Tentative Conference Schedule 2023

Conference Session Descriptions are Available Here!

4 Seasons Pavilion, 12 Hwy 12 W, Bowman, ND

All times are in Mountain Time (MT)

Course Descriptions are Available Here!

Monday, September 11

5-7 pm – Sponsor Booth Set Up – 4 Seasons Pavilion

5-7 pm – No Host Social – Silver Dollar Bar, 12 N Main Street

Tuesday, September 12

7:30 am – Registration & Breakfast

Breakfast Sponsor: Bolton & Menk, Inc.

8:30 am – Opening Remarks

8:30 am – 12 pm Board Development Training in ED Organizations (With Zoom Option)

8:30 am – What Are The Proper Roles Of Economic Development Staff,
Board Members, and Elected Officials?

Presenter: Chad Chancellor, Next Move Group

9:30 am – Networking Break

Break Sponsor: Apex Clean Energy

9:45 am – How Is Economic Development Changing?

Presenter: Chad Chancellor, Next Move Group

10:30 am – Economic Development Principles and Strategies – Panel Discussion

Panel: Melissa Beach, Becca Cruger, Teran Doerr, and Matt Marshall

Noon – Lunch

Lunch Sponsor: Otter Tail Power

1 pm – The State of Economic Development

Presenters: ND Dept. of Commerce

Commissioner Josh Teigen
Shawn Kessel, Deputy Commissioner
Maria Effertz, Community Services
Rich Garman, Economic Development & Finance
Tracey Miller, Economic Development & Finance
Katie Ralston Howe, Workforce Development
Sara Otte Coleman, Tourism & Marketing

2:15 pm – Why Does Economic Development Matter?

Presenter: Alex Metzger, Next Move Group

3 pm – Networking Break

Break Sponsor: ND SBDC

3:30 pm – Roundtables

Manufacturing: Jodie Mjoen from Impact Dakota & Brad Barth

Childcare: Jim Murphy

Downtown Redevelopment: Blue Weber from Bolton & Menk & Matt Marshall

Creative Housing: Dawn Mandt & Daniel Stenberg

Agriculture: Melissa Beach & Corry Shevlin

4:30 pm – Closing Remarks

5 pm – Social & Entertainment: Bowling

South Main Lanes Bowling Alley: 204 S Main St, Bowman

Social Sponsor: Lewis and Clark Development Group

Wednesday, September 13

7:30 am – Registration & Breakfast

Breakfast Sponsor: Bowman County Development Corporation

8:00 am – EDND Annual Meeting

8:30 am – Case Studies: Real Life Economic Development Panel

Housing: Daniel Stenberg

Project that didn’t happen: Keith Lund

Creative development: Shawn Wenko

Downtown Redevelopment: Teran Doerr

Core Scientific: Keith Lund

TBA: Teran Doerr

10 am – Networking Break

Break Sponsor: Dakota Business Lending

10:30 – AI and Economic Development

Presenter: Ryan Berg of Prairies and Lakes SCORE

11:15 am – Storytelling and Messaging in Economic Development

Presenter: Lindsey Harriman of Williams County

Noon – Awards Luncheon

Awards Luncheon Sponsor: ND Dept. of Commerce

Community Development Award: New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation, Community Daycare Project

Emerging Developer of the Year: Mark Lyman

Economic Development Project of the Year: ADM & Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Green Bison Processing Facility in Spiritwood with Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation