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Entrepreneurial Business Leaders To Speak At Michigan Emerging

TROY -- Michigan Emerging, a conference designed to connect and inspire fellow innovators and entrepreneurs has finalized the event speakers and day's agenda. Michigan Emerging will begin at 8:30 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Detroit's Cobo Center. Tickets are $45 in advance and at the door and include a $15 food voucher for lunch. Registration is now open.

Michigan Emerging brings together innovative minds and aspiring leaders from growing industries in Michigan to impact the economy and revive Michigan's ability to compete on the national level.

Tim Bryan, of GalaxE.Solutions, the opening keynote speaker at Michigan Emerging is committed to creating jobs and opportunities pivotal to success and sustainability in Detroit.

"'Outsource to Detroit' recognizes and promotes Detroit and Campus Martius as a center of IT solutions that is repatriating jobs that formerly have been going offshore," said Tim Bryan, chairman and CEO of GalaxE.Solutions. "We are creating and delivering high-technology innovation, quality and value to this country and the world while putting Americans back to work."

Michigan Emerging is proud to present the following line-up of speakers. These tenacious innovators will inspire, educate and demonstrate -- through their leadership and creativity -- what is possible in the great state of Michigan.

* Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder
* Rom LaPointe of i3Logic
* Amanda Ross of Stunning Creative
* Dwayne Raypp and James Vreeland of Gumshoe
* M. Miche Suboski of Lansing Economic Area Partnership
* Martin Dober of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
* Dominic Pizzo of Enerwatch
* Scott Hauman of Lingo
* Ken Rogers of Automation Alley
* U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke
* Daniel Walker of River's End
* Rick Goldstein and Matt Pickus of GPX

Michigan Emerging is a comprehensive, non-political, cross-industry event spotlighting the initiatives of universities, corporations and individuals. It will aid in the development of a more diverse, robust and competitive Michigan.

Michigan Emerging will bring together the resources needed to highlight and facilitate the change necessary to create great wealth and industry in Michigan.

For more information on Michigan Emerging, visit www.MichiganEmerging.com or call (248) 275-1337.

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