Strategic Growth Forum
November 17 – 19, 2020
In the never normal, is ingenuity the new currency? Join to hear luminaries and seasoned entrepreneurs virtually deliver the guidance and insight needed to design what’s next and beyond.
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Tuesday AM sessions
11:00am ET | Welcome
Mark Jeffries
Author, Host, and Moderator
Lee Henderson
Americas EY Private Leader
11:10am ET | Best Buy CEO: successfully transitioning from on-site to online
Corie Barry
CEO, Best Buy
Interviewed by Kelly Grier
EY US Chair and Managing Partner and Americas Managing Partner
11:40am ET | Concurrent sessions
Financing growth: capital-raising trends and strategies in a tumultuous economic environment
Ann Chung
Managing Director, Blackstone
Scott Kupor
Managing Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andy Cantwell
Managing Partner, Carlson Private Capital Partners
Moderated by Phillip Mazzie
Managing Partner, EY San Francisco Office
Evolution of public listing alternatives: the pros, cons, and how-tos of SPACs, direct listings and other alternatives
Andrea Tarbox
CFO and Board Director, Live Oak Acquisition Corporation
Moderated by Jackie Kelley
West IPO Markets Leader | Partner, Americas FAAS Capital Markets Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
Rethinking strategy: as businesses look beyond the pandemic crisis, what are the rules for developing effective long-term strategy?
Mike Tattersfield
CEO, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation
Moderated by Jeff Wray
Americas EY-Parthenon Strategy Leader
12:25pm ET | Meaning and motivation at work
Adam Grant
Organizational Psychologist, The Wharton School of Business, Best-selling author
Interviewed by Marna Ricker
EY Americas Vice Chair - Tax
12:55pm ET | Free time to visit the Unstoppables Gallery featuring Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 regional winners and the EY Innovation Center, as well as chat privately with fellow attendees
Tuesday PM sessions
2:00pm ET | Zoom CEO: handling explosive growth and becoming a “verb”
Eric S. Yuan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zoom Video Communications
Interviewed by Carmine Di Sibio
EY Global Chairman and CEO
2:30pm ET | Concurrent sessions
Future of health: how the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the transformation of health care and life sciences
Patty Obermaier
Vice President US Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft
Moderated by Arda Ural
Americas Health Sciences and Wellness Industry Markets Leader, EY
Manufacturing innovation and design amid market disruptions
John Nottingham
Co-President, Nottingham Spirk
Mitali Sharma
EY-Parthenon's Strategy Practice
Moderated by Jerry Gootee
Global Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Products Leader, EY
3:15pm ET | Election 2020: what we've learned and where we go from here
Karl Rove
Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush
David Axelrod
Senior Political Commentator, CNN and Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama
Moderated by Mark Jeffries
Author, Host, and Moderator
3:45pm ET | What's on for tomorrow
Wednesday AM sessions
10:30am ET | Kauffman Foundation’s 1 Million Cups program: caffeinating an entrepreneurial nation, one cup at a time
Philip Gaskin
VP of Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation
Matthew Condon
Chief Executive Officer, Bardavon Health Innovations
Melethia Campbell-Tugg
Owner & President, Robin Steel LLC
AJ Jordan
Americas Entrepreneur of the Year® Director, EY
Moderated by Laurie Brown
Program Manager of New Entrepreneurial Learning, Kauffman Foundation
11:05am ET | America’s global standing: what’s at stake for business and diplomacy
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
Interviewed by Sam Johnson
EY Americas Vice Chair - Accounts
11:35am ET | Concurrent sessions
Reimagining employee and customer experience in the digital and physical world
Scott Griffith
CEO, Ford AV & Mobility Businesses, Ford Motor Company
Rob Gurney
CEO, oneworld
Moderated by Cheryl Grise
EY Americas Solutions Leader
Bigger ecosystems, bigger threats: creating cyber resilience in your business
Moderated by Marios Damianides
Cyber Security Leader, US-East, EY
12:20pm ET | How midmarket companies become intelligent enterprises
Jason McCann
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Vari
Craig Storey
Chief Financial Officer, Vari
Moderated by Greg Petraetis
SVP and General Manager Midmarket and Ecosystem, SAP North America
12:50pm ET | Free time to visit the Unstoppables Gallery featuring Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 regional winners and the EY Innovation Center, as well as chat privately with fellow attendees
Wednesday PM sessions
2:00pm ET | Entrepreneurship for all: three transcendent founders redefining the possible
Adam C. Walker
CEO, Summit Packaging Solutions
Leen Kawas, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Athira Pharma
Carmen Castillo
President & CEO, SDI International Corp.
Moderated by Deborah Norville
Anchor, Inside Edition
2:40pm ET | Impact investing: generating measurable positive social or environmental impact alongside financial return
Maya Chorengel
Co-Managing Partner, TPG, The Rise Fund
Edward Dugger III
President, Reinventure Capital
Moderated by Chris Hagler
EY Americas Climate Change and Sustainability Services Managing Director
3:25pm ET | Keynote to be announced
3:55pm ET | Close of the Forum: get ready for Entrepreneur Of The Year® National Awards gala tomorrow
1:00pm ET | Welcome to the Entrepreneur Of The Year® National Awards gala
Hosted by Seth Meyers
Host, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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