RTN11 Showing Innovation Summit

News posted Jan. 27, 2012 - 8:30 am

Didn’t get a chance to attend Raleigh’s initial Innovation Summit? You can still absorb every minute of the Jan. 18 event by tuning into Raleigh Television Network’s (RTN) government channel cable 11 at the following times:

January 25 at 5:00 p.m.;
January 27 at 7:00 p.m.;
January 28 at 5:00 p.m.;
January 29 at 9:00 p.m.;
January 30 at 2:30 p.m.;
January 31 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.;
February 1 at 7:00 p.m.;
February 2 at 9:00 p.m.;
February 4 at 8:00 p.m.;
February 5 at 9:00 p.m.;
February 9 at 10:30 a.m.;
February 12 at 9:00 p.m.;
February 13 at 1:00 p.m.;
February 14 at 3:00 p.m.;
February 16 at 10:30 a.m.;
February 17 at 11:30 p.m.;
February 18 at 8:00 p.m.;
February 19 at 9:00 p.m.;
February 23 at 10:30 a.m.; and,
February 26 at 9:00 p.m.

The event was aimed at developing Raleigh’s potential and resources to make it a 21st century innovation city. The half-day event included a 2½-hour break- out session that explored:

Creating an innovation center in Raleigh;
Branding Raleigh as a city of innovation;
Creating effective partnerships; and,
Attracting more money to the region.

Sponsors for the summit were North Carolina State University, the City of Raleigh, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Raleigh Economic Development and Wake County Economic Development. The four questions the organizers identified as needing to be answered as a result of the event were:

What’s our common mindset and our purpose for being here;
Where are we now? In other words, what is the current state of funding, branding, partnering and innovation;
Where do we want to be; and,
How do we get there?

Tune in to RTN11 to see how well they did in answering these questions.