2012 Spring National Meeting: The City As A Startup

Creating Demand, Attracting Talent, Taking Risks & Going to Scale May 17-18, 2012
Great American Ball Park Cincinnati, OH Wednesday, May 16 6:00 PM GOOD Ideas for Cities GOOD Ideas for Cities is a partnership between GOOD and CEOs for Cities, with generous support from ArtPlace, that taps creative problem solvers to tackle real urban challenges and present the solutions at live events across the country. Cincinnati is one of five cities to host GOOD Ideas for Cities in 2012. The presentation of solutions will be held at the Contemporary Art Center, 44 East 6th St and hosted by the University of Cincinnatis Niehoff Urban Studio. For more information: http://www.good.is/ideas/posts

Thursday, May 17 8:00 8:30 AM 8:30 8:50 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast at Great American Ball Park Welcome Remarks Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor, SUNY Eric Avner, Vice President, Haile/U.S. Bank Foundation The Honorable Mark Mallory, Mayor of Cincinnati Opening Remarks: Framing the Meeting Lee Fisher, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities Morning Keynote Steve Case, former Chairman & CEO, AOL; Chairman & CEO, Revolution LLC; and Chairman, The Case Foundation Conversation about Startup America Moderated by Lee Fisher, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities Panelists include: Steve Case, former Chairman & CEO, AOL; Chairman & CEO, Revolution LLC; and Chairman, The Case Foundation Jean Case, CEO, The Case Foundation Don Graves, Director of the White House U.S. Jobs and Competitiveness Council

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Provocation: City Vitals II: Benchmarking City Performance Joe Cortright, Senior Advisor, CEOs for Cities Attendees will receive an updated release of City Vitals, CEOs for Cities framework for measuring the success of cities. First released in 2006, City Vitals

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Updated: 4/30/12 8:47 AM

2012 Spring National Meeting: The City As A Startup

Creating Demand, Attracting Talent, Taking Risks & Going to Scale May 17-18, 2012
Great American Ball Park Cincinnati, OH

lays out the rationale for ignoring ubiquitous city rankings and instead focusing on four dimensions: Connectedness, Innovation, Talent and Your distinctiveness.
10:20 10:40 AM 10:40 11:40 AM Break Panel: The City As A Start-Up Great urban leaders must respond to growing demand for vibrant places and economic opportunities while attracting and retaining the talented workforce that is most critical to a citys success. In a January opinion piece in TechCrunch, entrepreneur Jon Bischke suggests urban leaders who will be most successful are those who view cities like startups. This panel will explore how startup tactics can be employed to take on urban challenges. Panelists include: Kim Walesh, Director, City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development (Moderator) Shannon Spanhake, Deputy Innovation Officer, City of San Francisco Andrew Yang, Venture for America Ray Leach, CEO, Jumpstart Inc. Casson Rosenblatt, Community Catalyst, TED Prize

11:40 AM -12:00 PM Break Walk to Moerlein Lager House 12:00 1:30 PM Networking Lunch at the Moerlein Lager House The Moerlein Lager House, located immediately adjacent to Great American Ball Park, overlooks the new Smale Riverfront Park, which will celebrate its Grand Opening on May 19. Attendees may find walking directions in the meeting packet. Willie Carden, Director of Parks for the City of Cincinnati, will provide brief remarks about the citys remarkable public/private partnership between Smale Riverfront Park and the Moerlein Lager House. 1:30 2:30 PM Songdo: The Smartest City on the Planet? Panelists include: Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor, SUNY (Moderator) The Honorable Song Young-gil, Mayor, Songdo, South Korea Cliff Thomas, Managing Director, Global Enterprise practice, Cisco Stan Gale, Chairman and Managing Partner, Songdo IBD

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Updated: 4/30/12 8:47 AM

2012 Spring National Meeting: The City As A Startup

Creating Demand, Attracting Talent, Taking Risks & Going to Scale May 17-18, 2012
Great American Ball Park Cincinnati, OH 2:30 - 2:45 PM 2:45 3:45 PM Break Lightning Round: Partner Provocations In the style of Pecha Kucha, CEOs for Cities partners representing seven different cities will each have a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds to offer provocations reflecting their work to make cities successful. Moderated by Sarah Klerk, Director of Partnerships and Workforce Development, CEOs for Cities Presenters will include: 1. Julia Taylor, Greater Milwaukee Committee Innovation in Milwaukee (MiKE) 2. Jeannette Thompson, HOK GOOD Ideas for St. Louis 3. Karen Gagnon, Michigan State Housing Development Authority Reinventing Michigan Through Placemaking 4. Jim Walker, Big Car, and Tamara Zahn, Indianapolis Downtown Inc. The Legacy of the Livability Challenge 5. Dave Knox, Rockfish Interactive The Brandery, A Top-Ten Seed-Stage Accelerator, Cincinnati Style 6. Tom Banta, Corporex How'd a Daniel Liebskind-designed condo tower end up in Covington, Kentucky? 7. Gloria Romeros Roses and Marisel Losa, TEDx Miami Miami Matters 8. Jackie Acho, The Acho Group The Currency of Empathy - the Missing Link to Innovation and Inclusion 3:45 5:30 PM Road Trip! Let a Local Show You Around Small group tours will be hosted and driven by CEOs for Cities partners in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. All tours conclude at the Cincinnatian Hotel. Attendees are encouraged to explore the city further after tours conclude. A map of nearby attractions will be available in the meeting packet. Evening Reception Overlooking Fountain Square Attendees will come back together for a reception at the Taft Center at Fountain Square. Ed Diller, Managing Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, David Ginsburg, CEO of Downtown Cincinnati Inc. and Steve Leeper, CEO of 3CDC, will provide brief remarks. Attendees who have signed up for small group dinners depart reception by 7:00 PM. Exchanging Successes: Small Group Dinner Parties

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7:30 9:30 PM

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Updated: 4/30/12 8:47 AM

2012 Spring National Meeting: The City As A Startup

Creating Demand, Attracting Talent, Taking Risks & Going to Scale May 17-18, 2012
Great American Ball Park Cincinnati, OH

Immediately following the reception, attendees who have elected to attend small group dinner parties will convene at local restaurants to network and discuss todays most critical urban issues.
Friday, May 18 8:00 8:30 AM 8:30 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast at Great American Ball Park Opening Remarks Julie Janson, President, Duke Energy Ohio and Duke Energy Kentucky, Chairwoman, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, and Chairwoman, Cincinnati Business Committee Introduction by David Ginsburg, CEO, Downtown Cincinnati Inc Panel: Attracting Talent Going beyond place making and marketing to attract young, talented people, cities today must provide opportunities for talented people to influence, lead and create change. This panel will include corporate leaders who are employing unique strategies to attract talented people to their cities. Introduction by Noel Harmon, National Director of the Talent Dividend, CEOs for Cities Panelists include: Josh McManus, Chief Innovation Officer, Little Things LLC A Social Innovation Laboratory (Moderator) Zach Ware, Las Vegas Downtown Development Project and Campus Development Guy, Zappos.com Jon Cropper, Founder of Futurlogic Chris Ostoich, Founder of Blackbook Rebecca Ryan, Principal, Next Generation Consulting 10:00 10:20 AM 10:20 11:20 AM Break Panel: Storytelling: Sharing the Successes in Cities When CEOs for Cities was founded more than ten years ago, cities were widely viewed by the press to be collections of liabilities crime, poverty and despair dominated the popular narrative. Today, mainstream publications are focusing on cities as locations of choice for talented workers, while innovative collaborations are being formed to collect data on urban life using social media and technology. This panel will feature journalists, storytellers, technologists and other provocateurs telling the stories of success in cities.

9:00 10:00 AM

All speakers confirmed unless otherwise noted.

Updated: 4/30/12 8:47 AM

2012 Spring National Meeting: The City As A Startup

Creating Demand, Attracting Talent, Taking Risks & Going to Scale May 17-18, 2012
Great American Ball Park Cincinnati, OH

Panelists include: Neal Peirce, Citistates Group and Washington Post Writers Group (Moderator) Alissa Walker, Design Editor, GOOD Dacia Snider, Publisher, Soapbox Media Sommer Mathis, Editor, Atlantic Cities Diana Lind, Executive Director & Editor in Chief, Next American City 11:30 AM -12:00 PM Using the Collective Impact Approach to Catalyze Social Change: Idea Flash Mary Stagaman, Executive Director, Agenda 360, and Shiloh Turner, Vice President for Community Investment, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation 12:00 1:30 PM Keynote Lunch: Cities in A Global Economy Anne Altman, General Manager, Public Sector, IBM Introduction by Chancellor Nancy Zimpher U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) Introduction by Lee Fisher, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities Closing Remarks Lee Fisher, President & CEO, CEOs for Cities

1:30 PM

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Updated: 4/30/12 8:47 AM