Program

Thursday, March 4, 2004
(Student Center Ballroom)
2:00-2:30 p.m.
Registration
2:30-2:45 p.m.
Welcome (47MB)
Tim Kessel, DSU Lecturer of Business
2:45-3:15 p.m.
"Energizing Entrepreneurs in the 21st Century" (62MB)
Don Macke - Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
Introduction
: Tim Kessel, DSU Lecturer of Business
3:15-4:00 p.m.

"Incubating Small Business" (58MB)
Jim Jenkins Spring Creek Management Inc
Introduction
: Debora Dragseth, DSU Assistant Professor of Business

4:00-5:00 p.m.

"Myths and Misconceptions of eBusiness" (61MB)
Steve Hannah, Northern Great Plains, Inc.
Introduction: Karen Heth, DSU Assistant Professor of Business

5:00-6:00 p.m.

Social/Reception

6:00-7:30 p.m.

Dinner and Keynote Speaker

"Entrepreneurial Startup Challenges" (38MB)
Jim Jenkins Spring Creek Management Inc

Introduction: Debora Dragseth, DSU Assistant Professor of Business
 
Friday, March 5, 2004
(Student Center Ballroom)
8:00-8:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 a.m.

Welcome, Opening Comments (47MB)
Dr. Lee Vickers, President, Dickinson State University
Senator Kent Conrad (via video)
Senator Byron Dorgan (via video)

9:00-9:45 a.m.

"Jenkins' 10 Rules for Entrepreneurs" (71MB)
Jim Jenkins Spring Creek Management Inc

Introduction: Debora Dragseth, DSU Lecturer of Business

9:45-10:00 a.m.

Introduction of Breakout Session Speakers (15MB)

Diane Allmendinger, Mayor of Dodge, North Dakota
Introduction: Scott Hanson, DSU Assistant Professor of Accounting

Delore Zimmerman, CEO Praxis, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Introduction: Kostas Voutsas, DSU Assistant Professor of Business

Dean Hildebrand, North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Introduction: G. Knude Swensen, DSU Associate Professor of Business

Steve Hannah, Northern Great Plains, Inc.
Introduction: Roger Kilwein, DSU Chair, Department of Business and Management , Associate Professor of Business

10:00-10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15-11:00 a.m.

"Technology in Startup Companies" - Ballroom 116
Steve Hannah, Northern Great Plains, Inc.

"Entrepreneurial Programs" - Room 18 (63MB)
Delore Zimmerman, CEO Praxis, Grand Forks, North Dakota

11:00-11:45 a.m.

"Youth Experience = Lifetime Success" - Ballroom 116 (80MB)
Dean Hildebrand, North Dakota Game and Fish Department

"Empowering People" - Room 18
Diane Allmendinger, Mayor of Dodge, North Dakota

11:45-12:00 a.m.
Break
12:00-1:15 p.m.

Team Leaders Recap of Breakout Sessions (9MB)
Facilitator: Don Macke- Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

Five by Five Luncheon (79MB)
Regional Panel Discussion