6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

 Exhibitor Set-Up

 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

 Registration and informal reception

 6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

 Exhibitor Set-Up

 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

 Registration and Continental Breakfast
Location: Embassy Suites

 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

 Welcome and Overview
Location: Embassy Suites

Remarks: Congressman Zach Wamp and Senator Jim DeMint

 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

 Session I: Homeland Security/Regional Resiliency
Location: Embassy Suites

HOST/MODERATOR: Congressman Gresham Barrett

Presentation by: Warren Edwards, Director, Southeast Regional Research Initiative (SERRI), Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Dr. Robin White, Senior Fellow, Meridian Institute; John Plodinec, Science Advisor, Savannah River National Laboratory; Jason Jackson, Director of Emergency Management, Walmart Stores, Inc.

 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

 Coffee Break
Location: Embassy Suites

 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 Homeland Security/Regional Resiliency Roundtable
Location: Embassy Suites

MODERATOR: Congressman Zach Wamp

Participants include: Congressman Gresham Barrett; Warren Edwards, Director, Southeast Regional Research Initiative (SERRI), Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Major Phil May, Regional Administrator, Region IV, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Ted Fox, Director, Public Works Division, Shelby County, Tenn.; and Jason Jackson, Director of Emergency Management, Walmart Stores, Inc.

 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

 Lunch: Advanced Transportation (Part 1)
Location: Embassy Suites

Co-Hosts: Congressman Zach Wamp and Congressman Bob Inglis

Presentations by: Dr. Thom Mason, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Dr. G. Todd Wright, Director, Savannah River National Laboratory

Keynote speaker: Peter Brown, Associate Publisher and Editorial Director, Automotive News

 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 Attendees Proceed to Clemson University - International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)

 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

 Session II: Advanced Transportation (Part 2)
Location: CU-ICAR Graduate Research Center Auditorium

HOST/MODERATOR: Congressman Bob Inglis

Welcoming remarks: James F. Barker, President, Clemson University

Presentations by: Robert T. Geolas, Executive Director, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR); Thomas R. Kurfess, Professor and BMW Chair of Manufacturing, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR); Dr. John Petersen, President, The University of Tennessee; Dana Christensen, Associate Lab Director for Energy and Engineering Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Dr. Shannon Baxter-Clemmons, Executive Director, South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance; and Tom Baloga, Vice President of Engineering, BMW of North America

 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

 Coffee Break

 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 Advanced Transportation Roundtable
Location: CU-ICAR Graduate Research Center Auditorium

MODERATOR: Congressman Zach Wamp

Participants include: Dr. Christian E.G. Przirembel, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Clemson University; Tom Baloga, Vice President of Engineering, BMW of North America; Joette Sonnenberg, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Security, Savannah River National Laboratory;  Ben Ritchey, Acting President and CEO, National Transportation Research Center, Inc. and the Automotive Research Alliance; Congressman Bob Inglis and Senator Jim DeMint

 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 Closing and Wrap-Up
Location: CU-ICAR Graduate Research Center Auditorium

Remarks: Congressman Zach Wamp; Senator Jim DeMint; and Senator Jeff Sessions

 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 Closing Reception
Location: CU-ICAR

Congressman Zach Wamp moderates the Homeland Security/Regional Resiliency roundtable discussion with, from left to right, Congressman Gresham Barrett (R-SC), Jason Jackson, Director of Emergency Management for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Ted Fox, Director of Public Works for Shelby County, Tenn., Phil May, Regional Administrator of Region IV for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Warren Edwards, Director of the Southeast Region Research Initiative of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

 Please join us in thanking the
following sponsors
for their generous support of the
Tennessee Valley Corridor and the
2007 Southeast Partnership Event!

Gold

Silver
Clemson University (CU-ICAR)
Fluor Corporation
Northrop Grumman Newport News
Y-12 National Security Complex

 Bronze
Adaptive Methods
Aldis
Appalachian Regional Commission
Carolina First
Center for Transportation & the Environment
Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Office
East Tennessee State University
Eastman Chemical Company
NASA -- Marshall Space Flight Center
National Biological Information Infrastructure/
Southern Appalachian Information Node
Northrop Grumman Remotec
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The University of Tennessee
Wackenhut Services, Inc. -- Oak Ridge