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January 31, 2023 • KeyString Labs • New Orleans
Entergy and InnoLead are bringing together corporate innovators from Louisiana and the surrounding region for an invitation-only one day event. The focus:
How can organizations in our region pursue growth, competitive advantage, and innovation — while also delivering on sustainability goals?
This will be a day focused on building new connections, learning, sharing, problem-solving, and interactivity. Topics will include:
- Setting and working toward sustainability / net-zero goals
- Effective collaboration between corporations, startups, nonprofits, and universities
- The latest data from InnoLead on corporate innovation best practices, including engaging with the startup ecosystem
- Growing, enhancing, and promoting the innovation ecosystem in New Orleans
- Participant-suggested lunch table discussions.
We invite you to join us for an in-person gathering in New Orleans, at Entergy’s KeyString Labs, on January 31, 2023 from 9:00 AM- 3:15 PM CST. The day will conclude with a social hour from 3:30-4:30 PM CST. The agenda is below.
| Activity | Speakers |
| 9:00-9:30: Breakfast, Coffee Truck, Registration | |
| 9:30-10: Welcome. What is KeyString Labs? Discussion about recent data on innovation and sustainability | Michael Cross, VP of KeyString Labs, Entergy Scott Kirsner, CEO & Co-Founder, InnoLead |
| 10:00-10:15: Participant intros | We’ll break up into groups of two. Who are you and what do you hope to get out of the day? |
| 10:15-10:45: Fireside Chat: Sustainability at Entergy & Policy Shifts in DC | John Weiss, VP of Sustainability and Environmental Policy, Entergy Moderated by Pierre Connor, Executive Director, Tulane Energy Institute |
| 10:45-11:15: Networking Break (Coffee Truck) | |
| 11:15am – 12:00: Fireside Chat: Sustainability and Innovation at the Morial Convention Center | Linda Baynham, VP of Sustainability & CSR, Morial Convention Center Moderated by Michael Cross, VP of KeyString Labs, Entergy |
| 12:00-12:10: Determine breakout discussion topics for lunch, based on participant interests | Our lunch will give you an opportunity to propose breakout topics and convene other participants to explore them |
| 12:10 – 1:30pm: Lunch discussions | You! |
| 1:30-1:45: The 2023 New Orleans Pro-Am Rock/Paper/Scissors Tournament | We will explain the complex, strategically-intensive game of Rock/Paper/Scissors… and crown a winner. |
| 1:45-3:00pm: Participatory Roundtable: Elevating the Louisiana Ecosystem | Louis David, VP of Strategy & Business Development, New Orleans Business Alliance Rochelle Ford, President, Dillard University Kimberly Gramm, Chief Innovation & Entrepreneur Officer, Tulane University Aimee Quirk, CEO, Ochsner Ventures Moderated by Scott Kirsner, CEO & Co-Founder, InnoLead |
| 3:00-3:15: Networking break | |
| 3:15-3:30: Wrap up, Next Steps, Big Ideas | What are the take-aways, big ideas, and next steps for these conversations? |
| 3:30-4:30pm: Social Hour | Next door at the Marriott Warehouse District |
