8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Travel / Hotel Registration

6:00 PM
Sister City Coalition Dinner
Location TBD

8:30 AM
Welcome Breakfast
Keynote- Ron Insana
Senior Analyst CNBC and regular contributor to MSNBC and NBC
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

10:00 AM
Workforce Resources
How our colleges and universities use innovation to prepare workers.

10:45 AM
Attaining Success
Upstate business leaders talk about successes they achieve here.

11:30 PM
Lunch with Business Host / One on One Business / Site Tours
Venue determined by host. Site tours determined by interest of guests

4:00 PM
Refresh @ Hotel

6:00 PM
Buffalo Waterfront Tour
A Closer look at one of our greatest natural assets

7:00 PM
Dinner @ Buffalo Yacht Club
A casual, relaxing evening overlooking the Niagara River. (casual attire)

8:30 AM
Focus - New Technologies
Keynote Speaker - Herbert A. Hauptman, Ph.D world renowned mathematician, Nobel laureate, and President of the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute in Buffalo
Location - Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute

10:00 AM
Labor-Management Harmony
Showcasing the region's positive labor/management relations

10:45 AM
Buffalo Niagara Quality of Life
Cultural, sports and recreational opportunities enhance life in western New York State

11:30 PM
Lunch with Business Host / Site Tours or Leisure Activity
Lunch venue determined by host Site tours determined by interest of guests Leisure activity determined by interest of guests

4:00 PM
Refresh @ Hotel

6:30 PM
Dinner
Location - Top of the Falls Restaurant
Followed by fireworks over Niagara Falls a wonder of the world See why millions visit this world-class destination annually
(casual attire)

8:30 AM
Focus - Regional Power
Keynote Speaker - Roger B. Kelley President/CEO, New York Power Authority
Location - Power Vista in Niagara Falls

10:00 AM
Help to Get Started
Economic incentives Q & A: Empire State Economic Development Corporation, BNE, Erie/ Niagara IDAs

11:30 PM
Lunch with Business Host / One on One Business / Site Tours
Venue determined by host. Site tours determined by interest of guests

4:00 PM
Refresh @ Hotel

6:00 PM
Dinner
Dine in the elegant 1920s-era Shea's Buffalo Performing Arts Center

8:00 PM
Curtain Up! Downtown Buffalo
Select theater performances
(Business or Formal attire)

Special Attractions and Activities
(Optional)