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2006 National Summit
Chattanooga Convention Center
1100 Carter St. Chattanooga, TN 37402
May 31-June 1, 2006

NOTE: Click on links below to download available PowerPoints and speeches.

Below: Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen speaks at the Summit opening reception at Chattanooga's Hunter Museum of American Art.

 

Summit Agenda

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-Up - Chattanooga Convention Center
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops – Round One
Location: Chattanooga Convention Center
  • “Alternative Transportation/Energy Independence"
    Anchor: Ron Bailey, Dean of Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    • Dr. Wayne Davis, Associate Dean for Research and Technology, College of Engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
    • Dan Raudebaugh, Executive Director, Center for Transporation and the Environment and the Southern Fuel Cell Coalition
    • Tony Troutt, Vice President, Business Development, General Hydrogen Corporation
    • John Powell, Executive Director, Advanced Transportation Technology Institute
    • Terry Boston, Executive Vice President, Power System Operations, TVA
  • “Doing Business with the Army, Air Force, NASA, NNSA and DOE”
    Moderator: Joe Ferguson, President and CEO, The Enterprise Center
    • Steve Beale, Procurement Officer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
    • Carol Elliott, Contracting Officer, National Nuclear Security Administration, Y-12 Site Office
    • Judy Wilson, Director of Procurement and Contracts, U.S. Department of Energy-Oak Ridge Operations
    • Chuck Shoopman, Consultant, the University of Tennessee's Institute for Public Service
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Workshops – Round Two
Location: Chattanooga Convention Center
  • "Homeland Security"
    • John Doesburg, Director, Homeland Security Programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Dr. David Mitchell, Director, Tennessee Office of Homeland Security
    • Ewell Balltrip, Executive Director/CEO National INstitute of Hometown Security
    • Norven Goddard, Assistant Director for Science and Technology, State of Alabama Homeland Security
  • "State Technology Development Roundtable"
    Moderator: Tom Ballard, Director, Economic and Development Partnerships, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Eric Cromwell, Director of Technology, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
    • Kris Kimel, President, Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
    • Jim Hall, Chairman, The Enterprise Center 
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Opening Reception
Location: Hunter Museum of Art
  • Congressman Zach Wamp
  • Governor Phil Bredesen, State of Tennessee
  • Jim Hall, Chairman, The Enterprise Center
  • Matt Kisber, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
  Dinner on Own

Below: Tennessee Valley Corridor Board of Directors Chair,
Susan Reid, talks with Ted Sherry, Manager,
National Nuclear Security Administration's Y-12 Site Office.
 

Thursday, June 1, 2006

All events listed below are at the Chattanooga Convention Center

7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Networking
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. VIP and Sponsor's Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Summit Welcome - Hosted by Congressman Zach Wamp
  • Ted Sherry, Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration, Y-12 Site Office
  • Mack Barber, President, Remotec
  • Congressman Lincoln Davis (D-TN)
  • Mayor Claude Ramsey, Hamilton County
  • Mayor Ron Littlefield, City of Chattanooga
  • Susan Reid, Chair, Tennessee Valley Corridor, Inc.
9:20 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Opening General Session – Advancing America's Competitiveness Through Innovation, Discovery & Connectivity
Moderator: Congressman Zach Wamp
  • Congressman Bud Cramer (D-AL)
  • Rex Geveden, Associate Administrator, NASA
  • Dr. Jeff Wadsworth, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Tom Rogers, Founder and CEO, Technology 2020
  • Deborah Taylor Tate, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. General Session II- Advancing America's Competitiveness Through Education & Training
Moderator: Congressman Zach Wamp
  • Chuck Atkins, Minority Staff Director, Science Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Dr. John Petersen, President, University of Tennessee System
  • Dr. Frank Franz, President, University of Alabama-Huntsville
  • Dr. Paul Stanton, President, East Tennessee State University
  • Dr. Roger Brown, Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Networking Lunch (Exhibit Hall)
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. General Session III - Advancing America's Competitiveness Through Energy Independence
Moderator: Congressman Zach Wamp
  • Bill Sansom, Chairman, TVA
  • Tom Kilgore, CEO, TVA
  • William Bruce, President, BRI Energy
  • Robert Burger, CEO, Aerisyn Industries
  • Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC), Chair of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus
  • Chris Przirembel, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Clemson University
  • Dr. G. Todd Wright, Director, Savannah River National Laboratory
  • K.R. Sridhar, CEO, Ion America
  • Ben Ritchey, Vice President of the Transportation Market Sector, Battelle
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. General Session IV - Key Partners Important to the Corridor's Success
Moderator: Congressman Zach Wamp
  • Sandy Baruah, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Anne Pope, Federal Co-Chair, Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Gerald Boyd, Manager, U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Operations
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Closing Reception - Chattanooga Convention Center Corrdior Exhibit Area
6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Closing Dinner - Chattanooga Convention Center
  • Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN)
  • George Dials, Manager, BWXT/Y-12 National Security Complex
  • Jim Clinton, Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board
  • Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
  • Congressman John J. Duncan Jr. (R-TN)
  • Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY)
  • Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC)
  • Dr. Ron Bailey, Dean of Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Exhibitor Break-down

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