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2015 Education Fuels the TVC Economy Agenda
May 27, 2015 - May 28, 2015
Agenda
East Tennessee State University • D.P. Culp University Center
Wednesday, May 27:
- 11 a.m. Registration Open
- 12 p.m. Welcome Luncheon (Ballroom)
Host – Gerald Boyd, Chairman, Tennessee Valley Corridor Board of
Directors
Welcome Remarks—
Johnson City Mayor Ralph Van Brocklin
Washington County Mayor Dan Eldridge
Jonesborough Mayor Kelly Wolfe
Tennessee Lt . Governor Ron Ramsey
Senator Corker video
Tri-Cities Presentation—Etta Clark, Vice President, Global Public Affairs and Policy at Eastman Chemical Company
Keynote Speakers– Rep. Phil Roe and Dr. Brian Noland, President of East
Tennessee State University
- 1:45 p.m. Break in Exhibit Area
- 2:15 p.m. Federal Missions in Oak Ridge and Huntsville – An Update (Auditorium)
Host – Steve Cope, Tennessee Valley Corridor Board of Directors
Entrepreneur Presentation: Delafield Solutions
Remarks—Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Thom Mason, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Teresa Vanhooser, Deputy Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Federal Missions Roundtable:
Moderator: Darrell Graddy, Vice President for mission support, Consolidated Nuclear Security
Panelists: Ken Rueter, President and Project Manager, UCOR; Steve Reed, Tennessee Valley Corridor Board Member; Dr. Deborah Barnhart, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center; Teresa Robbins, Deputy Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office
- 4:00 p.m. Break in Exhibit Area
- 4:15 p.m. Education Fuels Economic Growth (Auditorium)
Host – Rep. Phil Roe
Entrepreneur Presentation—Per Vivo Labs
Keynote Speaker— Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd
CEO Roundtable—
Moderator: Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd
Panelists:Dr. Angeline Godwin, president, Patrick Henry Community College; Carter Wells, Vice President for Economic Development, HudsonAlpha; Charles Wood, Vice President of Economic Development, Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce; Jeff McCord, Vice President, Economic and Workforce Development, Northeast State Community College; Andy Page, President/CEO of Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- 5:45 p.m. Reception in Exhibit Area
- Thursday, May 28:
8 a.m. Breakfast in Exhibit Area
8:30 a.m. Workforce in Advanced Manufacturing (Auditorium)
Host and Panel Moderator– Dr. Janice Gilliam, President, Northeast State
Community College
Entrepreneur Presentation: 3D Ops
Keynote Speaker – Stephanie Hill, Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions Civil
Business and Education Roundtable—
Panelists: Dr. Wayne Davis, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jeff Frazier, Principal Technologist AMP Project, Eastman and Dean of the Regional Center for Advance Manufacturing at Northeast State Community College; Niki Werkheiser, Project Manager for the In-space Manufacturing Initiative, NASA; Dr. Vahid Motevalli, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Interim Director for the Center for Manufacturing Research at Tennessee Tech University
- 10 a.m. Break in Exhibit Area
- 10:15 a.m. Growing the Tennessee Valley Economy (Auditorium)
Host – Jerry Rickett, Tennessee Valley Corridor Board Member Entrepreneur Presentation: DataFlyte
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Randy Wykoff, M.D., Dean of ETSU College of
Public Health—The 3-Legged Stool: Economic Development, Health &
Education and Alan Levine, President/CEO, Mountain States Health Alliance—Vitality of Healthcare in the Tennessee Valley Economy
Remarks—Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr.
- 11:45 a.m. Break
- 12 p.m. Leadership Luncheon – 20 Years of the TVC (Ballroom)
Host – Gerald Boyd
Keynote Speaker—Alex Fischer, CEO, Columbus Partnership
Remarks—Rep. Morgan Griffith
Celebrating the TVC Roundtable—
Moderator: Tom Ballard, former Tennessee Valley Corridor Board
Chairman
Panelists: Gerald Boyd, Tennessee Valley Corridor Board Chairman; Dr. Paul Stanton, President Emeritus, East Tennessee State University; Susan Reid, Tennessee Valley Corridor Board Member; Helen Hardin, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Congressman Chuck Fleischmann; Alex Fischer
Closing Remarks—Gerald Boyd
- 2 p.m. Adjourn