives
-Tax credits for incumbent workers who need to be retrained for technology jobs
10:50 – 10:55 T3 Update
David Suply, Student Congress Representative
10:55 – 11:30 Higher Education Panel
Dr. Curtis Armstrong, Tennessee Technological University
David Welch, Nashville State Technical Community College
Dr. Edward Anthony, Trevecca Nazarene University
Glenn Acree, Belmont University
Moderator: John Kepley, CEO, Teknetex
Hear from a panel of University Presidents and Business Leaders as we discuss the following:
-How do get more students into the technology field?
-How do we retain college graduates in Nashville?
-How do we make sure Universities are teaching students the right skill set, so when they graduate they are ready for employment?
-What programs and applications skills are most needed in the technology industry today?
11:30 – 11:45 Exhibitors/Break
11:45 –12:00 – Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Keynote: Music Mash-Up – Artists, Writers, Media & Digital discussing new opportunities for growth in Nashville’s Music Business
Cory Gierman, Founder of MuzikMafia
Mark Montgomery, Entrepreneur, Founder Echo Music
David Mead, Professional Writer, Recording Artist, and Music Journalist
1:00 Buses to Reception at Cha Chas (Reception is 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.)
2:00 Shotgun Start/Golf at Legends Golf Course
3:00 Party Bus returns Curb Center/Cha Chas
