IEDA Annual Conference
Wednesday, October 26 – Thursday October 27, 2011
Grove Hotel, Boise, Idaho
October 25th TUESDAY
4:30 – 5:30 pm IEDA Board of Directors Meeting
BVEP Office
6:00 No Host Dinner for Board and Speakers-The Reef
October 26th WEDNESDAY
8:00 – 8:30 am Networking Breakfast
8:30 – 10:30 Membership Meeting, Regional Updates, and Elections
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Case study demonstrating tech transfer between a university and entrepreneur
or INL and entrepreneur. What does the deal look like, what is the role of the
ED professional?
12:00 – 1:00 Networking Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 International Economic Development
· Foreign Direct Investment Initiative for Department of Commerce
· What is the EB5 Program--Damien Bard & Rick Ritter
· Establishing a Free Trade Zone and the benefits to economic development.--Steve Fultz & Shirl Boyce
2:00 – 3:30 Making Sense of the Census
3:30– 3:45 Break-change into your walking shoes
3:45 – 5:00 Walking Tour Downtown Boise - How was the Boise Basque Block created and
what has the role of urban renewal been in the redevelopment of downtown Boise,
presented by Capital City Development Corporation.
5:00 – 6:00 Networking Reception-Basque Leku Ono
6:30 No-Host Dinner- Basque Leku Ono
· Please join us and continue to network with your economic
development friends.
October 27th THURSDAY
7:30 – 8:15 Breakfast and Networking
8:30 – 9:30 How to Raise Money to Support Your Economic Development Organization
and ED Projects
9:30 - 10:30 Expanding Business Opportunities for Rural Manufacturing
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 INL-Introduction to new TBED Team
11:15 – 11:30 New INL Commerce Director
12:00 -- 12:45 Boxed Lunches & Wrap Up
1:00 – 2:00 Tour of Idaho State Capitol Building
2:30 – 4:00 Advocacy Group Discussion, including update from RAI-BVEP Office Building