Innovate 2025
Who is this event for?
- Investors looking for new innovation
- Business development
- Startups looking for capital
- Conference organizers and companies looking for an iconic new experience
Save the Date
May 20-May 22, 2025
Kickoff at 4:30pm CT
Where
Thanks to Andrea Adams-Miller of TheREDCarpetConnection.com for the 2024 Innovate Summit group photo!
See you next year!
2024 Agenda
This packed 2 day, 2 night conference will gather some of the brightest minds on the planet throughout the globe.
True innovators across a far range of industry will be sure to open your mind and bring delight.
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Check-in
Beginning at 2pm, check-in at the Owensboro Convention Center 501 W 2nd St, Owensboro, KY 42301
2:00pm
![Downtown panorama](https://theinnovatesummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Downtown-By-AP-Imagery-for-CVB2019.jpg)
Kickoff on the Waterfront
Join us on the gorgeous Owensboro riverfront for a kickoff and a moment to remember.
4:30pm – 5:00pm
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Waterfront Meet and Greet
Get to know each other! With musical guest Cam Thompson
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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VIP Event
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Check-in
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Breakfast
8:00am – 8:45am
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Podcast Lounge Opens
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Tradeshow Expo Opens
8:00am – 12:00pm
![Brian Wallace, Event Organizer](https://theinnovatesummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Brian-Wallace-cropped-1.jpg)
Opening Keynote: Intentionality and the Making of a Movement
Brian Wallace (NowSourcing)
9:00am – 9:30am
![Herb “Flight Time” Lang](https://theinnovatesummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Herb-Flight-Time-Lang.jpg)
Kindness is Free by Harlem Globetrotters Legend Herb “Flight Time” Lang
Kindness is Free by Harlem Globetrotters legend Herb “Flight Time” Lang
9:30am – 10:00am
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Corporate Innovation Panel
Brian Wallace (NowSourcing) Mike Dattilo (Lexmark) Rachael Schwartz (GE)
10:00am – 10:30am
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Break
10:30am – 10:45am
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The Future of SEO with Steve Wiideman & Jeremy Knauff
Steve Wiideman (Wiideman Consulting Group) Jeremy Knauff (Spartan Media)
10:45am – 11:15am
![Mary Katherine Wathen](https://theinnovatesummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mary-Katherine-Wathen.png)
How Leaders Create a Culture of Innovation with Mary Katherine Wathen
Mary Katherine Wathen (West of Perfection)
11:15am – 11:45pm
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Lunch
11:45am – 12:45pm
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Cybersecurity in Generative AI: Why it Matters
Jon Salisbury (Nexigen) Summer Crenshaw (Enterprise Technology Association)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
![Jeremy Knauff](https://theinnovatesummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jeremy-Knauff.jpg)
How to Become a Recognized Authority in Your Industry with Jeremy Knauff
Why should we do this in the first place? How:
- Build a strong personal brand
- Control the search results
- Get featured in the media
- Leverage publicity in your marketing
1:15pm – 1:45pm
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Building your Brand Roots to Blossom your Business Success with Jessika Phillips
Jessika Phillips (Now Marketing Group)
1:45pm – 2:15pm
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The Future of AI and Technology Panel
Jon Salisbury (Nexigen), Dawn Yankeelov (Aspectx), Mark Suter, and Matt Strippelhoff (Red Hawk Technologies)
2:15pm – 2:45pm
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Break
2:45pm – 3:00pm
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Be The Change Agent with Jason Falls
Jason Falls (Falls+Partners)
3:00pm – 3:30pm
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Innovation in Israel
Chad Petersen, The Story Catcher (Moderator) Guy Tessler (Senior Advisor to Curiosity Lab @ Peachtree Corners, GA) Ari Roisman (Formative)
3:30pm – 4:00pm
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The Future of PR Panel
Ari Roisman, Formative (Moderator), Bobbie Carlton (Innovation Women)
4:00pm – 4:30pm
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Kentucky Innovation Panel
Brian Wallace (Moderator) David Hasler (Breakthrough Solutions Consulting) Don Skaggs (The Fulson Group) Monica Bilak (Sprocket Innovation) Nick Mattingly (Switcher)
4:30pm – 5:00pm
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Connection Conductors Networking Session
5:00pm – 5:45pm
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Musical guest
Cam Thompson
5:45pm – 6:30pm
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Breakfast
8:00am – 8:45am
![Tim Salau Mr. Future of Work](https://theinnovatesummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Tim-Salau-Mr.-Future-of-Work.jpg)
Crafting the Workplace of the Future – Tim Salau, Mr. Future of Work
Tim Salau (Mr. Future of Work)
9:00am – 9:30am
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Disrupting the Future of Education Panel
Lilly Massa-McKinley, Ed.D., Executive Director, (The Kentucky Student Success Collaborative) Dr. Ai Addyson Zhang, Founder, (Classroom Without Walls) Ari Rockoff, David Mitzner Community Dean for Values and Leadership, (Yeshiva University) Dr. Danielle Wozniak, Vice President for Global Strategy, (YU Global)
9:45am – 10:30am
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The Future of Venture Capital Panel
Blake Weissman, BuildMyCohort (Moderator), Ryan Retcher (Loud Capital), Frank Baumann (Cold Bore Capital) and Genine Fallon (Cold Bore Capital), Ari Roisman, (Formative)
10:30am – 11:00am
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Growing Your Business by Leveraging Social Media Panel
Joseph Lewin – (Moderator) (Sell Through Social), Tuli Kraus (Blackbird Recruiting), Bob Woods (Social Sales Link), and Dr Ai Addyson Zhang (Classroom Without Walls)
11:15am – 11:45am
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The Staggering Costs of Bad Behavior at Work
Chad Petersen (Moderator) Alina Doran, CPCC, ACC (Alina Doran Coaching & Advisory) Dr. Andrea Adams-Miller (The RED Carpet Connection Publicity / Publishing/Business Consultant)
11:45am – 12:15pm
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Lunch
Lunch options available for purchase at nearby food trucks & Cafe.
12:15pm – 1:15pm
![Janice Person](https://theinnovatesummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Janice-Person-headshot-2118-scaled.jpg)
Food, Farming, and Innovation with Janice Person
Janice Person (Grounded Communications)
1:15pm – 1:45pm
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Being the Story Catcher with Chad Petersen
Being the Story Catcher, with Chad Petersen
1:45pm – 2:15pm
2024 Speaker Lineup
All in a picturesque 200+ million dollar rebuild of an iconic waterfront in beautiful Owensboro, Kentucky.
We’ll teach you how to make the most of your time in an innovation summit space and equip you with the tools to succeed in the new economy. You will grow as a professional with a wide range of programming including an exhibitor space, multiple tracks and stages of speakers and panels, along with a podcasting lounge. They will discuss the latest trends, business ideas, and challenges that lie ahead along with the opportunities that exist in our world.
Be a part of the new trend reinventing a carefully crafted experience in our inaugural event.
We as a society have suffered a loneliness epidemic through the pandemic and are burned out from screens and virtual events.
The world’s larger events feel too spread out and impersonal.
What’s the solution? The world is ready for a new event to renew our faith and connections in humanity to innovate forward.
Join us this spring for the debut of Innovate.
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