There is still time to register for REDI's "What's Up in Eastern Idaho!" Fourth Annual Conference! to be held on Friday, October 20th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The Waterfront, Snake River Landing, Idaho Falls.
This is a conference you will not want to miss!"What's Up in Eastern Idaho!" Fourth Annual Conference Tickets, Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
AGENDA9:00 – 9:15 a.m.WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS - Teresa McKnight, CEO of RED9:15 – 9:45 a.m.THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS: THE STORY BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEVATE IDAHO - Lori Manning, Idaho State Director, APEX Accelerator9:45 – 10:35 a.m.PANEL: THE VALUE OF A UNIVERSITY DEGREE - GROWING TALENTRick Aman, President, College of Eastern IdahoLori Barber, Vice President, Student and Academic Affairs, Collegeof Eastern IdahoAdam Bradford, Interim Provost and Vice President of AcademicAffairs, Idaho State UniversitySid Palmer, Associate Academic Vice President for Learning andTeaching, Brigham Young UniversityDr. Indy Charit, Interim CEO, University of Idaho - Idaho Falls Campus10:35 – 10:45 a.m. MORNING BREAK10:45 – 11:35 a.m.PANEL: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR NON-CARBON RESOURCESBear Prairie, General Manager, Idaho Falls PowerJohn Anderson, Economic Development & Innovation, Idaho Power11:35 – 11:55 a.m.SPECIAL INNOVATION AWARD TO BE PRESENTED TO AN EASTERN IDAHO REGIONAL LEADER12:00 – 12:30 p.m.BREAK FOR LUNCH (boxed lunches will be provided)12:30 – 1:30 P.M.KEYNOTE: “Building Communities of Innovation”- Jeff & Taylor Woodbury, Woodbury Corporation1:30 – 2:30 p.m.PANEL: Cybersecurity in Eastern Idaho – A Wealth of Resources toHelp Protect and Defend from CyberattacksRita Foster, Infrastructure Security Strategic Advisory, HomelandSecurity, Idaho National LaboratorySean McBride, Director of the Informatics Research Institute, IdahoState UniversityMichael Haney, Ph.D., CISSP, Director, Intermountain Center forthe Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure (IC3I) and AssociateProfessor of Cybersecurity Computer Science and TechnologyManagement, University of IdahoSteven Rigby, Professor, Brigham Young University - IdahoBrady Bloxham, Entrepreneur & Cybersecurity ExpertModerator: Eleanor Taylor, Program Manager – UniversityPartnerships & Workforce Development National & Home SecurityDirectorate, Idaho National Laboratory2:30 – 3:30 p.m.SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE TRIPLECROWN (3 – 200 MILE RACES)!Michael McKnight, The Low Carb Runner3:30 – 3:45 p.m. - DOOR PRIZE & GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS3:45 – 4:00 p.m. - CLOSING REMARKSR. Scott Reese, Chair of REDI’s Board of Directors