Staying Relevant in the Future: Technology, Business, Society

A Conversation in Three Parts

Join Bank of America and Creative Tampa Bay as they host an afternoon with three International and National thought leaders in the area of technology, economics and community as they take the stage at Jaeb Theater to challenge us to rethink and plan for the future.

Date: Wednesday, September 22nd
Time: 1:00pm-4:30pm (main event) 4:30pm-6:00 hours d’orves and happy hour
Location: Straz Center for the Performing Arts – Jaeb Theater. Parking information.
Fee: $15.00 – Pre-registration is closed. Please register on-site beginning at 1 pm.

Success today is as much about staying relevant as it is about making money. Businesses constantly shift to meet emerging consumer demands, markets shift on attitude changes, and communities rise, fall, and rise again as they seek to remain relevant in the global conversation.

How do people & businesses build relevance in shifting economic times?

They get technology. They get entrepreneurial. They get creative!

Are you prepared?

Today we can no longer merely chase relevance. Today we must make relevance.

Discover the future. Apply it today.

Speakers:

  • Dave Gray – Innovation & Entrepreneurship Expert and Q&A Panelist
    Dave Gray is the Founder and Chairman of XPLANE, the visual thinking company.the world’s
    leading consulting and design firm focused on information-driven communications. Dave’s
    time is spent researching and writing on visual business, as well as speaking, coaching
    and delivering workshops to educators, corporate clients and the public.
  • Dr. Snaith – Director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness
    Dr. Snaith will discuss the future economic trends for Florida and the Tampa/Orlando
    mega-region. Dr. Snaith is the Director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness
    within the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida and is a
    widely recognized economist in the field of business and economic forecasting.
  • Peter Kageyama – Creative Communities Expert & CTB Board Member
    Kageyama is an international consultant in the area of creative community development.
    He will speak about the emerging trends in communities and how the economy and technology
    are shaping the future of our cities. He focuses on how communities move their
    citizens to become more entrepreneurial and engaged.
  • Brent Britton – Partner, Gray Robinson and Q&A Panelist
    Recently described by 83 Degrees magazine as “arguably the most sought after one-man
    think tank for entrepreneurs across Central Florida,” Brent Britton has been advising
    startup companies for more than 20 years at MIT, in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street, and
    right here in Tampa Bay.

Event Registration

Pre-registration is closed. Please register on-site beginning at 1 pm.

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  2. Ashleigh Adamosky says:

    Will this event be recorded at all? If so, would a person be able to pay the $15 to receive the audio?
    Thank you,
    Ashleigh

  3. We are not recording the entire event, but we will be posting video clips online shortly afterward.

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