500 p.m.

2025 Program

5:00 p.m. - Welcome Reception

6:30 p.m. - Program

  • Featured Speaker
  • Dinner Break
  • Sponsor Remarks: Lenovo
  • Fireside Chat

8:00 p.m. - Desserts and Networking, sponsored by Delta Air Lines

 

Speakers

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   Tue Micheelsen

President, Novonesis

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   Lee Lilley

Secretary of Commerce

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   Senator Phil Berger

President Pro Tempore

Cheo Johnson
Cheo Johnson

CMO, Lenovo

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Tom Looney

Chair, North Carolina Board of Community Colleges

Thank You To Our 2025 Sponsors

2024 State of The Region

In 2024, our program featured Travis A. McCready from JLL, Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen, and Barbara Stephenson from UNC-Chapel Hill. Because of your support, our program continues to sell out each year! 

Thank you to all who joined us!