7:20AM

Registration, Networking, and Breakfast

7:50AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Don Sherman (Executive Community Affairs, Evergy)
Richard Muma (President, Wichita State University)
Dotty Harpool (Executive Director of Engagement & Prominence, Barton School of Business, WSU)

8:05AM

Kansas Economic Forecast: Kansas on the Verge

Bekah Selby-Leach (Director, CEDBR)

8:35AM

Keynote Presentation

Mark Esposito (Professor, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, and Chief Economist at micro1)

9:25AM

The Economic Argument for Health

Ed O’Malley (President & CEO, Kansas Health Foundation)

9:55AM

Coping with Chaos: The Aircraft Industry in Strange Days

Richard Aboulafia (Managing Director, AeroDynamic Advisory)

10:40AM

Strategic AI Adoption for Sustainable Economic Growth

Miles Basset (Founder & CEO, Prairie Code AI)

11:05AM

Energy: Power of Production

Warren Martin (Executive Director, Kansas Strong)

11:25AM

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Larisa Genin (Dean, Barton School of Business at Wichita State University)