| Thursday, October
16, 2003 / Pacific Beach Hotel |
Conference & Luncheon
8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Cocktail Reception & Tradeshow
4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Here’s an overview of the event’s program and
the topics to be covered in the breakout sessions: (Titles
subject to change; Rooms to be announced)
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| 8:30-10:00am |
Opening
Plenary
Welcome: Ken Kamiya
Keynote: David Minor, Director of the James
A Ryffell Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in JJ Neely School
of Business at Texas Christian University
How to be Successful in Business: Skills, Habits and Traits |
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10:15-11:30 a.m.
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Morning
Concurrent Breakout Session
Topics include:
- Best Practices for Emerging Ventures, with plenary speaker
David Minor --- Room Ahi
- Keeping the 'Farm' in 'Farming’ --- Room Mahi
- Help Wanted: How to Get --- Room Papio
- Current Issues in Pest and Disease Management --- Room
Moi
- Irrigation-an Overview --- Room Venus
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| 11:45-1:15 p.m.
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Luncheon |
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| 12:15-1:15 p.m. |
Program
Governor Lingle:
Working Landscapes: the Governor’s Vision
Keynote speaker: David Cole,
island-raised entrepreneur, owner of Sunnyside Farms, Virginia,
former president of AOL New Enterprises Group, on “Home
Grown: Harnessing Market Power to Promote Regional Food Systems”
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| 1:30-2:40 p.m. |
Afternoon
Session I
Topics include:
- Innovative Business Models I --- Room Ahi
- The Financials: Your Foundation for Success, with David
Minor --- Room Mahi
- Turfgrass management and education Turgeon & Loch
--- Room Papio
- Linking Producers to Consumer Markets --- Room Moi
- Smells Like Money To Me --- Room Venus
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| 2:50-4:00 p.m. |
Afternoon
Session II
Topics include:
- Invasive species: Improved screening of plant imports
to protect agriculture, the environment, and our economy.
--- Room Mauka & Makai
- Innovative Business Models II --- Room Ahi
- Uses of bamboo and palm in Hawaii landscapes --- Room
Mahi
- Turfgrass cont.Turgeon & Loch --- Room Papio
- Best Foot Forward: Selling Your Business --- Room
Moi
- Germination to Termination --- Room Venus
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| 4:00-8:00 p.m.
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Cocktail Reception
and Tradeshow
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