Leadership Roundtable
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All attendees are invited to attend this important session. Whether you are a senior-level research park leader, accelerating corporate partner or aspirational staff, this year’s Leadership Roundtable will bring new ideas and actions that will help you be more successful.
CHAIR: Dan Duncan, Immediate Past President, AURP; Executive Director, Nebraska Innovation Campus
Session Outline | |
8:15 AM | Welcome and Overview Daniel J. Duncan, Nebraska Innovation Campus Executive Director & AURP Past President |
8:30 AM | Breakout #1 Identify and list the distinctive assets, resources, and partners in your community |
8:45 AM | Panel Discussion Learn from a panel of research park leaders on how they are using unique assets, and resources in their communities to impact the diversity, equity, and inclusion work they are doing. Hear who these leaders are partnering with in their ecosystems to positively impact efforts personally, within their parks, and within their communities. |
9:30 AM | Breakout #2 How can your research park be a conduit of opportunity in your community? Who will you need to partner with to move the diversity, equity, and inclusion work of your park forward? How will you engage partners in your community? What assets, resources, and/or barriers do you need to rely on or remove? |
9:45 AM | Break |
10:00 AM | Breakout #3 Taking action: How might you make a difference in your research park and your community? (Who is around your leadership table? Space, place, and programs in your park and/or community? What are one or two barriers you can remove in your ecosystem?) |
10:15 AM | Breakout Reports Each group will be asked to report key takeaways from their breakout group discussions. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions of their peers (based on examples shared) during this time. |
11:00 AM | Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways The group will be asked to share final thoughts and/or key takeaways on how the session may impact how they create, update, or implements a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy in their research park. |
11:25 AM | Closing Message Daniel J. Duncan, Nebraska Innovation Campus Executive Director & AURP Past President |
11:30 AM | Adjourn Session |