Schedule of Events
Friday, July 27
| Morning | BCOME Golf Outing. Contact Gary Beckman if interested. |
| 11:30a | Check-in and Registration |
| 11:30p | Lunch in Searcy Cafeteria |
| 12:30 | Welcome and Introduction by Michael Drapkin and John Candler |
| 12:50 | Keynote Address by Dr. Bill Ivey, Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts under President Clinton. |
| 1:50 | Plenary Session: Speed Networking. Bring 100 business cards and an elevator pitch! You'll meet everyone in the conference by the end of this session. |
| 2:50 | Plenary Session: The Three Entrepreneurs |
| 3:35 | Break |
| 3:55 | Track Session I PERFORMERS: Life Outside the Classical World: Making a career in the for-profit world. FACULTY: Academic Panel I: Discipling Entrepreneurship in Arts Higher Education: Views on an Emerging Field INDUSTRY: Speed Business Plan Writing - Session 1/2 |
| 4:45 | Track Session II PERFORMERS: Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Resources FACULTY: Designing a course on Entrepreneurship INDUSTRY: Market Research: What it is, why you need it and how to conduct it. |
| 5:35 | Wrap-Up |
| 5:45 | Dinner, Searcy Cafeteria |
| 6:45 | Pre-concert Mixer, Alumni House |
| 7:30 | BMC Evening concert: Concerto Competition, Repertory Symphony Orchestra |
Saturday, July 28
| 7:00a | Breakfast, Searcy Cafeteria |
| 9:00 | Keynote Address by Arlene Shrut, Executive Director, New Horizons |
| 10:00 | Track Session III
PERFORMERS: Business Legalities: Intellectual Property, Contracts, Royalties, and Negotiations. Tracking the cash flow. FACULTY: Advancing Arts Entrepreneurship Education: New Concepts in Curricular Design INDUSTRY: Speed Business Plan Writing - Session 2/2 |
| 11:05 | Plenary Session: �Sales and Marketing� |
| 12:00p | Lunch, Searcy Cafeteria |
| 1:30 | Plenary Session: Creativity Exercise |
| 2:20 | Track Session IV PERFORMERS: The Rise of the Musician/Distributor - reaching your audience without a record contract FACULTY: Leadership in the Academy - creating an arts leadership program INDUSTRY: Finding Funding Partners: for-profit, not-for-profit, creative partnerships, what's in it for the partner. |
| 3:25 | Break |
| 3:45 | Plenary Session: Appalachian Storytelling Singalong |
| 4:45 | Plenary Session: Networking |
| 5:30 | Wrap-Up |
| 5:55 | Authentic North Carolina BBQ Dinner - Firehouse Caterers |
| 6:45 | Pre-Concert Mixer, Alumni House |
| 7:30 | BMC Evening concert: All That Jazz (Pops Concert) |
Sunday, July 29
| 8:00a | Continental breakfast, Searcy Cafeteria |
| 9:00 | It�s All About You
9:00 One-on-One Mentoring with BCOME Staff (signup sheets will be available) 11:00 Workshop: What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? |
| 9:00 | Academic Panels
9:00 Academic Panel II: Entrepreneurship Education in Music Business Curricula 10:00 Academic Panel III: Innovative Models in Music Entrepreneurship Education: The University of Michigan |
| 12:00p | Brunch/Lunch, Searcy Cafeteria |
| 12:45p | Making it Happen: Your Entrepreneurial Feedback Session |
| 1:45p | * Myers-Briggs Feedback Session |
| 3:00 | Brevard Music Center Orchestra Concert - Strauss: Alpine Symphony |
| 5:00 | End of Conference |
* Myers-Briggs Testing will be available online before the conference for a nominal fee.
