Arkansas State University announced Tuesday (Aug. 4) the panel topics for Catalyst NEA: Economic Development and Leadership Forum, returning Nov. 5, to the Embassy Suites Red Wolf Convention Center in Jonesboro.
Hosted by Arkansas State University, Catalyst NEA brings together business leaders, educators, policymakers, researchers and innovators for a full day of conversations focused on the issues shaping the future of Northeast Arkansas, the state and the broader Mid-South. The forum has attracted more than 600 attendees in each of its first two years.
“Catalyst NEA creates an opportunity for public and private leaders to bring their knowledge, resources and perspectives together around the challenges facing our communities, region and state,” said Calvin White Jr., interim chancellor of Arkansas State University. “Research has the greatest value when it moves beyond…