CAMEO Invites You to Our 2008 Conference MicroEnterprise: Leading Local Economic Development October 23 –24 Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, CA

MicroEnterprise and Community Development
Thursday, October 23

1:00 Welcome

1:30 Panel: Trends & Innovations in MicroEnterprise

• Sheilah Rogers, Moderator
• Kathy Moxon, Humboldt Community Foundation
• Mary Rick, Prog. Dir., Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
• Followed by Q & A and general discussion

3:00 Break

3:15 Dan Beam: The Promise of a Brand, The Promise of a Movement

5:30 CAMEO Annual Meeting

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Michael Shuman, author of The Small-Mart Revolution on community economics

Creating an Agenda for Rural MicroEnterprise
Friday, October 24

7:30 Welcome, Introductions, Continental breakfast

8:00 Karen Dabson, Energizing Entrepreneurs program with discussion

11:30 Break

11:45 Lunch with Ben Higgins, USDA Rural Development

12:45 Break-out groups to develop recommendations and actions to support rural microenterprise development.

1:30 Re-convene to prioritize issues and actions for CAMEO’s Rural Initiative.

3:00 Wrap-up with Claudia Viek, CAMEO Executive Director

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