Schedule of Events

TIMING IS APPROXIMATE

Start and end times may vary by a few minutes during actual event

Thursday, October 29th

2:00 – 2:03 PM      Welcoming Remarks

                               Larry Gennari, Partner, Gennari Aronson

                               Debi Kleiman, Executive Director, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

2:03 – 2:05 PM      The Importance of Change and Innovation

                               Stephen Spinelli, Jr., President, Babson College

2:05 - 2:40 PM       The Innovator’s Challenge:  Technology & Humanity in a Time of Constant Change

      Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D, Co-Founder & CEO of Affectiva/MIT Media Lab

      Author: Girl Decoded     

2:40 - 3:15 PM       Change Begins with You

                               Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School - Professor Organizational Behavior

              Author:  Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live A Happier Life

3:15 – 3:25 PM       Innovators Showcase:​​

• Qubic

• ZSuite Technologies

• Noops

• LearnLit

3:25 - 4:05 PM        PANEL:  Social Innovation as Strategy

Cheryl Heller, Director of Design Integration, Arizona State University

Daquan Oliver, CEO & Founder, WeThrive

David Stangis, Founder & CEO,  21C Impact

Cheryl Kiser, MODERATOR, Executive Director, Lewis Institute for Social Innovation

4:05 - 4:30 PM       A Playbook for Making Change

     Will Herman, Innovator & Angel Investor, Startup Mentor & Board Member

     Author:  The Startup Playbook

4:30 - 5:00 PM       Imagining Change: Testing, Building, and Taking Off

                               Dan Ward, Engineer, Innovation Catalyst

                               Author:  Lift: Innovation Lessons from Flying Machines

Friday, October 30th

Start and end times may vary by a few minutes during actual event

9:20 - 9:22 AM      Welcoming Remarks

     Larry Gennari, Partner, Gennari Aronson

     Debi Kleiman, Executive Director, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

9:22 - 9:55 AM      Change Is About Building Relationships

     Deb Kleiman, Director-Blank Entrepreneurship Center—Babson College

     Author: First Pitch: Winning Money, Mentors and More for Your Startup

9:55 -10:10 AM      Innovators Showcase:

• Playa Society

• ASA

• TruDiary

• Dash Beyond

10:10 - 10:40 AM    PANEL:  Making Change and Finding Money: Innovation as Financing Strategy

Lori Cashman, Managing Partner, Victress Capital

Sarah Hodges, Partner, Pillar VC

Christopher Mirabile, Launchpad Venture Group - author, The Entrepreneur’s Journey  

Doug Banks, MODERATOR, 

10:40 -11:05 AM   Supermakers

     Jaime Schmidt, Entrepreneur, Investor and Founder of Schmidt’s Naturals

     Author:  Supermaker 

11:05 - 11:45 AM When Change Comes to You

    Sarah Frey, CEO, Frey Farms

    Author: The Growing Season

11:45 - 12:15 PM  Changemakers: How Great Ideas Come to Life

    Guy Raz, NPR & Host of the Podcast How I Built This

    Author:  How I Built This

12:15 - 12:20       Closing Thoughts   

   Larry Gennari, Partner, Gennari Aronson

   Debi Kleiman, Executive Director, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship