2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Location: Birmingham, AL Wednesday, April 1 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Featured Sector: Manufacturing: Innovation and the Next 20 years More Info Type: Emerging Company Presentations Location: The Lyric Theatre 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Opening Reception More Info Location: Elytonn Hotel Rooftop Venue Address: 1928 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203 Thursday, April 2 7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Networking More Info Location: The Lyric Theatre 8:00 am - 8:25 am Opening Remarks: Industry 4.0 and Where It will Take Us More Info Location: The Lyric Theatre 8:30 am - 9:00 am Mobility And The Automotive Landscape: Where Are We Going? More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 9:05 am - 9:35 am Manufacturing Innovation: How Technology Can Drive Productivity More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 9:40 am - 10:10 am Industrial Innovation Eco-Systems: What are the critical components? More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 10:15 am - 10:30 am AM Coffee Break More Info Location: Hill Event Center 10:35 am - 11:05 am Tech Transfer And Commercialization: Monetizing Industrial Technologies and IP More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 11:10 am - 11:40 am Energy and Renewables: What Technologies Are Leading Power Generation And Distribution More Info Location: The Lyric Theatre 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Luncheon Keynote More Info Type: Keynote Session Location: Hill Event Center 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm Financing Industrial Innovation Fireside Chat With VCs and CVCs More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Emerging Company Showcase Open More Info Location: Hill Event Center 1:25 pm - 1:55 pm Aerospace and Defense Industry: What Technologies Are Driving Innovation? More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Chemicals and Biomaterials and How They Are Transforming How We Make Things More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 2:35 pm - 3:05 pm Smart Cities: The Technologies That Will Change How We Live More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 3:05 pm - 3:15 pm PM Coffee Break More Info Location: Hill Event Center 3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Automation and Drones: What Technologies Are Leading Industrial Transformation More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 3:55 pm - 4:25 pm Agribusiness: How Innovation Can Help Meet the World’s Growing Demand For Food More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Industrial Tech Emerging Company Pitch Competition More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Happy Hour and Networking Mixer More Info Location: Hill Event Center 6:00 pm - Industry Dinners and Mixers Friday, April 3 8:30 am - 9:30 am Continental Breakfast and Networking More Info Location: Hill Event Center 9:40 am - 10:10 am Big Data and IoT: How We Get and Use Data Will Drive the Future More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 10:15 am - 10:45 am Construction and Infrastructure: What Innovations Are Driving Change More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 10:15 am - 10:45 am Water Management: Protecting the Most Vital Resource More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 11:00 am - 11:15 am AM Coffee Break More Info Location: Hill Event Center 10:50 am - 11:20 am Blockchain: How It Can Change How We Do Business in Industrials Sectors More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 11:25 am - 11:55 am Transportation and Logistics: Technologies that are Leading the Sector More Info Type: General Session Location: The Lyric Theatre 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Closing Remarks and Awards Banquet More Info Type: General Session Location: Hill Event Center with Hank Torbert & Kirk Coburn
