| 10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. |
Welcome - John Bolt Senior Executive Director, Office of Communications |
| 10:10 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. |
Through a Different Lens: Arts as a Key to Population Growth and Retention Dean, College of Creative Arts |
| 10:400 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. |
Cybersecurity research and education: Helping meet the high demand for cybersecurity experts Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering |
| 11:10 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. |
Break-opportunity for one-on-one interviews |
| 11:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. |
Extracting Rare Earth and Critical Minerals from Coal Mine Drainage: Supplying the Nation’s Strategic Needs while Improving Our Streams. Director, West Virginia Water Research Institute |
| 12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. |
Building an Innovation Economy in West Virginia Lunch/Keynote: Javier Reyes Milan Puskar Dean of the John C. Chambers College of Business and Economics; Vice President, Start-up West Virginia |
| 1:10 p.m. - 1:40 a.m. |
Health Sciences & Technology Academy: A WV Brain Gain Brain Child Director, Health Sciences and Technology Academy |
| 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. |
Break-opportunity for one-on-one interview |
| 2:10 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. |
Understanding regional economic growth Assistant Professor, Resource Economics and Management
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| 2:40 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. |
Vantage Ventures: Overcoming Stall Points to Scaling Start-ups Executive Director, Vantage Ventures
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| 3:10 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. |
Break-opportunity for one-on-one interviews |
| 3:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. |
Down on Main Street: The Capital of Community Resilience Director, WVU Extension Service Family and Community Development |
| 4:10 p.m. - |
Wrap up and adjourn |
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Coverage "2019 Academic Media Day highlights economic potential" Also: "Academic Media Day highlights economic potential"Also:"HSTA building West Virginia's STEM work force" The (Beckley) Register-Herald "Analysts want, need legislators' attention" The (Martinsburg) Journal (also appeared in Wheeling and other Ogden-owned publications in WV) "Researcher: Rare earth minerals key to state's future" U.S. News & World Report shared The Associated Press article "WVU, State to Build Facility for Acidic Mine Drainage" The (Weirton) Daily Times "WVU working to help boost state’s economy" WV Metro News "WVU institute furthering research on rare-earth elements" |