Innovate Mississippi

Industrial Energy Efficiency Workshop
2016-08-31 09:30 - 14:00 UTC | Mississippi Manufacturers Association, 720 N. President Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States

Governor's 2016 Export Summit & Excellence in Exporting Awards
2016-08-26 08:30 - 15:00 UTC | Jackson Convention Complex, 105 E. Pascagoula Street, Jackson, MS, 39201, United States

MS Gulf Coast Tech/Startup Meetup
2016-08-24 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Innovation Center – Biloxi, 1636 Popps Ferry Road, Suite 100, Biloxi, MS, United States

Oceans in Action 2016
2016-08-17 - 2016-08-18 | Stennis Space Center, John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, 39529, United States

Make It In America Reshoring Summit
2016-08-11

2nd Annual Marine Industries Science & Technology Forum & Small Business Summit
2016-08-05 09:00 - 18:00 UTC | Loews Hotel, 300 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States

TECHJXN Summit and Hackathon
2016-07-26 - 2016-07-27
Details coming soon…

Introduction to Lean and 6 Sigma Workshop
2016-06-21 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | Haley Reeves Barbour Maritime Training Academy (Community College Classroom #1304)
Click here for information on registering for the workshop.

2016 Innovation Conference
2016-05-04 - 2016-05-05 | Nissan North America Plant, 300 Nissan Drive, Canton, MS, 39046, United States

Startup Weekend Jackson
2016-04-29 - 2016-05-01 | Coalesce, 109 North State St, Jackson, MS, 39201, United States

Discovery Luncheon Gulf Coast
2016-04-27 11:30 - 13:00 UTC | Knight Nonprofit Center, 11975 Seaway Road, Gulfport, MS, United States

Discovery Luncheon Ridgeland
2016-04-12 11:30 - 13:00 UTC | C Spire Headquarters, 1018 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, 39157, United States

Mississippi Angel Investor Network Oxford Meeting
2016-02-16 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | The Graduate Oxford, 400 North Lamar Blvd, Oxford, MS, United States
Lite hors d’oeuvres will be served (provided by the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation and Chamber of Commerce)
If you are an accredited investor, please RSVP your attendance or regrets by Friday, February 12 to MAIN@innovate.ms.
Call 601-960-3610 for more information about the presenting companies and the Mississippi Angel Investor Network.
The MAIN annual membership fee is $200 payable to Innovate Mississippi.

Agricultural Research Service Webinar
2016-02-16 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Webinar
Who should attend?
Are you a scientist, entrepreneur, business developer, investor or economic development professional working in the area of human nutrition, animals, plants or sustainable agriculture? Are you interested in collaborating with world class scientists to scale up promising technologies? If these questions resonate with you, then this is a webinar for you!

Startup Weekend Oxford
2016-02-12 17:30 - 2016-02-14 20:00 (America/Chicago) | The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration, 253 Holman Hall, University, MS, 38677, United States

Oxford Discovery Luncheon
2016-02-12 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Details coming soon.

Gulf Coast Tech/Startup Meetup
2016-02-03 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Innovation Center – Biloxi, 1636 Popps Ferry Road, Suite 100, Biloxi, MS, United States
We will have Betta Boats presenting the latest SolarSkiff product. http://solarboattours.com/collections/solar-boat-sales

Applied Lean Leadership Conference - Tupelo, MS
2016-01-25 08:00 - 2016-01-28 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Tupelo, MS
LEARN HOW SUCCESSFUL PRACTITIONERS
CREATE A LEAN PROGRAM.
SUSTAIN THE RESULTS.

CES 2016 - Las Vegas
2016-01-06 - 2016-01-09 | Las Vegas, NV

Discovery Luncheon - Ridgeland
2015-12-10 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)

Hattiesburg Angel Investor Network Meeting
2015-12-08 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

Reshoring Webinar - Featuring Harry Moser
2015-12-03 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Webinar
MISSISSIPPI MAKE IT IN AMERICA
and
THE RESHORING INITIATIVE

FREE RESHORING WEBINAR
Help us bring manufacturing jobs back to Mississippi!

Join us for a special free Reshoring Webinar Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:00 Noon. This webinar, hosted by the Mississippi Make It In America team and featuring leading reshoring expert Harry Moser, will focus on how companies—and the U.S.—can benefit from reshoring. Attendees will learn about reshoring and steps they can use to begin the process of identifying and evaluating opportunities to reshore their own products, compete with imports or convince their customers to reshore.

What: Reshoring Webinar featuring Harry Moser

Where: Webinar (computer with internet connection required)

When: Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:00 noon (CST) Registration deadline Monday, November 30.

Cost: Free! Registration required.

Who Should Attend:
OEM manufacturers
Component suppliers
Industrial suppliers
Service providers
Economic developers

Agenda:
Welcome & introductions
Brief overview of Make it in America
Reshoring concepts and trends
Total cost of ownership and ACE tools
Next Steps

What you will learn:
The workshop will include an educational presentation that will cover key reshoring concepts and trends and describe services and tools available to help companies interested in reshoring or not offshoring. The session will also include a brief demonstration of free online tools that companies can use to analyze and compare overall costs of manufacturing in the United States versus overseas and information about programs to assist manufacturers with reshoring.

About the speaker:
Harry Moser is founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative (www.reshorenow.org). In this role, Moser is a leading industry spokesman for reshoring and for developing the skilled manufacturing workforce required to make reshoring possible. Moser was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2010, was named Quality Magazine’s 2012 Quality Professional of the Year and received Manufacturing Leadership Council’s Industry Advocacy Award in 2014. He also participated in President Obama’s 2012 Insourcing Forum, testified at a Congressional hearing on reshoring and manufacturing, won a 2013 The Economist debate on reshoring and company duty to country, and has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Bloomberg Businessweek and interviewed on Fox Business, BBC World and NPR.

For more information:
Mississippi Make it in America – Dr. Clay Walden, walden@caves.misstate.edu 601-407-2713
InnovateMEP Mississippi – Dr. Jay Tice IV, jtice@innovate.ms 601-960-3616
Reshoring Initiative – Harry Moser, harry.moser@reshorenow.org 847-726-2975

Gulf Coast Angel Investor Network Meeting
2015-12-02 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

Starkville Angel Investor Network Meeting
2015-12-01 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

Jackson Area Web & App Developers November Meetup
2015-11-24 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | The Hive, 736 S. President St, Jackson, MS, 39201, United States

Oxford Angel Investor Network Meeting
2015-11-17 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

Beer && Code
2015-11-10 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Fondren Public, 2765 Old Canton Rd, Jackson, MS, 39216, United States

Greater Jackson Angel Investor Network Meeting
2015-11-10 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

2015 Conference on Technology Innovation
2015-11-10 14:00 - 2015-11-11 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Jackson Marriott, 200 East. Amite Street, Jackson, 39201, United States

Company & Investor Spotlight
2015-11-10 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
