Schedule
Friday, March 31st &
Saturday, April 1st, 2017
FRIDAY
Pick One Session Per Time Slot
(timeslots are the gray box )
5:30pm
Private Mixer & Opening Ceremony @ Cartel Coffee (210 E Broadway)
Beer, wine, and light appetizers AND the renowned ignite520 Downtown Scavenger Hunt Begins!
Opening Thoughts
Ron Garan
NASA Astronaut
USAF (retired)
SATURDAY
9:00am
Saturday Kickoff @ Connect Coworking (33 S 5th Ave)
Coffee with Community Catalysts
with Community Leaders
FREE COFFEE AND PASTRIES
igniteYoga
with Danielle Schiess
ZEN | BYOM
11:00am
SESSION 1 @ CITY Center for Collaborative Learning
“From Influence to Impact”
Steve Farley
Arizona State Senator, District 9
“How to Tell Your Story & Not Suck”
Tony Ford
CEO/Owner at Sparc Interactive
Director of Venture Development, Startup Tucson
“Sense of Space in Tucson”
Debi Chess Mabie
Executive Director, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
12:00pm
Exclusive Downtown Lunch Session @ MiAn Sushi
PANEL
“A Conversation on the Future of Downtown”
At lunch, you’ll dine at the newest downtown restaurant, MiAn and participate in “A Conversation on the Future of Downtown” between Downtown leaders Rio Nuevo and Downtown Tucson Partnership with the new AC Marriott and other projects slated for development as your backdrop.
PANELIST
Fletcher McCusker
Chairman, Rio Nuevo
PANELIST
David Mitchell
Director of Economic Development, Downtown Tucson Partnership
2:00pm
SESSION 2 @ CITY Center for Collaborative Learning
“Managing Millennial Finances”
TCI Foundation
Laura Walton, AFC;
Dave Hamra, CFP, CDFA;
Cole McClarren, CFP, EA;
Alicia Klein, CFP, EA
“Life is Relative: A Culture Walk”
Diane Perry
President, Tucson Folk Festival Diversity Consultant and Trainer
“Exercise Your Brand”
Stephanie Bermudez
Program Manager, Young Entrepreneurs Academy
“Improv In Marketing/Career Development”
Tucson Improv Movement
3:00pm
Coffee Break!
3:30pm
SESSION 3 @ CITY Center for Collaborative Learning
“Creativity in Space Science & Education”
Dante Lauretta
Professor, Principal Investigator, OSIRIS-REx
PANEL
“The Future is Female”
MODERATOR
Jenna Doucett Rutschman
Owner, Left of West Lab
Host, The Get It Girl Show
PANELIST
Lucy Howell
Business Lending Specialist, THCC
PANELIST
Leila Lopez
Musician and Local Badass
PANELIST
Victor Mercado
Director of the Women’s Business Center, YWCA
4:30pm
SESSION 4 @ CITY Center for Collaborative Learning
“Finding the Courage to Change”
Dr. Mauricio Varela
Assistant Professor of Economics, Eller College of Management
PANEL
“How To Plug Into The Education Conversation”
MODERATOR
Special Guest
PANELIST
Sean Bowie
Arizona State Senator, District 18
PANELIST
Katie Rogerson
COO, Tucson Values Teachers
PANELIST
Eve Rifkin
Director of College Access at CITY Center for Collaborative Learning
PANELIST
Heather Von Fange
Edgemakers, Inc
6:00pm
Party for Grownups @ Children’s Museum Tucson
The day concludes with our “Party for Grownups” at the Children’s Museum, an exclusive experience you wont want to miss!
- Food, beer and wine!
- Special alcohol tasting!
- Photo Booth
- Beads of Courage Community DO