Published Oct. 19, 2021
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The CBSS Symposium 鈥淭he Human/Machine Connection鈥� begins with the College Brain Bowl
Competition from 4-6 p.m. in The Hangar.
By 四色AV Office of Marketing and Communications
The University of Louisiana Monroe's premier lecture and seminar series, the CBSS
Symposium is Wednesday-Thursday at 四色AV. This year's theme is 鈥淭he Human/Machine Connection,"
with experts in in business, psychology, motivation, technology, strategy and more
presenting during the two-day event.
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Most lectures and discussions will be in The Hangar on the second floor of the Student
Union Building (SUB) in rooms A, B, C, and D.
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The CBSS Symposium offers subjects of interest to business students and students in
other programs, as well as businesspeople. Among the topics are wealth management,
entrepreneurship marketing, and more.
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四色AV alumna Gretchen Stangier will be the kickoff keynote speaker at 6 p.m., Wednesday,
Oct. 20, in SUB A. Stangier, CFP庐, is CEO & Financial Coach of Stangier Wealth Management
in Portland, OR.
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The CBSS Symposium will close at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in Brown Auditorium with
keynote speaker Julia Landauer, two-time NASCAR champion and STEM advocate from New
York City.
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The sessions are free and those interested are invited to attend.
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CBSS Symposium Schedule
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Wednesday, Oct. 20
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4-6 p.m., Hangar/SUB ballrooms 鈥� College Brain Bowl Competition, Hangar/SUB ballrooms,
coordinator: Janelle McDaniel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
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6-7 p.m., SUB A 颅鈥� Kickoff Keynote 鈥� Gretchen Stangier, CFP庐 - CEO & Financial Coach,
Stangier Wealth Management of Portland, OR, 鈥淭here is Someone in my Head but It鈥檚
Not Me: Short Circuiting Your Default Future鈥�
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Thursday, Oct. 21
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8:30 鈥� 9:15 a.m.
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Session 1, SUB A: 鈥淓ntrepreneurship and Business Success鈥� with Dhu Thompson, Past CEO Delta Plastics
of the South and Founder of the Entrepreneurship Pelican Cup. Thompson is retired
and lives in Little Rock, AR
Session 2, SUB B: 鈥淪EC Reporting: The Ongoing Story of Public Companies鈥� with Ashlyn Labat, CPA, Vice
President, Financial Reporting, Sr. Manager Comerica, Inc., of Dallas
Session 3, SUB C: 鈥淢onroe/West Monroe is Amazing! How We Get the Message Out鈥� with Shelia Snow, Vice
President for Communications, Discover Monroe/West Monroe in West Monroe
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9:30-10:45 a.m.
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Session 1, SUB A: 鈥淐hanges Aren鈥檛 Permanent鈥ut Change Is: Things I Don鈥檛 Know About Your Future Career鈥�
with Rich Jackson, Principal Systems Engineer, Walmart Stores, Inc., in Bentonville,
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Session 2, SUB B: 鈥淟earn, Adapt, and Be Brave鈥� with Ryan Boyle, Category Manager, ExxonMobil in Bentonville
Session 3, SUB C: 鈥淭echnology and Women鈥檚 Work/Life Balance鈥� with Candi Hill, Ph.D., of Hill Psychological
Associates in Monroe.
Session 4, SUB D: 鈥淎viation in the 21st Century鈥� with E. Parker Davis, Designated Pilot Examiner, Baton
Rouge Flight Standards District Office in Shreveport
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11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
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Session 1, SUB A: 鈥淧TPs and SPACs: Private Equity Accessing Public Markets鈥� with Jonathan Davies, Executive
Vice President, Golden Gate Capital in San Francisco, CA
Session 2, SUB B: 鈥淒ata and Advanced Analytics: Solving Business Problems with AI鈥� with Alex Deshowitz,
Data Science Project Lead, QuantumBlack|McKinsey & Co., in Dallas
Session 3, SUB C: 鈥淭his is America: The Only Thing That Can Stop You is Yourself鈥� Sharon Turrentine,
Singer and Philanthropist, I Got the Music in Me, from Hot Springs, AR
Session 4, SUB D: 鈥淢onroe: Crossing Lines through Coalitions鈥� with Jasmine McConnell, J.D., Former
Assistant District Attorney, Monroe
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11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Lunch Provided by Louisiana National Bank, SUB Overhang
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1-1:45 p.m., SUB A: 鈥�Managing Personal Financial Decisions for Success,鈥� Beta Alpha Psi
2-3:15 p.m., SUB A: 鈥淚mproving Campus Climate at Higher Education Institutions鈥� with Toni Thibeaux, Assistant
Vice Chancellor for Diversity Affairs, LSU Health Shreveport
4-5 p.m., Library Conference Center: Keynote Speaker Meet & Greet, for freshman CBSS majors and invited guests
6-7 p.m., Brown Auditorium: Keynote Presentation by Julia Landauer, two-time NASCAR Champion and STEM Education
Advocate from New York City, 鈥淒rive: How To Gain And Maintain a Competitive Advantage鈥�
