Community collaboration works in Silicon Heartland Ohio transitioning from Rust Belt to Tech Belt. Lorain County Executive Summit

May 15, 2024

With changemakers:

Dr. Marcia Ballinger, LC Community College president

Dr. Roy Church, LCCC past president

Tony Gallo, CEO, LC Chamber of Commerce

and Panelists:

Srinivas Subramanian, Nordson

Kristi Clouse, JobsOhio

Dr. Ethan Karp, MAGNET

Bryce Sylvester, TeamNeo

Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Fannin

Topics of Discussion

Innovation Catalysts

Workforce Training

Advanced Manufacturing

Diversity

Economic Transitions to Tech from Rust

The Next Tech Hubs Outside Silicon Valley

Sidenote: Lorain County Community College (outside Cleveland) is educating engineering students in ways to fill the semiconductor pipeline. This is a gateway to good wages at Intel's new chip plant near Columbus.

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Top 50 Digital Disruptors

Read my 15 profiles of these innovators in this CNBC 2024 special report. A few were among the 15 I profiled for 2023 too.

Highlighting strategies of global hyperscalers in cybersecurity, defense tech, biotech, energy, fintech and AI.

Abnormal Security, AlphaSense, Anduril Industries, Anthropic, Beewise, Canva, Dedrone, Deel, ElevateBio, Figma, Glean

Octopus Energy, Tala, Transcarent

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