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Welcome to Confluence.
This event is for you. Whoever you are -- decision maker, professional, geek, artist, student, teacher, business owner, government official, or entrepreneur -- this event is for you to discover new inspiration, new connections between ideas and people, and new energy for the journey that lies before you. Weve spent nearly a year conceiving of these two days and working to bring you the best 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 for this event to be all that it can be. Join the Twitter conversation by following @romeconfluence and using #confluence2013. You are a part of the conversation. Dont be shy. Confluence 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 forward to continuing to tell the stories of what happened after the event at romeconfluence.com. Finally, while we are attempting to do a new thing, we know that we owe deep gratitude to the history of visionaries that precede us. As has been said before, it is true that if we have seen further, it is because we have been standing on the shoulders of giants.
Sincerely, Tricia Steele Seifert Confluence Chair Lowell Pratt, Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce Planning Committee Greg Richardson, John Grout, Steve Devine, Lamante Attaud, Nancy Griffin, Jo Ann Hibberts, Charles Howell, and Phil Wilson

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THURSDAY, FEB 21, 2013

8:30 AM - Registration Historic DeSoto Theatre 9:00 AM - Welcome & Kickoff 9:45 AM - Makers: The New Industrial Revolution Chris Anderson Historic DeSoto Theatre 10:45 11:45 AM - Community Innovation Historic DeSoto Theatre 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 Theatre Boxed Lunch Provided Kris Carlisle & Adam Hayes, Contemporary Music Demonstration Marshall Seese, Songster Demonstration Allen Bell, Creative Economies 1:30 PM - Break & Networking Seven Hills Fellowship Great Room 2:00 PM - Innovation Presentations Historic DeSoto Theatre Chris Allen, EventHost.com Sy Allen, Georgia Power Herrick Kroeger, Blue Sky Outfitter 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 Manufacturing (The Forum - Berry Room) Heal - Healthcare Innovation (The Forum - Blossom Room)

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5:00 7:00 PM - Maker Bazaar/Business After Hours 7hills Makerspace Explore several inventions and projects by local makers and corporate research departments, hosted by Romes own Makerspace. This will also be the Business After Hours event for the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce. Attendance is included in the Confluence registration. Non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks provided.

FRIDAY, FEB 22, 2013

8:00 AM - Check-in & Light Breakfast Check-in - Historic DeSoto Theatre Light Breakfast - Seven Hills Fellowship Great Room 8:30 AM - Welcome Back & Introductions
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8:45 AM - Locavesting Amy Cortese

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9:30 AM - Technology Making Small Business Competitive Danielle Herzberg, HubSpot

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10:00 AM - Break & Networking Seven Hills Fellowship Great Room 10:30 AM - Top Five Technology Trends in 2013 Stephen Fleming, Georgia Tech
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11:00 AM - Rules for Innovating Within Enterprise Earl Robinson, Boeing Moonshine Shop
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12:15 PM - Dismiss

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Featured Keynote Speaker

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CHRIS ANDERSON
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Chris Anderson is the most forward-looking and articulate speaker about the effect of new technology on business. His first book, The Long Tail, is the definitive account of how the internet undermined blockbuster-culture and created an economy of targeted niche products. His next book, Free, explored the new online marketplace of free products, explaining how companies can make money by giving things away. Now, in his newest book, Chris unfolds for us the latest chapter in the digital revolution: a physical revolution. Makers: The New Industrial Revolution introduces a new era of micro-manufacturing. New technologies such as 3-D printing and electronics assembly allow anyone with an idea to build it. Data can become objects and everyone has access to data. This means the extraordinary democratization of information which the internet has enabled is about to be mirrored by the democratization of physical creation. In Chriss phrase, atoms are the new bits. Chris isnt sitting on the sidelines of this revolution. He is the founder of DIYDrones, an open-source community with 12,000 people and three factories 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 National Magazine Award nominations, winning the prestigious top prize for general excellence in 2005, 2007, and 2009. Chris stepped down from his role at Wired after an incredibly successful 12-year run to become CEO of 3DRobotics.

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

Community Innovation
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Peretz Partensky

How Creative Economies are Sustained by Communications Infrastructure

JIM BALLER

Jim Baller, president of the Baller Herbst Law Group in Washington, DC, represents clients in a broad range of communications matters nationally and in more than 35 states. He was the founder and president of the US Broadband Coalition, a large and diverse consortium of organizations that helped to build a national consensus on the need for a comprehensive national broadband strategy for the United States and recommended the framework that is 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.TV broadband television policy series, Inside Voices on Critical Choices. The Fiber to the Home Council has recognized Jim as the nations most experienced and knowledgeable attorney on public broadband matters. The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors named him its Member of the Year in 2001 and its first Community Broadband Visionary of the Year in 2007 for almost single-handedly putting 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 the Home Council Chairmans Award for his relentless promotion and pursuit of community broadband and of faster networks for everyone. His efforts have paved the way for the deployment of all-fiber networks across the country. Jim is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Cornell Law School.

DAVID PARKER
Business at the Speed of Light
David Parker is the founder and CEO of Parker FiberNet which evolved from Davids initial security systems business that he started during his college career at Georgia Tech. He grew Parker FiberNet through a focus on building fiber optic rings in medium-sized cities in North Georgia and other states. Parker is recognized as an innovative business leader and has been a key contributor to the successful pursuit of the $21.4 million ARRA grant awarded to the Appalachian Valley Fiber Network for fiber optic infrastructure for Northwest Georgia and Eastern Alabama. This new network, projected to be completed in 2013, will provide affordable, high-capacity bandwidth to bring new jobs and industries to areas hard-hit with recent 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 emergency communication after the devastating earthquake. He resides with his wife and two children in Lyerly, Georgia.

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GREG RICHARDSON
New Models for Civic Improvement
Greg Richardson is the founder and managing partner for Civitium. Since founding the company 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 to community broadband strategy, policy, technology, and communications planning. Greg is a leading authority on how communities can apply technology for economic and social benefit. He is a regular speaker at international industry conferences, having spoken and led workshops on five continents and in more than a dozen countries.

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Thursday, Feb 22 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Creativity and the Arts

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KRIS CARLISLE & ADAM HAYES

Special Live Demonstration of Contemporary Music
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 Claremont Graduate University. He has been the winner of many competitions and the recipient of various awards including: the Martha Fischer-Tye Foundation Award; a Special Achievement 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 with Eastman Trumpet Artist, Adam Hayes. The album, Current, is a collection of contemporary works for piano and trumpet. This collaborative album features innovative compositions for 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 player and educator. A seasoned soloist, as well as chamber, orchestral, jazz, and commercial musician, Adam has performed throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. He actively commissions new works for trumpet by a variety of composers and has published articles and reviews for various music publications.

MARSHALL SEESE
Songster Demonstration
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, BCLS Legal, only two years after graduation. In late 2008, Marshall sold his stake in BCLS and joined North Highland as its general counsel. In addition to his legal career, Marshall has launched 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.

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ALLEN BELL
Allen Bell is the Program Director for Arts Education, Research & Information at South Arts, 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 Council for the Arts (RACA). He received his B.A. from Berry College and his M.A. from State University of New York at Binghamton. Currently, he resides in the Greater Atlanta Area.

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Thursday, Feb 22 at 2:00 PM

Innovation Presentations
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SPEAKERS
CHRIS ALLEN, eventhost.com
Chris Allen is currently the president of EventHost, an online application that simplifies volunteer management. The application reduces administrative headaches and allows users to better organize large events, year-round volunteer programs, and small service projects. Chris is also the founder of iServe which connects individuals with local service opportunities that match their passions, skills, and availability. He is a graduate of Berry College in Rome, Georgia.

SY ALLEN, Georgia Power Renewable Development

Sy Allen serves as a project manager for Renewable Development and Green Strategies for Georgia Power. He is responsible for the development of renewable energy projects with a primary focus on solar energy, including all issues related to regulatory and legislative policy and external relationships. Since joining Georgia Power in 2001, Sy has held several positions in customer service as well as graduating from Georgia Power Companys Professional Development Program. At the conclusion of rotations in Southern Companys Business Assurance and Georgia Power Community and Economic Development, he joined Renewable Development in his current role.

HERRICK KROEGER, Grand Truck Hammock Sleeping Bag System

Herrick Kroeger is currently the store manager of Blue Sky Outfitters, a shop selling attire 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 graduate of Georgia Highlands College. He will tell the story of his Hammock Compatible Sleeping Bag System, the newest innovation in Ultra-Light hammock camping. The sleeping bag which can be used on any camping trip as a normal bag, also doubles as a fully incapsulating cocoon for the hammock camper. The HCSB was produced and released in June of 2012 and has since been featured in multiple magazines and articles to good reviews and much interest.

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Thursday, Feb 22 at 3:15 PM

Breakout Sessions
Various Locations

PANELISTS
INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
Rome Area History Musuem
Flipped classrooms. iPads. Mobile learning. Try-storming. BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology). How can we teach innovation and creative problem solving in the classroom? How do we most effectively integrate technology in the classroom to optimize the education experience?

MODERATOR: ANGIE DOUGLAS District Manager, Kelly Services ZANE COCHRAN Computer Science Lab Assistant, Berry College TREY CUNNINGHAM Ph.D. Chair & Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Shorter University REBEKAH KINNEY Fourth Grade Teacher/Technology Integration Specialist Pre-K 6th grade, Darlington School

LEAN IMPLEMENTATION
The Forum - Berry Room
Engage in a dynamic discussion on Lean Implementation with national and regional experts. Lean Manufacturing is a business model and collection of tactical methods that emphasize eliminating non-value added activities (waste) while delivering quality products on time at less cost with greater efficiency.

DAVID NEWBY General Manager, Profile Extrusion Company EARL ROBINSON Lean Consultant, The Boeing Company STEVE SWEAT Quality/Continuous Improvement Manager, HON Company

HEALTHCARE INNOVATION
The Forum - Blossom Room
Engage in dynamic and interactive dialogue around such topics as: interoperability, mistakeproofing, personalized medicine, and the dramatic future of healthcare-related innovations. In this edu-tainment focused session, you explore the interplay of the physician (the MD), the patient (the PT), and the health information technology professional (the IT).

TIM CLARK iNexx Implementation Consultant, Medicity LEONARD REEVES MD, FAAFP, CLP: Assistant Dean, Northwest Georgia Clinical Campus, Medical College of Georgia CHRIS MCKINNEY DA, MBA: Associate Vice-President, Technology Transfer & Economic Development, Georgia Regents University

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AMY CORTESE
Locavesting
Amy Cortese is an award-winning journalist who writes about topics spanning business, finance, food, wine, and travel. 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 How to Profit From It (John Wiley & Sons, 2011), draws upon her experience covering these diverse realms to explore how a small shift in investment away from multinationals towards locally-owned enterprises can reap enormous economic and social benefits for individuals, their communities, and the country. She joined Wit Capital, a pioneering online investment bank, in late 1998 as Senior Vice President and Director of Content. Wit Capitals mission was to democratize the IPO process by allowing individual investors to get in on the eras hot IPOs at the preoffering pricesomething that was previously available only to institutional and wellconnected individual investors. (Wit Capital acquired the bricks & mortar investment bank Soundview Technology Group in 2000, and the combined company was later acquired by Charles Schwab). Amy left Wit in 2000 to begin a freelance career that allowed her to explore a broader range of journalistic interests. Her stories about sustainable business for the New York Times beginning in 2001 were among the papers first serious business coverage of the budding sustainability movement. As a freelance journalist, she has demonstrated a knack for spotting trends and producing buzz-generating stories, such as recent articles for the Times on barefoot running and Italian prosecco makers battling for turf, that zoomed to the top of the most-emailed list. These eclectic interests informed the writing of her book, Locavesting, which takes readers inside the local investment movement and introduces them to the pioneers creating new models for funding locally-owned businesseswhether farmers, mom & pop shops or manufacturers. In the process, these citizens are building healthy, resilient communities.

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DANIELLE HERZBERG
Technology Making Small Business Competitive
Danielle Herzberg serves as a Partner Channel Member for HubSpot, one of the fastest growing companies in the nation. Previously, she worked as an Inbound Marketing Specialist who provided CEOs, CMOs, and marketing directors with an introduction to inbound marketing by conducting assessments of their websites and showing them how HubSpots tools and consulting could help. She helped generate revenue from free internet resources, develop business relations from the web, and drive more qualified buyers to their website. Danielle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania suma cum laude and currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.

Friday, Feb 22 at 10:30 AM

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STEPHEN FLEMING
Top Five Technology Trends in 2013
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, board member, investment banker, consultant, angel investor, public speaker, adjunct university faculty, commercial landlord, and now academic bureaucrat and economic developer. An Atlanta native and summa cum laude graduate of Georgia Tech, Stephen returned to his alma mater in mid-2005 where he currently serves as Vice President, Economic Development and Technology Ventures, and Executive Director of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech. In addition to his roles at Georgia Tech, he is a member of the Investment Committee of the Seraph Group, an early-stage venture capital firm. Stephen is active in the alternative space industry; he is an investor in four private aerospace companies and is a founding member of the Space Angels Network.

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EARL ROBINSON
Rules for Innovating Within Enterprise
Earl Robinson is a Manufacturing Operations Analyst in the Boeing Commercial Airplane Lean Enterprise Office where he has been actively working to implement Lean Manufacturing since 1996. In this position, he has worked with manufacturing operations and 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 place where innovative, creative people have the materials and space to conceptualize, mockup, and simulate improvement concepts. A Moonshine Shop is empowered by senior management to work independently and provide the resources required for their projects. Moonshine Shops range from those with minimal tools and material and a small staff to more mature shops with varied tools and equipment and skilled crafts people. The Moonshine shop is for evolving improvement concepts into working models through simulations for development of safe, ergo approved right sized equipment that improves processes. As a Lean Manufacturing Operations Analyst, Earl has led many Kaizen Improvement workshops, Production Preparation Process (3P) workshops, Lean Manufacturing Assessments, and Value Stream Diagramming workshops as well as conducting many Lean training classes. In addition to working at Boeing in the Northwest Earl has helped implement Lean in Huntington Beach rocket programs, Huntsville missile programs and St. Louis jet production. Earl has also led, instructed, coached and facilitated many Lean Manufacturing workshops with customers and suppliers around the world. Earl has a business administration degree from Seattle University

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