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ILMA ENGAGE

April 2-4, 2020 Asheville, NC

EXCELLENT SPEAKERS, INTRIGUING TOPICS
COMING TO ASHEVILLE!
ILMA Engage: Ideas, Inspiration, Innovation, will be held
April 2-4, 2020, at the iconic Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. You can expect some of the best networking opportunities in the industry, as well as excellent
speakers covering intriguing topics. Take a look:
Keynote speaker Rajendra Sisodia
will address Conscious Capitalism: The
Engine that Moves Humanity. Despite
the role of capitalism being regularly
called into question in our society,
Sisodia will offer a fresh take on free
enterprise and how it has actually
lifted humanity all over the world.
How can businesses do better to affect
the lives of their employees, and what
does that mean for the bottom line?
Don't miss this moving, thoughtprovoking and perhaps controversial
Rajendra Sisodia look at how businesses of all sizes have
the power to achieve greater heights.
Sisodia is FW Olin distinguished
professor of Global Business and
Whole Foods Market Research
Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at
Babson College and co-chairman of
Conscious Capitalism Inc. Thanks
to Ergon Inc. for sponsoring the
keynote presentation.
At the Friday lunch session, Afshin
Molavi will encourage attendees to
become familiar with The Five Disruption-Proof Trends Disrupting Our World
and Their Impact on Politics, Business and
Afshin Molavi Technology. From rapid urbanization
and growing middle classes to unprecedented connectivity and
technology acceleration, he will highlight five key demographic
and universal growth trends that are reshaping our world.
Molavi describes these shifts as "disruption-proof " in that

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they transcend our day-to-day political, economic and trade
developments. Understanding their importance will help you
navigate the competitive global landscape for the next 25 years.
Molavi is senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute
at Johns Hopkins University SAIS and is co-director of
emerge85 Lab.
Saturday's Foundation Day will open with an ILMA Town
Hall breakfast session, where a panel of
experts will address a range of current
hot topics, including obsolete oil, tractor hydraulic fluids, GF-6 and more.
Next up will be Dave Dragon,
president of Dragon Management
Consulting, giving the full lowdown
on Artificial Intelligence (AI): History,
Definitions, Opportunities and Strategy.
There has been a significant buzz
around AI over the past few years. The
question is: Why are we hearing about Dave Dragon
it now? Dragon's interactive presentation will review a brief history of AI,
provide the definitions for the major
elements of AI and highlight the AI
opportunities and challenges facing
ILMA member companies. He will
conclude with a discussion concerning the importance of developing a
well-thought-out strategy for AI.
The ILMA Foundation Day and
Engage 2020 program will end with
Having Your Cake and Eating It Too:
Kevin Yttre
Keys to Successful Dealmaking, covered
by Grace Matthews' Kevin Yttre,
president and managing director, and
Ben Scharff, managing director.
Business owners often balance a
desire for growth and opportunities
for their company with personal
financial and lifestyle goals. By clearly
defining the end game, it is possible to
engineer a transaction combining the
right partner, structure and economics. The presentation will include a
Ben Scharff
discussion about how working backward from your goals is the key to
successful dealmaking, as well as how to successfully design
and navigate the M&A process.

Become an ILMA Engage sponsor!
Contact Tim Mack at tmack@ilma.org.

http://www.ILMA.ORG

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