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GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS
Thursday, November 21 • Opening General Session
MIKE MADDOCK
FREE THE IDEA MONKEY…TO FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS MOST!
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Is your company’s desire for certainty getting in the way of new ideas? Do you know how to unleash the power
of your creative thinkers without them destroying your business? Do you feel your industry is facing a major
shift and you want to get in front of it?
If any of these are a “yes” for you, you will not want to miss Mike Maddock’s session. Innovator, author,
CEO and Co-Founder of Maddock Douglas, Agency of Innovation, Mike will help you understand how great
innovators bring new ideas to market by distinguishing between two types of people in your organization. Some
of the most innovative partnerships that you know (e.g. Walt and Roy Disney, Jobs and Wozniak) struck just
the right balance. He will also share some of the secrets about how great innovation happens and what your
industry is missing in that formula. The session will be fun, interactive, and leave you with ways to re-imagine
the future of your business.
Friday, November 22 • General Session
DICK HOYT
YES YOU CAN!
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Rick Hoyt uses a wheelchair. That has not stopped him from living a very full and amazing life. He’s competed
in the Boston Marathon 30 times and in Ironman Triathlons six times. He, along with his dad, Dick, have formed
“Team Hoyt” and they have competed around the world doing marathons and triathlons.
Dick, a retired Lt. Colonel, having served in the military for 35 years, travels the country sharing his lifelong
commitment to changing attitudes and educating others on the world of disabilities.
The Hoyts have competed in over 1090 athletic events in the last 34 years. They have run in 70 marathons — Dick
and Rick recently ran in their 31st Boston Marathon in April! They have also completed 252 triathlons, 6 of them
being Ironman distance events.
Rick was born in 1962 as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and as a non-speaking person – but despite
these disabilities, Rick’s mind and spirit have always been strong. His family supported his quest for independence
and inclusion in community, sports, education and the workplace, culminating with his graduation from Boston
University with a degree in Special Education.
Be there Friday morning as Dick Hoyt shares the remarkable story of Team Hoyt’s journey of hundreds of miles
and become inspired by their team motto of “Yes, You Can!”
Saturday, November 23 • Closing General Session
ALAN SIMPSON & ERSKINE BOWLES
AMERICA’S DEBT & DEFICIT CRISIS: ISSUES & SOLUTIONS
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Everyone in Washington knows that the current fiscal path America is on is unsustainable, unconscionable
and predictable—but few have the political will to enact the hard choices that must be made to get the country
“back on track.” Appointed by President Obama to co-chair the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility
and Reform and co-Founders of The Campaign to Fix the Debt, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles provide a
candid, bipartisan discourse on what America’s leaders must do to confront what many see as the largest and
most critical economic, social, business, and national security threat that the country faces.
A Closing General Session not to be missed, from taxes and spending to entitlement and Social Security reform
and encouraging business growth, Simpson and Bowles offer an enlightening discussion on solutions for
bridging America’s deficit, debt and interest gap.
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