Inventors Club Of NE Arkansas To Have Special June Meeting With FORGE IDEA Fest

The Inventors Club of Northeast Arkansas will host a special meeting Saturday (June 13) in conjunction with the FORGE IDEA Fest on the Arkansas State University campus, the club’s president said Thursday.

Jim Melescue said the meeting will be held at the Delta Center for Economic Development with innovators, developers, entrepreneurs or artists are encouraged to attend this free event.

The schedule for IDEA FEST includes:

8:00 a.m. – Registration

8:30 a.m. – Opening Remarks: Mayor Harold Perrin, Jonesboro chamber president Mark Young, Kelli Listenbee and Steven Trotter.

9:45 a.m. – Break for morning snack (coffee, tea, pastries)

10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Tinker Fest at the ASU Museum

10-10:45 a.m.:

– Public Spaces for Innovation by Kristen Jeffers in Room 103
– Products & Inventions by Louis Foreman in Room 106
– 3D Printing (Demonstration) by Dr. Ross Carroll in Room 110
– Start Co. in Room 203
– Get Your City on the Map with Google by Kelli Listenbee in Room 201

11-11:45 a.m.:

– Public Spaces for Innovation by Kristen Jeffers in Room 103
– Products & Inventions by Louis Foreman in Room 106
– Brian Rogers in Room 110
– Inventing Products: How to Take Them to Market by Ted Moskal in Room 203
– Get Your City on the Map with Google by Kelli Listenbee in Room 201

12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Lunch

1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

– The Patent Process from filing to receipt by Steve Schrantz in Room 103
– 3D Printing (Demonstration) by Dr. Ross Carroll in Room 110
– Commercial Kitchen Services by John Auker in Room 106
– Investing in Your Local Startup Ecosystem by Jeff Amerine in Room 201

2:45-3:30 p.m.

– Cornell Wesley with EAPDD in Room 103
– Dr. Peter Larbi in Room 110
– Commercial Kitchen Services by John Auker in Room 106
– Investing in Your Local Startup Ecosystem by Jeff Amerine in Room 201

3:45-4:30 p.m.

– Joel Gordon Maker Space in Room 103
– The Patent Process from filing to receipt by Steve Schrantz in Room 110
– Taking your invention to the next level with Ted Moskal and Robert Bahn in Room 106

4:30 p.m. – Adjourn

For more information about FORGE contact Steve Trotter at (870) 273-2849. You can register at this link.