Thank you to all Summit sponsors, speakers and guests that helped make the 2007 National Summit such a success!

2007 National Summit
Marriott MeadowView Resort and Convention Center
Kingsport, TN
May 29-30, 2007

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. 

 
Exhibitor Set-Up
Location: Convention Center A

 
 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. 

 
Summit Registration
Location: Convention Center Lobby

 1:15 p.m.—2:45 p.m.   
 
National Leadership through Regional Cooperation: Building a
Secure and Resilient America
Location: Grand Ballroom
MODERATOR: Darrell Kohlhorst, Deputy General Manager of Operations,
BWXT/Y-12 National Security Complex
Roundtable participants:
  • Ken Martin, Director, International and Homeland Security Business Unit,
    Y-12 National Security Complex
  • Ewell Balltrip, President, The National Institute for Hometown Security
  • Warren Edwards, Director, Southeast Regional Research Initiative (SERRI),
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 
 2:45 p.m.—3:00 p.m. 

 
Break

 
 3:00 p.m.—4:45 p.m.  

Tennessee Valley Corridor Federal Alliance Roundtable
Location: Grand Ballroom
MODERATOR: Ed Kraft, Chief Technologist, Arnold Air Force Base (confirmed)
 
Roundtable participants:
  • Colonel Art Huber II, Commander, Arnold Engineering Development Center,
    Air Force Materiel Command, Arnold Air Force Base
  • Gerald Boyd, Manager, Oak Ridge Office, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Ted Sherry, Manager, Y-12 Site Office, National Nuclear Security
    Administration
  • Shar Hendrick, Manager, External Relations Office, NASA Marshall Space
    Flight Center

 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

 
Opening Reception

 Location: Exhibit Area

 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.          

 
Summit Welcome and Opening Dinner - "Advancing America's Competitiveness"

Presented by Y-12 National Security Complex
Location: Convention Center A
HOST: U.S. Congressman David Davis
 
Remarks from: U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp

Video Remarks: U.S. Senator Bob Corker

Keynote speaker: U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
**All sessions take place at Meadowview Resort and Conference Center**

7:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.    
Registration
Location: Convention Center Lobby
 7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.  
 
 
Continental Breakfast & Networking
Location: Exhibit Area
 

 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Convene and Morning Welcome
Location: Grand Ballroom
HOST: U.S. Congressman David Davis
Remarks: U.S. Congressman Lincoln Davis
 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.      
 
Opening General Session: "Sharing Healthcare Solutions for All 
Communities"
Location: Grand Ballroom
HOST/MODERATOR: U.S. Congressman David Davis
Keynote remarks: Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr., President, East Tennessee
State University
 
Roundtable participants:
  • Dr. Ray Stowers, Vice President and Dean, DeBusk
    College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University;
  • Dr. David Reagan, Chairman, Board of Directors for CareSpark;
  • Dr. Martin Eason, Director for the Center of Experimental Learning
     Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University;
  • Dr. Larry Calhoun, Dean, College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee
    College of Pharmacy;
  • Dennis Vonderfecht, President and CEO, Mountain States Health Alliance
 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. 
 
General Session II: "Advancing America's EnergySecurity"
Location: Grand Ballroom
HOST/MODERATOR: U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp
Keynote remarks: U.S. Congressman Bud Cramer

Roundtable participants:
  • Tom Kilgore, President and CEO, TVA;
  • Mark Costa, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Marketing,
    Eastman Chemical Company;
  • Dr. David Millhorn, Executive Vice President, University of
    Tennessee;
  • Jimmy Haslam, President, Pilot Travel Centers, LLC;
  • Dr. Ron Bailey, Guerry Professor and Dean, College of Engineering
    and Computer Science, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
 
 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  
 
Break
 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 
 
General Session III: "Boosting College Going Rates and Maintaining
Our Technical Workforce"
Location: Grand Ballroom
HOST/MODERATOR: Norris Sneed, Senior Vice President, Eastman
Chemical Company
Keynote remarks: Anne Pope, Co-Chair, Appalachian Regional Commission
 
Roundtable participants:
  • Betty Brown, GEAR UP/Safe Schools Coordinator, Johnson County Schools;
  • George Dials, President and General Manager, BWXT/Y-12 National
    Security Complex;
  • Dr. Ed Kraft, Chief Technologist, Arnold Engineering Development Center, and
    Co-Director of the Corridor NEW-STEM Initiative
 
 12:30 p.m.—12:45 p.m. 
 
Break/Adjourn to lunch
 
 12:45 p.m.—2:45 p.m.  
 
Closing Lunch and Roundtable: "Solving America's STEM Shortage"
Presented by The University of Tennessee
Location: Convention Center A
LUNCH HOST: U.S. Congressman David Davis
 
Opening remarks by: Dr. Cynthia Glassman, Under Secretary for Economic
Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce
ROUNDTABLE HOST: U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp
 
Roundtable discussion with:
  • U.S. Congressman David Davis;
  • Dr. Cynthia Glassman, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
    U.S. Department of Commerce;
  • Dr. Jeff Wadsworth, Director, U.S. Department of Energy's
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
  • Dr. Joyce Winterton, Assistant Administrator for Education,
    NASA Headquarters;
  • John Bobo, Acting Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology
    Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
 
 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  
 
Exhibitor break-down



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