Texas Competitiveness Summit
 

 

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*New - 7/26/06 - Texas Competitiveness Summit Press Release

Date/Time:

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

8:00am - 3:30pm

Honorary Chair and Keynote Speaker, Senator John Cornyn

Special Guest Speakers and Panelists:

Tom Luce, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Education

Bill Archey, CEO, AeA

Dr. David Daniel, President, University of Texas at Dallas

Lee Jackson, Chancellor, University of North Texas System

Phil Wilson, Office of the Governor of Texas

Agenda:

8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast/Networking
8:30 am	Summit Begins, - Welcome and Opening Remarks, Sue Dark, CEO, DeepNines, Inc. - Competitiveness, A Regional Perspective, Dr. David Daniel, President, University of Texas at Dallas
9:00 am	Phil Wilson, Office of the Governor, Rick Perry
9:30 am	U.S. Global Competitiveness:  How Washington is Responding, Bill Archey, CEO, AeA
10:00 am	Julie England, Vice President, Texas Instruments
10:05 am	Keynote Speech, Senator John Cornyn
10:30 - 11:05 am      11:10 - 11:35 am	Panel Discussions on Advancing U.S. Competitiveness #1 Education - Lee Jackson, Chancellor, University of North Texas System - Dr. Da Feng, Vice President of Economic Development, University of Texas at Dallas - Dr. Doug Otto, Superintendent, Plano ISD - Dr. Bill Carroll, Dean of the School of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington #2 Research and Development Funding - Bob Doering, Senior Fellow and Technology Strategy Manager, Texas Instruments - Dr. Geoffrey Orsak, Dean, College of Engineering, Southern Methodist University - Dr. Robert Helms, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas - Dr. Oscar Garcia, Dean, College of Engineering, University of North Texas
11:45 am	Lunch Served
12:00 pm	FIRST Robotics Presentation, Ray Almgren, Vice President of Product Marketing and Academic Relations, National Instruments
12:15 pm	Lunch Keynote, Tom Luce, Assistant Secretary of Education, US Department of Education
1:00 - 1:45 pm	Panel Discussions on Advancing U.S. Competitiveness Continued... #3 High Skilled Visa Reform - Bill Archey, CEO, AeA - Lynden Melmed, Author of the SKIL Bill, Office of Senator John Cornyn - Kelly Bunch, Global Immigration Manager, Applied Materials - Randall K. Hulme, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Breakout Discussion Groups Panelists from morning session become thought leaders to spark discussion of the Competitiveness issue and potential solutions. Attendees will break into four discussion groups: 1. Education 2. Research and Development Funding 3. High Skilled Visa Reform 4. International Trends and Perspectives - U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Commercial Service Asian Markets Latin American Markets European Markets Notes and outcomes of each discussion group will be recorded by representatives of Pariveda Solutions and summarized for presentation in the General Session. Results of this Summit will be forwarded by AeA to state and federal elected officials.
3:00 pm	General Session to Summarize Results of Discussion Groups & Closing Remarks, Dr. David Daniel, President, University of Texas at Dallas
3:30 pm	Summit Ends

Please register online by August 25 by clicking on the button below or by contacting Jessica Acuna at the AeA Contact information below.

Cost:
$40 - AeA Members, $50 - Non-members

Online:

To Register by Fax, Please fill out the Registration Form and fax back to 512-476-9908.

http://www.aeanet.org/AeACouncils/txja_compsummit_registration.asp

Time: 8:00 am to 3:30 pm

The University of Texas at Dallas
Davidson Auditorium, School of Management
Richardson, Texas

Honorary Chair and Keynote Speaker:
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn

Steering Committee:

Jessica Acuna, AeA Texas
Email: jessica_acuna@aeanet.org
Phone:  512.474.4403

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