Register now for the Second Annual Vision Hampton Roads “Regional Day” Friday, May 6, 2011, at the Chesapeake Conference Center, 900 Greenbrier Circle, Chesapeake, Virginia. Breakfast is held 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and the event is open to the public.
Regional Day is the annual report to the community of initiatives and results of the first region-wide Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), Vision Hampton Roads.
Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer to the President of the United States (White House BIO) and former Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia, will keynote, sharing U.S. initiatives surrounding innovation and how they relate to Hampton Roads. Chopra’s work and knowledge of the challenges facing Virginia will help launch the Hampton Roads region into its global – technology – future and help reinforce the “grow your own” innovation development strategy.
Innovate!HamptonRoads™ is connecting entrepreneurs, ideas and investment.
Innovate!HamptonRoads™ is a critical component of Vision, created to promote locally grown, technology-based economic development in Hampton Roads so the region is recognized internationally for clusters of excellence, fueled by a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic and educational opportunities. Visit http://InnovateHamptonRoads.com.
Led by the Hampton Roads Partnership, Innovate!HamptonRoads™ is about bringing the regional tech incubators together with the tech business clusters (Aerospace, BioScience, Coastal Energy, Modeling & Simulation, Robotics, Sensors) to connect ideas, entrepreneurs and capital and successfully commercialize the wealth of research in the region. This network includes business and entrepreneurial support, university and business partnerships, forums and networking, both peer-to-peer and virtual, and physical infrastructure.
Regional Day’s program will ENLIGHTEN and :
- ENGAGE the community to focus attention on the dire need to diversify the regional economy and the best way to hedge all bets is through innovation.
- EXCITE the business community on job creation and job growth through creativity, with this selling tool – the region as “innovation hotspot” – to attract new business.
- EMBRACE the change, especially the culture of entrepreneurism, i.e., “failure is not an option; it’s a requirement” for innovation.
Register now: http://bit.ly/RegionalDay2011. For more information, Contact@HRP.org.
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Patricia Rublein
March 16, 2011 at 2:46 pm (UTC -4)
Is there a cost for this event?
HR Partnership
March 16, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, the same price for breakfast as last year: $25. Online Registration will open soon.
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