AGENDA

12:00 noon
Registration Opens

2:00 p.m.
Special Conference Activities

• “SMART” Interactive Software For Community-Based Organizations Antonio Furino, Ph.D., Director, Center for Health Economics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
  This workshop demonstrates new software to assist community-based organizations (CBOs) with strategic plans, project goals, and indicators for planning and reporting. Attendees will learn about current and potential future applications of SMART, and understand how this technology can improve the success of CBOs.

• Field trip to Automation & Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at Arlington
  Visitors to the southwest’s premier manufacturing, research, and technology transfer center will see demonstrations on reconfigurable assembly systems, automated surface finishing, liquid metal jetting, and an inverted pendulum.
  —Limited to 40 Participants—

• Field trip to tour the Kilby Research Center at Texas Instruments
  The Kilby Center is the world's most advanced research center for silicon manufacturing. Visitors will view a model of the facility, a display of how transistors are made, and a portion of the clean room.
  —Limited to 40 Participants—

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Reception Honoring Our Partners in Economic Development
The Grand Hall, Union Station
           
Welcome:
Ken Jones, Executive Director, Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council, McAllen, TX

9:00 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session
           
Presiding:
   
Pedro R. Garza, Regional Director, Economic Development Administration, Southwest Region, U.S. Department of Commerce, Austin, TX
           
Speakers:
               
“Key Development Issues for Cities and Regions Competing Globally”
The Honorable Ron Kirk, Mayor, City of Dallas
           
“Getting IT: Attracting High Tech Companies in the Information Age”
Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America,
Arlington, VA

10:30 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions 

Incubators and Research Parks

• Norman Kaderlan, Ph.D., Director, Austin Technology Incubator, Austin, TX
• Fred Shultz, Ph.D., CEO, Meridian Technology Center, Stillwater, OK
• Rob Carruthers, Vice President, Startech Technology Development Center,  Richardson, TX

Marketing Distressed Communities

• Jim Reid, President, Southern Dallas Development Corporation, Dallas, TX
• Ken Devero, President, Downtown Fort Worth, Inc., Fort Worth, TX
• Ray Covey, Manager, Economic and Community Development, Central Power and Light, Corpus Christi, TX

Digital Commerce in Rural Areas

• John Paul Moore, Fellow, Texas Rural Communities, Inc., Austin, TX
• Delore Zimmerman, Senior Fellow for Community and Enterprise Development, Center for the New West, Denver, CO
• Betty Voights, Executive Director, Capital Area Economic Development District, Austin, TX
• Brenda Trainor, President, Frontier Trail, Inc., Las Vegas, NV

12:15 p.m.
Luncheon
           
Keynote Speech:
           
            “Cyberstates: The Growth of American High Technology in All 50 States
in the 1990s”
            William Archey, President and CEO, American Electronics Association,    Washington, D.C.

2:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Skills Training and Workforce Development

• Deaton Bednar, Director, and Melinda Jackson, Coordinator, EnterTech Project, ICē Institute, Austin, TX
• Gilbert Leal, Ph.D., President, Texas State Technical College, Harlingen, TX
• Judith Carrier, Ph.D., President, Tarrant County College Southeast Campus, Arlington, TX  

Promoting Entrepreneurship

• John Butler, Ph.D., Chair, Management Department, Graduate School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
• Cheri Hensley, Director, Texas Rural Entrepreneurship Through Action Learning (R.E.A.L), Austin, TX

• James Todd II, Ph.D., President, Educational Resource Development Group, Desoto, TX

Electronic Commerce

• John Niles, President, Global Telematics, Seattle, WA and Senior Fellow, Center for the New West, Denver, CO
• Grace Chen, Chairman and CEO, e-CommLink,Inc., Houston,TX
• Chris Gehring, Director, Public Online Business, Dell Computer, Austin, TX
• Christina Mabley, Garden.com, Austin, TX

3:30 p.m.
Break

3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Workforce Education and Other Strategies

• Mike Acosta, Associate Director, Texas Center for Border Economic Development, The University of Texas At El Paso, El Paso, TX
• Jacqueline Varma, Executive Director, The John C. Ford Program, Dallas, TX
• Pat Foy, Ph.D., Workforce Development Manager, Intel, Fort Worth, TX
• Jim Butler, City of Austin, Austin, TX

Financing Technology-Based Economic Development

• Jon Roberts, Principal, Angelou Economic Advisors, Austin, TX
• George Friberg, Director, Technology Ventures Corporation, Albuquerque, NM
• Paul Myers, Assistant Director, The Capital Network, Austin, TX
• Stan Corvin, President, Economic Development Capital Corporation, Plano, TX

Tele-Panel: Telemedicine, Telecommunications, Intelligent Highways, and Intelligent Homes 

• Deborah Seale, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
• Roland Arriola, Vice President for External Affairs, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX
• Emily Sopensky, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Austin, TX
• Chip Barba, CSSI Systems Inc., Dallas, TX

9:00 a.m.
General Session
           
Presiding:

Chester J. Straub, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Program Operations, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
The Role of Governments in Technology Communities

• Deirdre Mendez, Ph.D., President, Foreign Business Management Consultants, Austin, TX
• David Sampson,President, Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Arlington, TX
• Dan Berglund, Executive Director, State Science and Technology Institute, Westerville, OH
  

9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
State Science and Technology Councils

• John Ahlen,Ph.D., President, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, Little Rock, AR
• Ann Guissinger, Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation, Baton Rouge, LA
• Nick Salazar, President, North Central New Mexico Economic Development District, San Juan Pueblo, NM
• Sheri Stickley, Associate Director, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Oklahoma City, OK
  
  
  
  

10:30 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Models and Trends from Outside the Southwest Region      

• Carol Conway, Director, Southern International Trade Council, Southern Growth Policies Board, Research Triangle Park, NC
• George Raphael, Chief Economist, St. Louis Regional Commerce Growth Association, St. Louis, MO
• Laurie Thompson, Director of Programs, National Association of Development Organizations, Washington, D.C.

Telecommunications Infrastructure: Wiring Your State and Community

• Sharon Strover, Ph.D., Director, Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
• Mike Stagg, Rural Digital Initiative, Lafayette, LA
• John Shelnutt, Ph.D., Institute for Economic Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

Stargazing and Visioning 10-15 Years Out

• John Mills, Ph.D., Director, Automation & Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Roger Caves, Ph.D., Director of Research, World Foundation for Smart Communities, San Diego, CA
• Martha Russell, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, College of Communications, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

12:15 p.m.
Southwest Region Awards Luncheon

Speaker:

         Phillip A. Singerman, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
           
Presentation of the Star of the Southwest Awards:

Pedro R. Garza, Regional Director, EDA Southwest Region

2:00 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops

EDA Securitization RFP Workshop

• Richard Zukowski, Senior Economic Adjustment Specialist, Economic Adjustment  Assistance, EDA, Washington, D.C.        

The Internet as an Economic Development Resource  

• John Shelnutt, Ph.D. and Terre McLendon, Institute for Economic Advancement,  University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
• Donna Osborne, Director, Economic Information Clearinghouse, Texas Department of Economic Development, Austin, TX

3:00 p.m.
Individual Meetings and Roundtables

4:00 p.m.
Adjourn

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