Thanks to all of the sponsors,
speakers and guests who helped make the
2009 TVC National Summit such a success!

2009 Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit
May 27-28, 2009
Y-12 National Security Complex’s
New Hope Center
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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Video of the Summit sessions
available right here on the TVC Web site, soon! Check back for updates.

 Wednesday -- May 27, 2009

 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Exhibitor Set-Up
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area

 10:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m

Summit Registration
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Welcome and General Session I: "Looking Back. Moving Forward - New Missions and New Opportunities in the Tennessee Valley Corridor"
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

Host: Ted Sherry, Manager, Y-12 Site Office, DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration

Welcoming remarks:
-Tom Rogers, Chairman, Tennessee Valley Corridor
-Gerald Boyd, Manager, Department of Energy - Oak Ridge Office
-Darrel Kohlhorst, President and General Manager, Y-12 National Security Complex
-Congressman Zach Wamp

Opening remarks: Congressman Zach Wamp; Congressman Lincoln Davis

Keynote speaker: U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Roundtable hosts: Congressman Zach Wamp and Congressman Lincoln Davis

Roundtable participants:
-Gerald Boyd, Manager, Department of Energy - Oak Ridge Office
-Darrel Kohlhorst, President and General Manager, Y-12 National Security Complex
-Ted Sherry, Manager, Y-12 Site Office, DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration
-Dr. Thom Mason, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
-Dr. Dave Williams, President, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area

 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

General Session II: "Energy Innovation and the New Economy"
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

Host: Congressman Zach Wamp

Keynote speaker: KR Sridhar, Principal Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom Energy

Roundtable host: Congressman Zach Wamp

Roundtable participants:
-KR Sridhar, Principal Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom Energy
-Gary Gilmartin, Laboratory Liaison Director, Y-12 National Security Complex
-Dr. Dana Christensen, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
-Dr. Joe Hoagland, Vice President of Environmental Science, Technology & Policy, Tennessee Valley Authority

 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Opening Reception
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area 

 7:00 p.m. - TBD

Summit Attendee Dinner on Own 

 Thursday -- May 28, 2009

 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Summit Registration
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Networking and Continental Breakfast
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area

 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

General Session III: "Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture - Bridging the Gap from Science to Commerce"
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

Host: Congressman Zach Wamp

Keynote speakers: Congressman Phil Roe and Congressman Parker Griffith

Roundtable host: Congressman Zach Wamp

Roundtable participants:
-Mike Cuddy, President and CEO, Technology 2020
-Dr. Alex Miller, William B. Stokely Professor of Management and Associate Dean for Executive Education, The University of Tennessee
-Tom Rogers, Director of Industrial and Economic Development Partnerships, Partnerships Directorate, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
-Grady Vanderhoofven, Fund Manager, Meritus Ventures, L.P.
-Keith Buckner, Vice President of Manufacturing, Adaptive Methods
-Todd May, Special Assistant to the Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area

 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

General Session IV: "Advancing our Regional Economic Development"
Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

Host: Congressman Zach Wamp

Keynote speaker: Matt Kisber, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

Roundtable host: Congressman Zach Wamp

Roundtable participants:
-Susan Reid, Executive Director, First Tennessee Development District
-Tom Ballard, Director, Partnerships Directorate, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
-Wayne Cropp, President and CEO, The Enterprise Center
-Betty Huskins, President, Ridgetop Associates
-Andrea Loughry, Chair, Mind2Marketplace
-Greg Jones, Executive Director, Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corporation
-Ethan Hadley, Vice President of Economic Development, Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County

 12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Oak Ridge Luncheon Tours 
 -- Y-12 National Security Complex
 -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 -- East Tennessee Technology Park
 -- Oak Ridge Technology Tour (Oak Ridge Associated Universities' 21st Century
     Classroom and Oak Ridge High School)