Monday 4/20
8:30 - 6:00
Registration
10:00 - 6:00
TechSpace Exhibits Open
10:00
Introductory Remarks
Aaron Gellman, Ph.D., Professor of Management and Strategy; Professor of Industrial Engineering; Director of the Transportation Center (1992-2000); Northwestern University
11:00
Opening Address
"The Road Ahead - Washington's View of Our Transport Future"
David Matsuda, Acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, United States Department of Transportation
12:00
Lunch on Your Own
1:00
Welcome
The Honorable A C Wharton, Mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee
1:30 - 2:15
Keynote Address
"The Greening of the Global Supply Chain - The Transformation of Transportation"
Conference Keynote Speaker: Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation
2:30 - 3:30
General Session 1
"The Global Green Logistics Standards Search - Finding the Right Road and Avoiding the Dead End"
Moderator/Presenter: Donald Fisher, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Mid South Quality and Productivity Center
Speakers: Grame Barty, Regional Director – The Americas, Australian Trade Commission; Representative of SmartWay Transport, U.S.A. ; United States Environmental Protection Agency, Japanese Transport Ministry, European Union
3:45 - 4:45
General Session 2
"The Alternative to Alternative Fuels - Will We Ever Wean Ourselves?"
Moderator/Presenter: David Bransby, Ph.D., Professor of Agronomy and Energy Crops, Auburn University
Speakers: Richard Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer, Ceres, Inc.; Jack Boykin, Chairman, Cello Energy, LLC
5:00 - 6:00
Reception served in TechSpace sponsored by Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute of the University of Memphis
 
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