2021 Innovate Michigan! Summit | Session 1
Thursday, September 2nd, 9:00 am - 12:25 pm
The 2021 Innovate Michigan! Summit includes REI's project authors, Innovation Fellows, and Student-Led, Faculty-Guided projects focusing on a variety of topics.
Thank You for Joining Us
Session Agenda
9:00 am | Welcome to the 2021 Innovate Michigan! Summit
- Welcome, Dr. Rex LaMore, Director of the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development
- "What is REI?" and event schedule, Jennifer Bruen, Assistant Director of the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development
9:30 am | Breakout rooms with Session A & B
Innovation Fellow, Chris Miller: Community Capital Accelerant
Session A
- Presentation on Miller's 2021 Co-Implementation Plan, Community Capital Accelerant
- Audience discussion and Q&A
9:30 am | Student-Led Faculty-Guided, Moe Ayoub and Maggie Huntley: Vision for Westland Mall
Session B
- Presentation by Mr. Ayoub and Maggie Huntley, 2021 Student-Led Faculty-Guided Project, Vision for Westland Mall
- Audience discussion and Q&A
10:20 am | Welcome back and brief break
10:30 am | Breakout rooms with Session A & B
Student-Led Faculty-Guided, Lisa Casper: Makerspace Prototype Exploration for Local Micro-Business Incubator
Session A
- Presentation on Lisa Casper's 2021 Student-Led Faculty-Guided Project, Makerspace Prototype Exploration for Local Micro-Business Incubator
- Audience discussion and Q&A
10:30 am | Co-Learning Plan, Louise Jezierski and Sejuti Das Gupta: Making Ends Meet: Women's Social Capital Development in Regional Information Economies
Session B
- Presentation on Louise Jezierski's 2021 Co-Learning Plan Project, Making Ends Meet: Women's Social Capital Development in Regional Information Economies
- Audience discussion and Q&A
11:20 am | Welcome back and brief break
11:30 am | Keynote: Hazel Henderson
- Presentation on Sustainable Redevelopment for Circular Economies
- Audience discussion and Q&A
12:25 pm | Closing Remarks
- Ideas to Innovation polling reminder
- Join us tomorrow, September 3rd for Session 2!