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March 15 - 17, 2012 UIC Forum -- University of Illinois at Chicago

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Thursday's Schedule
March 17, 2011

All Speakers and times are tentative

Financing Farm to Fork Conference:

University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business  is the primary conference sponsor.

Regional and national leaders present concrete ways to attract investment capital, loans, and grants to finance local and sustainable food businesses, farms, and NGOs

Thursday March 17th 8:00am to 8:30am Registration and welcome



Financing Farm to Fork 8:30am to 9:20am Keynote: Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm



9:20am to 10:00am Opening Plenary: Local Food Retailing



CFPAC Neighborhood Council Strategic Development 10:10am to 11:10am Workshop Session


11:00am to 12:00pm Workshop Session



12:15pm to 1:00pm Lunch: Hall B
Financing Fair & SLoFIG Business Plan Competition

1:00pm to 1:45pm Business Plan Competition Finalists


1:45pm to 2:45pm Financing Fair



2:45pm to 3:30pm Keynote: Will Allen, Growing Power




3:00pm to 6:00pm Skill Building Sessions


The full schedule can be found by clicking here


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