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9:00AM
Hugh Forrest Welcoming Remarks
10:00AM
Can You Actually Change Big Tech From Within?
Down on the Farm: Addressing Climate Change
Down on the Farm: Addressing Climate Change
Presented by:
Walton Family Foundation
Mar 11, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
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The Elephant in Our Womb: The Fight for Women
Featured Session: The Future of Content 
Female Showrunners Who Are Breaking the Mold
Mar 11, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Venue TBA
Future-Proof Your Growth Strategy
Go Beyond the Big Global Streamers - Funders/Buyers Outside the U.S. 
How to Have More Fun (and Why You Should)
A Second Chance: Removing Barriers to Reentry
Strengthening the Innovation Ecosystem
The Subset Seekers
Mar 11, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Venue TBA
VC Creating Markets & Future Proofing Industries
11:00AM
Beyond Awareness: Branded Content + Funnel Success
Beyond Bars: Building Life After Incarceration
Black Investors Breaking Down Investment Barriers
Designing The Future of Everything
Emerging Tech/Law Meet Up
Featured Session: Creating in a Shit Storm
Global Language of Connection via Coffee Meet Up
How the Metaverse can Rebuild Society, but Better
Placeholder: Kristy Castleton
Mastering The Creator Within
Mentor Session: David Aktary (AktaryTech)
Mentor Session: Jane Westfall (Capital Factory)
Mentor Session: Scott Issen (Future Founders)
Money & Tech in a Post-Pandemic World
Platforms & Protests: Friends or Foes?
Remote Work: Moving Innovation to the Heartland
Remote Work: Moving Innovation to the Heartland
Presented by:
Walton Family Foundation
Mar 11, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Startups With Solutions
Mar 11, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
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Why Relatability Matters in Media
Mar 11, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
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1:00PM
KEYNOTE: Alexis McGill Johnson
2:00PM
70M Excluded: The Justice Impacted Workforce
Be Human: Differentiate Your Product with Service
Conversations with Things
Fairness for Black, Latinx & Female Entrepreneurs
Mar 11, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
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The Investor Role in Community Oriented Solutions
Making Processes Work with Agile, Scrum & Kanban
Mentor Session: Aaron Sweat (Humboldt Social)
Mentor Session: Aasim Hasan (Moneta Ventures)
Mentor Session: Nadina Lisbon (Tradeshift)
Mentor Session: Nina Means
Mar 11, 2022
2:30pm – 3:45pm CT
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No Code, No Worries: The Future of  No Code Tech
Not Missing a Beat: AI and the Future of Creative
The Passion Economy
Women in Product Innovating in Newsrooms
Young Professionals: The Future is Us Meet Up
3:00PM
4:00PM
Gen Z is Making Change: New Tools for Impact
The Google Introduction to Conversation Design
Looking Beyond the Next Big Thing in Media
Mentor Session: Darlene Fiske (S'Well The Agency)
Mentor Session: David Gino (CTAN)
Mentor Session: Holly Shannon
Metawhat? The Future of Real-World Entertainment
Mar 11, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
New Yorker Cartooning Now
Mar 11, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
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Offline with Jon Favreau
Public Trust in the Age of Disinformation
RAD Leadership & Endless Disruption
Rolling Up Your Sleeves: Investing Beyond Funding
#TikTokMadeBuyIt: Small Business Edition
The Time is Now: Radical Re-housing
Who Should be the Designer in Equitable Design?
Mar 11, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
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