BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Innovate New Albany - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Innovate New Albany X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Innovate New Albany REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T203000 DTSTAMP:20260505T023100Z CREATED:20260503T012547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T023100Z UID:10000456-1780423200-1780432200@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:Readers' Club: Build Your Primal Intelligence DESCRIPTION:Let’s read & talk about big ideas.\n\n\nThis is the 1st Innovate New Albany Readers’ Club event: an interactive evening designed to spark ideas\, deepen thinking\, and connect you with other curious\, like-minded people in our community. \nJoin us at 6:00 pm. Enjoy light bites & make new connections.\nWhat if the most important kind of intelligence isn’t analytical—but primal? \nThis month\, we’ll be discussing Angus Fletcher’s Primal Intelligence\, a book that challenges how we think about thinking. \nFletcher explores: \n\nWhat the human brain can do that AI can’t\nWhy storythinking beats analytical thinking for problem solving\, innovation\, and consensus building\nHow you can strengthen your own “primal intelligence”: intuition\, imagination\, emotion\, and commonsense\n\nYou’ll join a small group for engaging\, in-depth discussion\, with time to connect before and after. Whether you read every page or just come curious\, you’ll gain fresh perspectives and build meaningful connections with others in the Innovate New Albany community. \nIf you read one book this year\, make it this one…then come talk about it with us. \nMeet Our Discussion Leaders:\nAndrew R. Summerfield\, Genetica Creative \nBrand strategist\, art school grad and visual thinker. Andrew is interested in how people make meaning and how the right story can shape what they believe and do. \nLaura Cree\, Genetica Creative\nWriter\, science storyteller\, and unapologetic book nerd. Laura loves exploring big ideas at the intersection of science and story\, and helping others make sense of them\, too. \nLearn more about Andrew & Laura at geneticacreative.com \n\n\n*************** \nThis event is FREE\, but please register in advance.\nSchedule:\n6:00 – Light Bites / Mingle & Connect\n6:45 – Small Group Discussions Begin\n8:00 – Discussions Conclude / Connecting Resumes\n8:30 – Event Concludes\n\n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n Register \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/build-your-primal-intelligence/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:Readers' Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Headshot-Summerfield-Cree-Readers-Club-Blank-060226.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T014430Z CREATED:20260409T014430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T014430Z UID:10000454-1781028000-1781037000@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:Sleep: The Most Overlooked Driver of Success — & Solutions to Help You Succeed DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH 43054\nTuesday 6/9/26\, 6:00 – 8:30 pm\nPlease arrive at 6:00 pm. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nBe ready to interact with our featured speakers\, Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal & Dr. Naftali Rosenthal\, and your fellow participants. \n“Healthy Habits for High Achievers” is a new series presented by Innovate New Albany in collaboration with Healthy New Albany. \nThis series is designed to help hard-driving innovators and other high-achievers take care of themselves — to improve their own health and their effectiveness as leaders of highly capable teams and value-creating businesses. Events in this series will provide methods and tools for high achievers to achieve their big professional goals without sacrificing the health of themselves and the teams they lead. \nThis program will explore the growing crisis of sleep disorders and the widespread effects that insufficient sleep has on individual health\, public safety\, and business performance. \nThis event was presented at Innovate New Albany in December 2025. We’re excited to bring it back\, in response to popular demand. Don’t miss it! \nOur presenters\, Dr. Elizabeth (“Libby”) Rosenthal & Dr. Naftali Rosenthal\, will highlight the most common symptoms and types of sleep disorders\, along with the economic and societal costs associated with poor sleep. This presentation will outline practical\, evidence-based strategies to improve both the quantity and quality of sleep\, empowering individuals and organizations to create healthier\, more productive environments. \n*************** \nDr. Elizabeth (“Libby”) Rosenthal is a general dentist\, marathon runner\, and co-founder of theREALsleep\, a company dedicated to making sleep apnea testing and treatment accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Libby’s passion is transforming the way people think about sleep—making it not just a medical necessity\, but a lifestyle upgrade. \nDr. Naftali Rosenthal is a general dentist\, iron man\, marathon runner\, entrepreneur\, and co-founder of theREALsleep. With a passion for merging dental innovation and medical science\, Naftali has helped create a streamlined system that allows patients to complete medical-grade home sleep tests and receive treatment from the comfort of their own homes. Naftali works to bridge the gap between dentistry and sleep medicine—empowering providers and patients alike to take sleep health seriously. \nLibby and Naftali operate multiple dental practices in Columbus\, Ohio\, and also lead a growing team bringing sleep health directly into homes nationwide. \n*************** \nLike all Innovate New Albany programs\, this event is FREE. \nSchedule: \n6:00 pm – Light Bites & Socializing \n6:45 pm – Libby & Naftali Start Their Presentation \n7:45 pm – Presentation Wraps; Socializing Resumes \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n Register \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/sleep-the-most-overlooked-driver-of-success-solutions-to-help-you-succeed/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:Healthy Habits for High Achievers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Headshot-HHHA-Libby-and-Naftali-060926.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T190727Z CREATED:20260601T161706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260603T190727Z UID:10000462-1781262000-1781269200@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:How Humans Can “Keep Up” In The Coming Era of AI Agents & Digital Workers DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\nNew Albany\, OH 43054\nFriday 6/12/26\, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\nBe ready to interact with our speakers\, Tsavo Knott & Mark Widman\, and your fellow participants. \nEat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nEvery team is about to be working alongside AI agents and “digital workers” that don’t sleep\, don’t forget\, and don’t wait for instructions. \nThe hard question isn’t can the agents do the work? It’s how do humans stay in the loop\, in the lead\, and in control as the pace accelerates? \nIn this TIGER Talk\, Tsavo Knott (Co-founder & CEO) and Mark Widman (Co-founder & CTO) of Pieces — a Columbus-built\, Drive Capital-backed AI company with co-founders in New Albany\, Ohio — share what they’ve learned watching the first wave of teams go AI-native. \nThe session is explicitly NOT a product pitch or software demo; it’s a practical look at what’s changing for sales\, engineering\, and executive workflows in the next 12 months\, where humans are still the unfair advantage\, and how to build the muscle now so your team doesn’t get caught flat-footed when the agents arrive. \nKey takeaways \n\nWhat AI-Native actually looks like in 2026—not the buzzword version\, the real one\nThe three jobs only humans can do well when agents handle the rest: judgment\, ownership\, originality\nHow agentic workflows are reshaping Sales (qualification + outbound)\, Engineering (code + ops)\, and Executives (decisions + delegation)\nThe “delegation gap”—why most teams hand AI the wrong work and get burned for it\nThe watch-outs nobody’s talking about: memory\, drift\, surveillance\, accountability\, and the new failure modes coming for every team\n\n**************** \nLike all TIGER Events\, this talk is FREE.\n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks\, & Socializing\n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing\n11:45 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (10 seconds please)\n12:05 pm – Hand-off to Tsavo & Mark\n1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n Register \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/how-humans-can-keep-up-in-the-coming-era-of-ai-agents-digital-workers/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:TIGER Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Headshot-Knott-Widman-TIGER-Talk-Blank-061225.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T110000 DTSTAMP:20260526T194004Z CREATED:20260525T182717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T194004Z UID:10000460-1781694000-1781694000@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:Culture + Compensation: Building a Company People Actually Want to Stay For DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\nNew Albany\, OH 43054\nWednesday 6/17/26\, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\nBe ready to interact with our speakers\, Jen Meek & Chandler Kuhn\, and your fellow participants. \nEat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nStartups and growing companies often assume retention is solved with bigger salaries or trendy perks. It’s not. \nThe companies that keep great people usually get the fundamentals right first: clear expectations\, meaningful work\, strong leadership\, thoughtful compensation\, and a culture people trust. \nIn this TIGER Talk\, our featured speakers\, Jen Meek & Chandler Kuhn\, will talk about what really drives retention in small and growing businesses\, especially when budgets are tight and every hire matters. They’ll cover practical ways to create an employee experience that feels intentional\, scalable\, and honest. From compensation beyond a paycheck to communication rhythms\, leadership accountability\, and smart approaches to benefits and equity. \nThis won’t be a conversation about ping pong tables and free snacks. It’s about building a company people believe in. \n**************** \nJennifer Meek\, MBA\, SPHR\, MFHA\, is CHRO and Head of People Solutions at Book+Street. Jen is a result-driven executive\, guiding leaders in laying the foundational work of their talent strategy. Going beyond the everyday Human Resources issues\, she aligns people strategy with the overall goals and objectives of an organization. This intentional and authentic approach leads to identifying areas where an organization can continue to develop and thrive. \nPrior to Book+Street\, Jen built 25 years of senior leadership experience; she served as Vice President of HR for a multibillion-dollar private equity-owned company in the oil and gas industry\, with 1500 employees in 22 countries. Additionally\, Jen was the President\, CEO\, and member of the Board of Directors of an HR consulting organization for 12 years. \n**************** \nChandler Kuhn\, MBA\, SPHR\, is an accomplished HR Manager at Book+Street with a strong background in human resources management\, payroll\, and executive recruitment. He partners with founders and leadership teams to build scalable people operations\, ensuring compliance while shaping effective\, high-impact HR strategies. \nChandler brings deep experience across multi-state HR operations\, with expertise in policy development\, payroll\, performance tracking\, and benefits administration. Since joining Book+Street\, he has expanded his work across a diverse range of industries including car dealerships\, law firms\, AI\, music festivals\, and supply chain. \nKnown for his proactive approach\, Chandler has developed a reputation for making policy creation second nature and building frameworks that teams actively rely on. One of his proudest accomplishments has been seeing the handbooks and policies he created put into action across growing organizations. \n**************** \nLike all TIGER Events\, this talk is FREE.\n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks\, & Socializing\n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing\n11:45 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (10 seconds please)\n12:05 pm – Hand-off to Jen & Chandler\n1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n Register \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/culture-compensation-building-a-company-people-actually-want-to-stay-for/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:TIGER Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Headshot-Meek-Kuhn-TIGER-Talk-Blank-061726.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T113000 DTSTAMP:20260612T210252Z CREATED:20260612T210252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T210252Z UID:10000463-1781773200-1781782200@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:EXPERT OFFICE HOURS | Thursday June 18\, 2026 DESCRIPTION:Meet with the Experts you need\n100% VIRTUAL Format\n\nInnovate New Albany created Expert 😎 Office Hours to give business owners & aspiring entrepreneurs an easy way to get answers they need.\nPlease make all appointments by 4:00 pm\, Wed. June 17.\nHow It Works:\n\n\nReview the FIVE Experts available\, at the link provided below.\n\n\nMake individual appointments – just ONE – or up to FIVE.\n\n\nFor each appointment\, you’ll receive a calendar invite with Zoom link.\n\n\nOn Thursday June 18: At each appointment time\, please click on your Zoom link. \n\n\nYou’ll be greeted by our Event Host who’ll connect you to your selected Expert.\n\n\nCLICK HERE to browse Experts & make Appointments\nQuestions? Email Neil Collins at “neil@InnovateNewAlbany.org” URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/expert-office-hours-thursday-june-18-2026/ LOCATION:OH CATEGORIES:Expert Office Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Expert-Office-Hours-Header-Panel-061826-Blank-for-Website.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR