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:
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Qubic
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ZSuite Technologies
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Noops
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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:
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Playa Society
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ASA
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TruDiary
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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