MEDA 2006 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
"Everything was perfect. It was a great conference, the best ever! Thank you!"
Leslie (Sipes) Pachol, MEDA member and conference attendee
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| Freeman Hrabowski, Ph. D. opened the MEDA Annual Conference with a rousing speech that had the record crowd standing on their feet! |
Dr. Hrabowski headlined what turned out to be what one attendee called "the best ever." Other speakers included bestselling author Richard Florida (The Rise of the Creative Class, The Creative Class in America, and The Flight of the Creative Class) who held a book signing for a crowd that had the opportunity to mingle with him in the hall until well after his agreed upon time limit.
Click the links below to read about the conference:
- George Edwards - Welcome to Western Maryland - PDF file
- Freeman Hrabowski - Opening Comments - PDF file
- Anirban Basu - Gray Clouds - PDF file
- Richard Florida - Keynote Luncheon - PDF file
- Panel discussion - Rise Above the Gathering Storm - PDF file
- Panel discussion - The Business Response - PDF file
- Secretary Melissaratos - BRAC - PDF file
- Umar Hameed - Tuesday Keynote - pdf file

