7:00 AM
Onsite Registration Open
Stretch Ya Brass: Get conference ready with this yoga-inspired session, by Move Ya Brass*
8:00 AM
Economic Development For the Rest of Us
Michael Hecht, President & CEO, GNO, Inc.
8:30 AM
Global Transportation and the Supply Chain Squeeze
Brian Harold, Managing Director, APM Terminals-Mobile
Randy Guillot, President, Triple G Express
Renee Lapeyrolerie, Commissioner, Office of Multimodal Commerce, Dept of Transportation and Development
Moderator: Paul Matthews, Deputy Director, Port of Plaquemines
9:15 AM
No Handbook for Today's NextGen CEO
Pepper Baumer, President, Baumer Foods
Lauren Gibbs, CEO, Gibbs Construction
Edgar "Dook" Chase IV, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Moderator: Rosalind Butler, Assistant Director, Tulane Family Business Center
15 MIN BREAK
10:30 AM
Advanced Manufacturing - What's Next?
Edel Blanks, President, Intralox
Jennifer Boland-Masterson, Dir. of Operations-MAF-SLS, Boeing
Moderator: Lyle Leblanc, Founder, Scale Workspace
11:00 AM
Renewable + Energy = Sustainability
Andrew Burke, Renewables & Energy Solutions, Shell
James Martin, Director of Blade Platform Deployment, LM Wind Power
Elliot Metzger, Business Development - New Energy Ventures, Williams
Moderator: Anthony Bodin, Dir. of Business Development, GNO, Inc.
10 MIN BREAK
11:40 AM
Concurrent Break-Out Sessions
Ask Me Anything with Krewe De Nieux Members
Aaron Dirks, Chairman and CEO, Dirks Companies
Melissa Sawyer, Co-Founder & CEO, Youth Empowerment Project
Courtney Williams, Founder & CEO, Torsh Inc/ Founder & CEO, Upriver Solutions Corp
MC: Iam Tucker, ILSI Engineering
Intel 101: Introduction to Financial Statements
Josh Faubert CPA, CITP, Manager, Ericksen Krentel
Stephen McGovern EA, Supervisor, Ericksen Krentel
The Future of Work: How Young Professionals Can Excel in an Era of Disruption
Presented by ABC New Orleans/Bayou Young Professionals
Kenny Derouen, Chair, ABC New Orleans/Bayou YP, and Corporate Workforce Development Manager, Performance Contractors
Chris Dupre, Assistant Project Manager, Impetus
James Knight, Membership Director, ABC New Orleans/ Bayou
12:30 PM
Networking Lunch
Conference Comp
Tsunami Sushi: $20 Emerge Summit Menu
1:45 PM
Deloitte Global 2021 Millennial and Gen Z Survey
Christine Selph, Global Communications Director, Deloitte
Door Prizes!
2:35 PM
Gulf Coast Economy Update
Adrienne Slack, Vice President and Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - New Orleans Branch
Door Prizes!
3:05 PM
Culinary Confidencial
Chef Melissa Araujo, Alma
Chef David Mantilla, Mais Arepas
Moderator: AnaMaria Bech, Publisher and Director, Viva Nola Magazine
3:40 PM
Closing + Happy Hour @ The Conference Centre on 11
Black Tech NOLA Meetup