Steve Devlin, MU Extension program director and assistant dean for industrial relations and entrepreneurship, will meet with local business leaders and organizations at Northwest to discuss creating research-based, high-technology businesses.

Interested individuals are invited to the meeting at 1 pm, Monday, September 12 at the Dean L. Hubbard Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, located at the northeast corner of the Northwest campus.

The meeting agenda is as follows:

1 pm – Welcome and brief introduction, Dr. Christopher Wallace, Nodaway County Extension Council member

1:10 to 2 pm – CIE tour, Dr. Mark Corson, Northwest Department of Natural Sciences chair

2 to 4 pm – MU Extension’s role in Nodaway County economic development, Devlin

4 to 4:30 pm – Discussion

RSVP by Wednesday, Sept. 7 by contacting the Nodaway County Extension Center at 660.582.8101 or dotyr@missouri.edu.