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For those of you at today's Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship or those of you who are curious about who's speaking and what topics are being discussed, you can find the event schedule below (from nebraskaentrepreneur.com/2011-summit). And if you're tweeting about the Summit today, use the hashtag #NESummit.*

8:00 a.m. – Registration, Networking and Light Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – Opening Session

• James B. Milliken, President, University of Nebraska
• Rick Sheehy, Lt. Governor, State of Nebraska
• Opening Keynote: "Flyover" – Clint! Runge and Charles Hull, Archrival Co-founders

10:00 a.m. – Breakout Sessions:

Track 1: Discovery & Innovation

"Can The University Really Develop Entrepreneurs and Innovators?" – David Keck, Director, Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Track 2: Start Up

"Entrepreneurship and Job Creation" – Sangeeta Badal, Senior Consultant, Gallup Consulting

Track 3: Growth

"Phenomblue: Finding Partners" – Joe Olsen, CEO, Director of Strategy & Innovation, Phenomblue

11:00 a.m. – Breakout Sessions:

Track 1: Discovery & Innovation: 

• "Innovative research fuels future advances in health care" – Jennifer Yentes, Laboratory Manager, Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Track 2: Start Up

• "The Devils Surrounding Angels" – Brad Bernthal, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, University of Colorado

Track 3: Growth

• "Falling Means Getting Back Up" – Scott Kleeb, President, Energy Pioneer Solutions
• "Genomics and the GeneSeek Experience" – Abe Oommen, General Manager Neogen Corporation/Geneseek

12:00 p.m. – State-wide Award Recognitions

• Luncheon Keynote – Pamela Dingman, CEO, Engineering Design Consultants

1:45 p.m. – Breakout Sessions:

Track 1: Discovery & Innovation

• "Next Generation Projects Inside a New Venture" – Dusty Davidson, Co-Owner Tripleseat (and co-founder of Silicon Prairie News)

Track 2: Start Up

• Matthew Wegener, President & CEO, ISoft Data Systems and Turbine Flats
• Steve Frayser, President, University of Nebraska Technology Park
• Nick Hudson, Founder, Halo Institute
• Megan Hunt, Owner, CAMP Coworking

Track 3: Growth

• "How to rapidly grow a Nebraska startup – unlimited vacation and Jets tickets" – John Wirtz, Chief Operating Officer, Hudl
• "Review of Internet and Traditional Company Growth" – Stephanie Healy, Co-Founder, Vente

3:00 p.m. – Closing Keynote

• Joe Moglia, Chairman of the Board, TD Ameritrade

3:30 p.m. – Adjourn

*Updated 8:45 a.m. – #NESummit hashtag added.