Monday 4/20 |
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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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