Agenda
8:30 AM — Registration
9:00–9:50 AM — Breakout Sessions
Ballroom C — Powering Mississippi's Future Economy
Energy, Data Centers, and Economic Growth
Sponsor: Madison County Business League & Foundation
Moderator: Gerard Gibert
Joey Deason / Madison County Economic Development Authority
Rich LeBron / AWS Economic Development
Brian Useforge / Mississippi Power
Jeremy Vanderloo / Entergy
Ballroom D — Power of Place
Community Development as an Economic Development Strategy
Sponsor: Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence, University of Mississippi
Todd Jackson / ADP
Ryan Miller / Oxford-Lafayette, Inc.
Regina Todd / Rankin First Economic Development Authority
9:50–10:15 AM — Break
10:15–11:45 AM — Plenary Session
Ballroom AB
Plenary sponsor: Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Columbus Division
10:15–11:00 AM — WHAT, In This Economy?
Peter Ricchiuti / Tulane University
11:00–11:45 AM — Driving Growth: Perspectives from Mississippi's Business Leaders
Moderator: John McKay
Haley Fisackerly / Entergy Mississippi
Suzy Hays / C Spire
Victor Taylor / Nissan North America
William Yates / The Yates Companies
12:00–1:30 PM — Program + Lunch
Exhibit Hall B
Posting of Colors / Mississippi National Guard
Invocation / Neddie Winters
National Anthem / Temperance Babcock
Welcome / John McKay
Leadership Class Recognition / Justin Martin
Mississippi Makers Challenge / Top 4 + overall winner
Remarks / John Hairston
Closing Remarks / John McKay
Sponsors
Registration
Networking Break
Plenary
Morning Panel
