2014 Program

Wednesday, October 22
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and Breakfast Ballroom Prefunction D
8:00 – 9:30 What Does Innovation and Change Really Look Like? What All Leaders Need to Consider When Tackling the Unknown

 Salon D
9:30 – 10:00 Facilitated Networking

 Salon D
10:00 – 10:15 Break Ballroom Prefunction D
10:15 – 11:15 Innovation in a Large Company – How to Make Things Happen

 Salon D
11:15 – 11:30 Break Ballroom Prefunction D
11:30 – 12:30 What are the Challenges with Global Innovation – Perspective from a Leader of both a Large Multinational (Barclays Bank PLC) and a Start-up (Atlas Merchant Capital)

  • Bob Diamond –  Founder & CEO, Atlas Merchant Capital
  • Discussion with Dean John Elliott
 Salon D
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch and Keynote Presentation: Changing the Game

  • Coach Geno Auriemma
 Salon C1
1:30 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:45 “Fast-Break” Q&A with Industry Experts and UConn Faculty
Finance/Banking

  • Barbara Brooks – VP, Center for Professional Excellence, Prudential Annuities
  • John Patrick – Chairman, President and CEO, Farmington Bank
  • Frank Waltman – Executive VP, Head of Product Management, Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
 Brothertown
Healthcare

  • Rick Carbray – Owner, Apex Pharmacy
  • Manon Cox – President & CEO, Protein Sciences
  • Marty Gavin –  President & CEO, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
 Passamaquoddy
Non-profit/Philanthropy

  • Matt Fleury –  President & CEO, Connecticut Science Center
  • Nathan Grube – Executive Director, Greater Hartford Community Foundation and Tournament Director, Travelers Championship
 Penobscot
Manufacturing

  • Jason Howey –  President & CEO, Okay Industries
  • Christine Potter –  VP, Innovation & Technology for the Professional Power Tools group within the Construction & Do It Yourself (CDIY) Division, The Stanley Black & Decker Corporation
 Oneida
Service/Retail

 Shinnecock
3:00 – 3:45 (Repeat) “Fast-Break” Q&A with Industry Experts and UConn Faculty
4:00 – 4:45 (Repeat) “Fast-Break” Q&A with Industry Experts and UConn Faculty
5:30 – 7:00 Networking Reception Geno’s Fast Break
7:30 Dine-AroundTuscany’s, Sol Toro, Michael Jordan’s Steak House, Bar Americain

Thursday, October 23
8:00 – 8:45 Breakfast Salon C1
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome/Linking What Corporate Experts Tell Us to the Research Findings Salon D
9:00 – 10:15 Competing and Collaborating for Innovation Dollars, Ideas, and People

 Salon D
10:15 – 10:30 Break Salon Prefunction D
10:30 – 11:15 Working Across Diverse Industries to Make Innovation Happen. What does Collaboration Really Look Like?

  • Eric Consolazio – VP, IT Customer Solutions Group, Cigna
  • Young Kim – Director, Operating Effectiveness, Cigna
 Salon D
11:15 – 11:30 Break Salon D
11:30 – 1:00 Preparing to Embrace Innovation and Change: What Tools do Leaders Need? (Interactive Discussion)

  • Laura Dambier – SVP, Partner Solutions for Life, Claims & Distribution, Lincoln Financial Group
  • Carl Johnson – Firm Managing Partner, BlumShapiro
  • Margaret Keane – President & CEO, Synchrony Financial
  • Jon Wheeler – Partner, The Clarion Group
  • Moderator: Mardelle Peña – SVP, Human Resources, Virtus Investment Partners
 Salon D
1:00 – 1:15 Closing Remarks

  • Coach Geno Auriemma
  • Professor Lucy Gilson
 Salon D