2011 Fall Partnership Event
November 20-21, 2011
Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Ala.

 "Turning Regional Resiliency Into Economic Development"

Thank you to all of the supportive organizations that sponsored the 2011 Fall Partnership Event!
A list of these sponsors can be found below the agenda.

Sunday, November 20 

 

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Exhibitor Set-Up
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Corridor

3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Registration
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Corridor, Meeting Room 1

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Opening/Networking Reception
Location: Exhibit Area, South Hall Lobby and Corridor

Monday, November 21 

 

7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Registration
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Corridor, Meeting Room 1

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Networking Breakfast
Location: Exhibit Area, South Hall Lobby and Corridor  

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Opening and Welcome
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Ballrooms 1-2

Confirmed Speakers Include:
Mayor Tommy Battle, City of Huntsville
Tom Rogers, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Corridor Executive Committee Member

8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

General Session I— Resiliency & Economic Development
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Ballrooms 1-2

Confirmed Speakers Already Include:
Session Host- Steve Cope, Avion Solutions, Inc./Corridor Executive Committee Member
Opening Presenter- General Warren Edwards, Community and Regional Resilience Institute

Regional roundtable discussion led by Moderator, Dr. John Horack, UAHuntsville/Corridor Board Member

Roundtable Participants Already Include:
Mayor Tommy Battle, City of Huntsville
J. Wayne Cropp, The Enterprise Center
Dr. Wayne Davis, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
General Warren Edwards, Community and Regional Resilience Institute
Dr. Susan Elkins, Tennessee Tech University
Dr. Michael Griffin, UAHuntsville
Bill Hendon, Eastman Chemical Company
Dale Jobes, Magnolia River/Energy Huntsville Executive Committee Member
Dr. Richard Marchase, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Thom Mason, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bob Morris, Tennessee Valley Authority/Corridor Board Member
Van Mauney, Y-12 National Security Complex
Andy Page, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education/Corridor Board Member
Dr. Rodney Robertson, Auburn University-Huntsville Research Center/Cyber Huntsville
Ted Sherry, Y-12 Site Office, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. O’Neal Smitherman, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Gary Tauss, Biztech
Grady Vanderhoofven, Meritus Ventures
Lisa Williams, Systems Dynamic International/Corridor Board Member

Additional Roundtable Participants Include:
Steve Cope, Avion Solutions, Inc./Corridor Executive Committee Member
Bud Cramer, former Congressman, AL-5/Main Street Strategies
Gene Goldman, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Colonel John Hamilton, Redstone Arsenal
Jeff Pruitt, Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG)

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Networking Break
Location: Exhibit Area, South Hall Lobby and Corridor 

10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

General Session II— Building Upon the Lessons Learned
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Ballrooms 1-2

Confirmed Speakers Include:
Session Host- Lisa Williams, Systems Dynamic International/Corridor Board Member
Opening Presenter- Mayor Tommy Battle, City of Huntsville
Featured Presenter- Rob Manning, Tennessee Valley Authority

Regional roundtable discussion led by Moderator, Dr. John Horack, UAHuntsville/Corridor Board Member

Session II roundtable participants are listed under Session I.

Additional Roundtable Participants Include:
Bob Devlin, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Ron Gray, Tornado Recovery Action Council of Alabama
Dave Hargrove, AT&T
Tammie Learned, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center
Jay Stowe, Huntsville Utilities

12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Keynote Lunch
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Ballrooms 3-4

Keynote Speaker- Al Martinez-Fonts, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Forum for Policy Innovation

2:15 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

General Session III— Solutions & Opportunities for the Region
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall Ballrooms 1-2

Confirmed Speakers Include:
Session Host- Tom Counts, 3-GIS/Corridor Board Member

Corridor private sector presentations focusing on cutting edge technologies or products within the Energy, Cyber and Biotech sectors.

Regional roundtable discussion led by Moderator, Dr. John Horack, UAHuntsville/Corridor Board Member

Session III roundtable participants are listed under Session I.

Additional Roundtable Participants Include:
Tom Counts, 3-GIS/Corridor Board Member
Gary Gilmartin, Gilmartin Engineering Works/Oak Ridge Energy Corridor/Tennessee Valley Nuclear Energy Coalition
Representative Phil Williams, Alabama State House

3:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Wrap Up and Closing Remarks

 

 

Many thanks to the follow sponsors
who pledged their support to the
2011 Fall Partnership Event!

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

Alabama A&M University

Appalachian Regional Commission

City of Huntsville

U.S. Department of Energy – Oak Ridge Office

Eastman Chemical Company

Huntsville Utilities

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Northeast Alabama Community College

Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

SAIC

S.M. Stoller Corporation

Tennessee Valley Authority

The University of Tennessee

UCOR

UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 

 

 

 

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