Tuesday, June 7
| 8:30am | Registration and Breakfast Oyate Hall, Student Center |
| 10:00 | Welcome to UMM and Greetings from Morris, Minnesota Sam Schuman, Chancellor of the University of Minnesota, Morris. Carol Wilcox, Mayor, City of Morris Robert Jones, Senior Vice President for System Administration, University of Minnesota Keynote Speaker, "Imagination as a Social Movement," Rev. Bliss Browne, Imagine Chicago |
| 11:15 | Future Session on Future Trends, moderated by Rev. Bliss Browne |
| 12 noon | Lunch Speaker, "The Quickening Pace of Change," Dr. James Benson |
| 1:15 | Concurrent Future Sessions on Home and Family Life Sessions include Vital Aging, the New Minnesotans, Arts and Culture |
| 2:30 | Concurrent Future Sessions on Neighborhood and Small Town Life Sessions include Schools and Education, Economy, Agriculture |
| 3:45 | Concurrent Future Sessions on County and State Life Sessions include Landscape and Environment, Rural Media, Infrastructure |
| 4:45 | Community Walkabout Wind Energy and WCROC Bus Tour |
| 6:00 | Supper and Flavors of Minnesota Talent - Downtown Morris and the Killoran Music and Art Center |
Wednesday, June 8
| 7:30am | Locally-grown Foods Breakfast Speaker, "Visions from the Road," Jack Coffman |
| 8:30 | Legislative Update, Nancy Larson, Minnesota Association of Small Cities |
| 9:15 | Future Session on Rural Politics (Legislative Forum), moderated by Laura McCallum, Minnesota Public Radio Panel: Sen. Ellen Anderson, Rep. Morrie Lanning, Rep. Paul Marquart, Sen. Dave Senjem |
| 11:00 | Concurrent Future Sessions on State, National, and International Life Sessions include Rural Policy, Energy, State and Federal Programs |
| 12:15 | Lunch and Small Towns Crossword Quiz Speaker, "Public Insight Journalism," Michael Skoler, Minnesota Public Radio |
| 1:30pm | Wrap-Up and Next Steps |
Proceedings
Rev. Bliss Browne
- Prepared keynote speech (not followed exactly in actual speech)
- Powerpoint presentation from keynote speech (in powerpoint format)
- Listen to the keynote speech in mp3 format. Imagination as a Social Movement. Thank you to the folks at KMRS/KKOK radio for the duplication. The last 5 minutes were not recorded due to the tape running out.
- A Call to Integrity: Giving Birth to Imagination about Community Futures
- Intergenerational Learning Communities
- Discovering the Strengths of Our Community and Our Leaders
- Citizen Leaders: Inspiring Community Innovation