Wichita Industry Research Exchange 2016

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WIRE Event, Speaker Presentations, Sue Abdinnour, Jay Price, Bob Litan, Chris Broberg

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2016 WIRE Agenda
  

Breakfast and Registration
   
Opening Remarks
Anand Desai, Dean

Anand Desai
Dean
W. Frank Barton School of Business
Wichita State University

Moderator - Jeremy Hill

Moderator
Jeremy Hill
Director
Center for Economic Development and Business Research
W. Frank Barton School of Business
Wichita State University

Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Wichita
Description:
Evaluating Wichita's entrepreneurial environment and discussing steps being taken to improve upon it

Bob Litan

Bob Litan
Attorney and Entrepreneur
Round Tables / Q&A
Facilitated Discussion
--Break--
Entrepreneurship Trends Across Kansas 
Description:
Environmental factors and the creation and demise of firms

Chris Broberg

Chris Broberg
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
W. Frank Barton School of Business
Wichita State University
 
Round Tables / Q&A
Facilitated Discussion
--Break--
Broadening the Stories:
Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Wichita

Description:
The lessons and insight of Wichita’s legacy of entrepreneurship that include examples of minority and ethnic businesses

Sue Abdinnour

Sue Abdinnour
Professor and Omer Professor in Business
W. Frank Barton School of Business
Wichita State University

Jay Price

Jay Price
Professor and Department Chair
Public History Program
Wichita State University
Round Tables / Q&A
Facilitated Discussion
Closing Remarks/Adjournment

Tony Vizzini

Tony Vizzini
Provost and Senior Vice President
Wichita State University

 

Sponsored by


NAI MARTENS
 

2016 Wichita Industry
Research Exchange:

The State of Entrepreneurship in the Regional Market


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Thursday, April 28, 2016
7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Hyatt Regency  | 400 W Waterman St
Wichita, KS 67202

Join industry professionals and scholars in an exchange of insights regarding the environment, activity, and economy in relation to entrepreneurship in the regional market.


This is an annual community event featuring university and industry research and dialogue that addresses important business and industry issues and trends throughout the region and state. 
 

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Wichita State Partners
and Discussion Facilitators

 
W. Frank Barton School of Business at WSU
 
 

Center for Entrepreneurship at WSU
 
Jim Wolff
Professor
Center for Entrepreneurship
 
 
WSU Ventures
 
Debra Franklin
Director of Strategic University Initiatives
WSU Ventures
 
Sherry Gegen
Business & Industry Liaison
WSU Ventures
 
Becky Hundley
Director of Intellectual Property & Research Compliance
WSU Ventures
 
 
WIRE LOGO
 
Kenton Hansen
Software Development Director
Ennovar
 
e2e Accelerator

John Dascher
President and CEO
e2e Accelerator
 
Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce

Rachel Douglass
Manager of Business Services
Wichita Chamber of Commerce

Angie Elliott
VP - Business Services
Wichita Chamber of Commerce

Previous Year's Event, 2015

The Center for Economic Development and Business Research launched the first Wichita Industry Research Exchange in 2015 on the subject of the Aging Workforce in Manufacturing. 

Click here to view the presentations from last year's event.