EVENT AGENDA
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
Welcome Reception at the Elsinore
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (120 min)
Tim Williams
Executive Director, Oregon Film
Amy Lewin
Director of Arts and Culture, Cultural Trust of Oregon
Presented by:
Travel OregonDine Out in Salem
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (120 min)
Greg Heinze
Vice President, Meetings & Conventions, Travel Salem
8:00 am
9:15 am
9:35 am
10:35 am
10:55 am
11:55 am
12:45 pm
1:30 pm
1:45 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
Opening Ceremonies
8:00 am – 9:15 am (75 min)
Damon Runberg
Senior Economist, Business Oregon
Presented by:
Business OregonGrowing Employer Supported Child Care
9:35 am – 10:35 am (60 min)
Bryan Steinhauser
Business Liaison / Childcare Accelerator, Early Learning Hub of Linn, Benton & Lincoln Counties
Holly Mar-Conte
Child Care Sector Strategist, Onward Eugene
You Can’t Regulate Jobs Into Existence: Turning EOAs into Economic Development
9:35 am – 10:35 am (60 min)
Matt Craigie
Project Director, ECOnorthwest
Nicole Underwood
Senior Project Manager, ECOnorthwest
Matt Lorenzen
Economic Development Manager, City of Wilsonville
Jacob Thode
Management Analyst, City of Veneta
Scott Goodman
Project Manager, ECOnorthwest
Presented by:
ECOnorthwestOregon’s Innovation Hubs: Supporting Small Businesses into Scalable Startups
10:55 am – 11:55 am (60 min)
Cara Turano
President & Executive Director, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN)
Jordana Barclay
Innovation Strategist, Business Oregon
Carter Gudell
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builder, Oregon Frontier Innovation Hub (OFIH)
Kim Freeze, PsyD
Director, Southern Oregon Innovation Hub
Resilient Economies, Resilient Food Systems
10:55 am – 11:55 am (60 min)
Marta Tarantsey
Regional Development Officer, Business Oregon
Jim Cupples
Regional Food System Coordinator, Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA)
Colton Duval
Senior Sales Development Executive, Watch Duty
Chris Jagger
Owner / Operator, Blue Fox Farm
OCED Graduation Ceremony
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm (45 min)
Marta Tarantsey
Regional Development Officer, Business Oregon
Film Production and Local Economic Opportunity
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm (60 min)
Tim Williams
Executive Director, Oregon Film
Jane Ridley
Director, Strategic Initiatives & Community Projects, Oregon Firm
Oregon’s Incentive Toolbox: What’s New for Enterprise Zones, Industrial Lands and other Key Programs
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm (60 min)
Presented by:
Business OregonHousing Innovation = More Jobs
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (60 min)
TIF: Funding The Catalytic Project
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (60 min)
Chuck Arnold
Economic Development & Urban Renewal Program Manager, City of Redmond
Tory Banford
Project Manager, City of Salem
Matt Lorenzen
Economic Development Manager, City of Wilsonville
8:30 am
9:15 am
10:00 am
Food, Place, and the Economic Future of the Mid-Willamette Valley
8:30 am – 9:15 am (45 min)
Mike Thelin
Founder and Principal, Bolted Consulting
Will von Schlegell
Co-Founder, Rancher Butcher Chef (RBC)
Tiquette Bramlett
Founder, Henderson Avenue Wines
Troy Johnson
CEO, Hazelnut Growers of Oregon