3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Exhibitor Set-Up
Location: The Grand Ballroom C

 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Registration and Informal Reception
Location: The Grand Ballroom Prefunction Area

 6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Exhibitor Set-Up
Location: The Grand Ballroom C

7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Registration
Location: The Grand Ballroom Prefunction Area

 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Networking Continental Breakfast
Location: Exhibit Area - The Grand Ballroom C

 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Welcome and Overview
Location: The Grand Ballroom B

Welcoming remarks: Congressman Heath Shuler

Other remarks: Congressman Zach Wamp; Congressman-Elect Phil Roe;

Dale Carroll, President and CEO, AdvantageWest Economic Development
Group; Tom Rogers, Chairman, Tennessee Valley Corridor, Inc.

 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

General Session I - Biodiversity
Location: The Grand Ballroom B

Session host: Congressman Heath Shuler

Opening presentation: Dale Ditmanson, Superintendent, The Great Smoky Mountains
National Park 

Moderators: Congressman Heath Shuler and Congressman Zach Wamp

Roundtable participants: Cheryl McMurry, Western North Carolina Office
Director for the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and Executive Director of the Bent
Creek Institute; Dr. Jonathan Lawrie, Manager, BioBusiness Center at
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; Dr. Daniel Simberloff,
Director of The University of Tennessee’s Institute for Biological Invasions;
Bonnie C. Carroll, Node Lead, National Biological Information Infrastructure - 
Southern Appalachian Information Node.

 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Area - The Grand Ballroom C

 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

General Session II - Climate Change
Location: The Grand Ballroom B

Session host: Congressman Zach Wamp

Opening presentation: Dr. David Easterling, Chief of the Scientific Services Division,
National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Moderators: Congressman Zach Wamp and Congressman Heath Shuler.

Roundtable participants: Dr. George Briggs, Executive Director of the University of
North Carolina’s Arboretum and “Climate Alive” and President of The Centers for
Environmental and Climatic Interaction (CECI); Dr. Jim Hack, Director of the National
Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL);
Robert Baron, President and Chief Executive Office, Baron Services, Inc.;
Dr. Dee Eggers, Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, UNC Asheville;
 Dr. Joseph Durham, Jr., Senior Vice President, Scientific Research Corporation.

 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Keynote Lunch
Location: The Grand Ballroom A

Welcome: Congressman Heath Shuler

Remarks by: Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey; Darrel Kohlhorst, President and
General Manager, Y-12 National Security Complex; Dr. Thom Mason, Director,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Introduction of keynote speaker: Congressman Zach Wamp

Keynote speaker: David Geanacopoulos, Executive Vice President for Public Affairs
and General Counsel, Volkswagen Group of America.

 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

General Session III - Green Technologies
Location: The Grand Ballroom B

Session host: Congressman Zach Wamp 

Opening presentations: Dr. Dana C. Christensen, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and
Engineering Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and Ned Doyle,
past member of the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association and coordinator of the
Southern Energy & Environment Expo.

Moderators: Congressman Zach Wamp  and Congressman Heath Shuler

Roundtable participants: Jennifer Banner, Chief Executive Officer, Schaad Companies;
Steve Linton, Green Building Coordinator, Deltec Homes, “The Original Green Builder”;
David Hollister, CEO of Sundance Power Systems, Inc.; Candace Jennings, Vice President
and Chief Executive Office of Washington County Operations, Mountain States Health Alliance.

 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Closing and Wrap-Up
Location: The Grand Ballroom B

Closing remarks: Congressman Heath Shuler and Congressman Zach Wamp