2014 TVC National Summit

National Leadership through Regional Cooperation

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Agenda

Wednesday, June 4, 2014:

• 10:00 a.m. Registration Open
• 11:30 a.m. Welcome Luncheon
  Session Host – Gerald Boyd, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Corridor
  Welcome Remarks—
  Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee
  Mayor Andy Berke, City of Chattanooga
  Mayor Jim Coppinger, Hamilton County
  Senator Bob Corker, Tennessee, via video
  Congressman Morgan Griffith, Virginia
  Keynote Speaker–
  Chancellor Steve Angle, Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• 1:30 p.m. Break
• 1:45 p.m. Chattanooga Can-Do
  Session Host— Wade A. Hinton, Attorney for the City of Chattanooga
  Remarks— Congressman Chuck Fleischmann
  Keynote Speaker — Mitch Patel, President and CEO of Vision Hospitality Group
  Remarks and Panel Discussion Moderated By— Ron Harr, CEO, Chattanooga Chamber
  Panelists—
  Max Fuller, Chairman/CEO with U.S. Xpress
  Tiffanie Robinson, Founder and CEO of Waypaver
  Mike Bradshaw, Executive-in-Residence at Co-Lab
  Dr. Thomas Devlin, Director of the Chattanooga Center for Neurologic Research
• 3:00 p.m. Break
• 3:30 p.m. Oak Ridge – The Energy City
  Session Host— Rebecca Crowe, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  Keynote Speakers—
  Dr. Thom Mason, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Jim Haynes, President and CEO, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC
  Panel Discussion Moderated By— Bonnie Carroll, Chair of East Tenn Economic Council
  Panelists—
  Andy Page, President/CEO of Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  Dr. Matt Murray, Director, Baker Center at the University of Tennessee
  Bill Reis, Vice President, Public Affairs, Y-12 National Security Complex
  Matt Marston, Chief Operating Officer, URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR)
• 5:45 to 7 p.m. Reception at UTC University Center

Thursday, June 5, 2014:

• 7:45 a.m. Breakfast at UTC University Center
• 8:30 a.m. Huntsville – A Smart Place
  Session Host—Mark Gradkowski, Vice President at Teledyne Brown Engineering
  Presentation By— Todd May, Program Manager, Space Launch Systems at NASA
  Keynote Speaker— Mayor Tommy Battle, City of Huntsville
  Panel Discussion Moderated By— Dr. Deborah Barnhart, CEO, Space and Rocket Center
  Panelists—
  Chip Cherry, CEO, Huntsville Chamber of Commerce
  Dr. Casey Wardynski, Superintendent, Huntsville City Schools
  John Vickers, Assistant Manager at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  John Hamilton, City Administrator at the City of Huntsville (Invited)
• 10:30 a.m. Break
• 11:00 a.m. TVC’s Education and Venture Development Assets
  Session Host/Presentation/Moderator–
  John Morris, President/CEO of Tech 20/20
  Panel Discussion—
  Dr. Phil Oldham, President of Tennessee Tech
  Dr. Chris Whaley, President of Roane State Community College
  Dr. Jim Catanzaro, President of Chattanooga State Community College
  Holly Hanson, Director of the Cumberland Business Incubator
  Fran Marcum, Managing Partner of Marcum Capital and Chair/CEO of NEST-TN
  Dick Reeves, Angel Syndicates Central
• 12:00 p.m. Break
• 12:15 p.m. Leadership Luncheon
  Session Host—
  Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee
  Remarks By—
  Gerald Boyd, Chairman of the TVC
  Senator Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, via video
  Congressman Phil Roe, Tennessee
  Keynote Speakers –
  Dr. Joe DiPietro, President, University of Tennessee
  Lt. General Frank Klotz, Department of Energy’s Undersecretary for
  Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator
• 2:30 p.m. Adjourn

Optional Tour of the Challenger Center at UTC

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