Keynote Speakers

The Honorable Bill White

Mayor, City of Houston

Patricia Martin

Author, RenGen: Renaissance Generation

The forces reshaping our culture and how organizations and people thrive in this period of disruptive change affects you directly.

Don't miss RenGen. Short for renaissance generation, RenGen is a cultural movement created by the confluence of art, education, entertainment and business that has at its center a powerful new player: the cultural consumer.

Martin’s presentation, based on her new book, RenGen: Renaissance Generation, gives us a provocative new way to think about change. Weaving images and storytelling with hard-hitting research, Patricia Martin traces the fundamental theme that runs through seemingly unrelated changes in civilization: that the past 30 years of American life is not an endless downward spiral – it’s the prelude. Actually, it looks a lot like what happens right before a renaissance.

As the RenGen gathers force, it will have a substantial impact on how we live and work! This keynote unearths the Houston region's hidden potential. It will show you how Houston can drive the next wave of innovation.

For additional information and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kristin Smith via phone at 713-844-3694 or at ksmith@houston.org.