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Sustaining Signature Sponsor - Hancock and Whitney Bank Sunday, October 1
11:00 a.m.
Golf: 11 a.m. Box Lunch, Noon Shotgun Start — Links Course 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Early Symposium Check-In – Gulf Power Registration Desk – Magnolia Ballroom Foyer 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Gulf Power Registration Desk
Sustaining Signature Sponsor - Hancock and Whitney Bank Monday, October 2
7:30 a.m.
Registration – Gulf Power Registration Desk – Magnolia Ballroom Foyer 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Gulf Power Registration Desk
7:30 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast – Azalea Ballroom 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Northwest Florida Forward – Stan Connally, Chairman, President & CEO, Gulf Power 8:30 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
Welcome – Wendell Smith, Vice President, Customer Service & Sales, Gulf Power 9:30 a.m.
Powers of Yesterday, Powers of Tomorrow – Peter Zeihan, Geopolitical Strategist 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Powers of Yesterday, Powers of Tomorrow – Peter Zeihan , Geopolitical Strategist and Founder, Zeihan on Geopolitics and Author of The Accidental Super Power and The Absent Super Power
10:30 a.m.
Break — Sponsored by Florida Blue – Magnolia Ballroom Foyer 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Sponsored by Florida Blue
11:00 a.m.
Northwest Florida Made Panel 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.
Moderator: Mark Wilson, President and CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce
Panel:
Caroline McRae Dauzat – Co-owner and Chief Financial Officer, Rex Lumber Lloyd Reshard – CEO, Cognitive Big Data Systems, Inc. Tem Fontaine – Special Projects, WestRock Corey Cooper – CEO and Founder, BOTE Sherri Murrish – Director of Work Transitions, GKN Aerospace 12:15 p.m.
Lunch — Sponsored by Clark Partington, Second Floor, Baytowne Conference Center 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Sponsored by Clark Partington
1:15 p.m.
National Economic and Energy Outlook – Tom Fanning, Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Tom Fanning
Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company
Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Immediate Past Chairman, Edison Electric Institute
2:15 p.m.
Talent Talks 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Moderator: Madeline Pumariega, Chancellor, Florida College System
Panel:
Vance Aloupis – CEO, The Children’s Movement of Florida Hershel Lyons – Chancellor, Florida Public Schools Dr. Devin Stephenson – President, Northwest Florida State College Dr. Martha Saunders – President, University of West Florida Randy Hanna – Dean, Florida State University – Panama City 3:15 p.m.
Break — Sponsored by Cox Communications – Magnolia Ballroom Foyer 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Sponsored by Cox Communications
3:45 p.m.
Unleash Your Potential – Molly Fletcher, CEO, The Molly Fletcher Company 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Molly Fletcher – CEO, The Molly Fletcher Company
Founder, The Betterment Institute
Author of several books, including Fearless at Work
4:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks – Stan Connally, Chairman, President & CEO, Gulf Power 4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Reception — Sponsored by Beggs & Lane, RLLP – Grand Lawn – Entertainment by The Buskers Duo 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Beggs & Lane, RLLP
Sustaining Signature Sponsor - Hancock and Whitney Bank Tuesday, October 3
7:30 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast — Azalea Ballroom 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Welcome – Jennifer Grove, Community Development Manager, Gulf Power 8:35 a.m.
Florida’s Economic Update – Cissy Proctor, Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity 8:35 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Cissy Proctor
Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
9:00 a.m.
Florida’s Outlook for the Future — Rick Scott, Governor, State of Florida 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Florida’s Outlook for the Future
9:15 a.m.
Regional Economic Update – Zach Jenkins, Director, Haas Center, University of West Florida 10:00 a.m.
Break — Sponsored by PowerSouth – Magnolia Ballroom Foyer 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Site Selectors Panel — Sponsored by Florida’s Great Northwest 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Moderator: Kim Wilmes, President & CEO, Florida’s Great Northwest
Panel:
Dan Breen – Executive Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Minah Hall – Managing Director, True Partners Amanda Regan – Vice President, ESRP Monty Turner – Consultant, Global Location Strategies 12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks – Stan Connally, Chairman, President & CEO, Gulf Power 12:00 p.m.
Stan Connally
Chairman, President & CEO
Gulf Power
