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Southern Growth Webinars
Previous Webinars The Southern Technology Council held a series of webinars on advanced materials in the South—carbon fibers, bioplastics, advanced composites, and magnesium—in order to identify research issues, which if solved, would increase markets and find out the commercial potential and the South's strengths in these materials. The Advanced Materials in Transportation webinars were a “contest”—to assess the potential economic value of advanced materials segments to the South. “Winners” will evolve into working groups for the Southern Advanced Materials in Transportation Alliance (SAMTA)—a virtual innovation cluster, funded by the Economic Development Administration.
Creative industries—from crafts to media to the performing arts—are receiving increasing attention as drivers of economic development in both urban and rural areas. A Southern Growth webinar on August 16, 2011 focused on how Southern states and communities are tapping into the creative economy as a key to future growth and competitiveness.
For more information on South Arts, go to: www.southarts.org For more information on Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. and their Creative Economies work, go to: http://rtsinc.org Southern Growth plans to release new resource guides monthly. Please look for future announcements and make plans to join us for these monthly webinars as we introduce the other guides in this series.
SCUPSO Members Discuss Rural Entrepreneurship via Webinar November 8, 2010 Rural entrepreneurship was the focus of a November 8, 2010 webinar that brought together members of the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (SCUPSO). Highlights of the webinar included an opening presentation on the importance of rural entrepreneurship, followed by an overview of rural entrepreneurship programs at two SCUPSO member institutes: the CREST program in Tennessee and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Ohio University. Featured speakers included:
Release of the 2010 Report on the Future of the South October 28, 2010 Presenters: Ted Abernathy, Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board; Linda Hoke, Director, Council on the Southern Community, Southern Growth Policies Board; Sam Leiken, Vice President, Council on Competitiveness; Mary Ellen McClanahan, Director, Entrepreneur & Small Business Development, Georgia Dept. of Economic Development; Joe Sumners, Director, Economic & Community Development Institute, Auburn University Community economic recovery was the centerpiece of this webinar, which focused on the release of the 2010 Report on the Future of the South: The Road to Recovery is Named Main Street. In addition to presenting the results of Southern Growth’s 2010 Listening to the South process that engaged over 2,300 Southerners, the webinar also included action ideas from three practitioners in the areas of collaboration, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.
Presenters: Mick Fleming, President, American Chamber of Commerce Executives; Eric Schneider, Sr. Director, Energy and Environment at the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association; and Aaron Nelson, President & CEO, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. Chambers of Commerce across the South have initiated new programs and initiatives to promote and support green business and sustainability initiatives. This webinar explored what chamber leaders are seeing across the region as well as learn about specific initiatives such as St. Louis’ Climate Prosperity Project and Chapel Hill’s Green Plus program. The webinar speakers are: Clean Energy Economy in the South Presenter: Kil Huh, Project Director, Pew Center on the States In June 2009, the Pew Center on the States released a state-by-state analysis that estimates the number of jobs in the Clean Energy Economy from 1998 to 2007 and found that jobs in the clean energy economy grew at a faster rate than all jobs combined. This webinar presented by Southern Growth Policies Board featured Kil Huh, Project Director at the Pew Center on the States. Huh discussed the results of the report in terms of the findings, implications, and opportunities for the South. In September, 2009, Southern Growth Held Its First Webinar. The 2009 Report on the Future of the South was discussed along with an Introduction to new Online Forums. The topic, A Conversation on Southern Energy, included a discussion of the 2009 Report on the Future of the South contents, along with an overview of Southern Growth, information about the SAFER Alliance and the Southern Bioenergy Roadmap, and an introduction to another new feature — Online Forums. 140 people registered for this event. For those of you who were unable to join or who want to review the webinar, materials are available for download below. |
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Phone: (919) 941-5145, Fax: (919) 941-5594, Email: info@southern.org