Keynote speaker J. Blacklock Wills Jr., chairman, president and CEO of The Wills Group, Inc., focused his remarks on the pace of change in today’s environment and the need for continuous learning. “Individual skill development is key in today’s economy. If you don’t keep up, you’ll become obsolete. Growing up, we used to have the option to change, now we have the requirement to change just to survive,” Wills told the audience.