The Many Faces of Regionalism: From the Mega to the Micro (2008)

Jay Akridge, Interim Vice Provost for Engagement, Purdue University
Sam Cordes, Co-Director, Center for Regional Development, Purdue University

Speaker: John Austin, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Director, Great Lakes Economic Initiative; Vice President, Michigan Board of Education

Moderator: Donald Kathan, Area Director, U. S. Economic Development Administration
Carol Rogers, Deputy Director and Chief Information Officer, Indiana Business Research Center, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Christine Nolan, Senior Associate, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Office of Engagement

Moderator: Lee Llewellyn, Senior Vice President, Thomas P. Miller and Associates
Robert Jacquay, Associate Director, the George Gund Foundation, Cleveland
Ziona Austrian, Director, Center for Economic Development; Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University

Moderator: John Stafford, Director, Community Research Institute, IPFW
David Pippen, Policy Director for Environment and Natural Resources, Governor Daniels’ Office
Beverly J. Gard, Indiana State Senator, Greenfield (District 28)
Kari Evans, Partner, Barnes and Thornburg, Indianapolis

Moderator: Sybil Jordan Hampton, President Emeritus, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Karen Gagnon, Director, Cool Cities Program, Urban Revitalization Division, Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Julie Hales-Smith, Manager, Cities of Promise Program, Urban Revitalization Division, Michigan State Housing Development Authority

Moderator: Mark Miles, President and CEO, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
Hunter Morrison, Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Youngstown State University

Moderator: Kristin Jones, Vice President, Indiana Health Industry Forum
Mary Ellen McClanahan, Director, Governor’s Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Office

Moderator: William Graham, Mayor, Scottsburg
Lisa Gehlhausen, Executive Director, Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission
Corey Hull, Principal Planner, Michigan Area Council of Governments
John Swanson, Executive Director, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission

Moderator: Patrick Vercauteren, President, Indiana Economic Development Association
Linda Fowler, Senior Advisor Manufacturing Extension Partnership, National Institute of Standards and Technology
David Widawsky, Associate Director, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Open to all conference attendees, this reception offers a unique opportunity to network with exhibitors, conference attendees and speakers. This is a great venue for the mixing of ideas, regional discussions, hors d'oeuvres and drinks. Additionally, there will be the chance to win several door prizes.

Moderator: Vic Lechtenberg, Interim Provost, Purdue University
Speaker: Emily Stover DeRocco, Senior Vice President, National Association of Manufacturers; President, National Center for the American Workforce; President, The Manufacturing Institute

Moderator: C. William Booher, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, The Council on Competitiveness
Mark Smith, Project Administrator, North Central Indiana WIRED
Pete Ruthenburg, Lead, Southwest Indiana WIRED
Dustin Stohler, General Counsel, Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Moderator: Randall Jackson, Director, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University
Edward Feser, Professor and Interim Head, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christine Nolan, Senior Associate, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Office of Engagement

Moderator: Thayr Richey, President, Strategic Development Group
John Sampson, President and CEO, Northeast Indiana Marketing Partnership
Greg Wathen, CEO, Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana

Moderator: Jamie Palmer, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, IUPUI
Amy Williams, Planner, HNTB Corporation
Greg Jones, Executive Director, Southern Indiana Development Commission
Scott Burgins, Senior Project Manager, Strategic Development Group, Inc.
Assisting with questions:
Heather Powell, Project Manager, Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Steve Smith, Manager, Long-Range Transportation Planning Section, Indiana Department of Transportation

Moderator: Candiss Vibbert, Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, Purdue University
Speaker: Joseph E. Kernan, Indiana’s 48th Governor and Co-Chair, Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform

Moderator: Chuck Fluharty, President Emeritus, Rural Policy Research Institute
Larry DeBoer, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Indraneel Kumar, Regional Planner/GIS and Spatial Analysis, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Office of Engagement
Rick Farnsworth, Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University

Moderator: Colleen Landkamer, Past President, National Association of Counties
Larry Brinker, Director, Hendricks County Consolidated Dispatch Center (2007 Association of Indiana Counties Awardee)
Lenore Tedesco, President, Upper White River Watershed Alliance (2004 Association of Indiana Counties Awardee)
David Bottorff, Executive Director, Association of Indiana Counties

Moderator: Kevin Brinegar, President, Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Michael Dalby, President and CEO, One Southern Indiana
Joe Reagan, President and CEO, Greater Louisville, Inc.

Moderator: Sam Cordes, Co-Director, Purdue Center for Regional Development
Hunter Morrison, Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Youngstown State University
Ron Thomas, President, Ron Thomas and Company, Chicago

Moderator: Jay Akridge, Interim Vice Provost for Engagement, Purdue University
Speaker: Nate Feltman, Indiana Secretary of Commerce; CEO, Indiana Economic Development Corporation