Conference Chairman Norm Eder, Vice President, Oregon Graduate Institute

Program Chairman Margaret Grucza, Director, Research Services, Industrial Research Institute, Inc.

Hosts Welcome, Ronald D. Townsend, President, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

• Congressman Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.

Session Co-Chairs: Alvin Trivelpiece, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Charles Lawson, Executive Director, Industrial Research Institute, Inc.

• Thomas J. Malone, President, Milliken & Company
  "AMTEX: A National Lab, Industry, and University Consortium That is Working"
• Philip M. Smith, Principal, McGeary and Smith
  "Managing Federal R&D Downsizing"
• John Yochelson, President, Council on Competitiveness
  "Global Innovation: The Next Competitive Challenge"

Co-Hosts Welcome and Remarks, William Snyder, Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Session Co-Chairs: James E. Drewry, Director, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and Cary Gravatt, Associate Director, Office of Microelectronics Programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Martha A. Krebs, Director, Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy
  "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Science"
• John W. Lyons, Director, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
  "The Evolving Model for the Army Research Laboratory"

Break

• Robert L. Van Ness, Interim Special Assistant for Laboratory Administration, Office of the President, University of California
  "Performance-Based Management - Four Years of Progress"
• Trevor Jones, Chairman of the Board, Echlin, Incorporated
  "Summary of the NRC PGNV 3rd Report"

Co-Chairs Michael Devine, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Dennis Barnes, President, Southeastern Universities Research Association

• Michael J. Salkind, President, Ohio Aerospace Institute
  "Collaboration: Key to Success in a Changing World"
• Randolph J. Guschl, Director, Corporate Technology Transfer, DuPont
  "Technology Transfer; Too Many Options"
• Arthur A. Heim, Director, Industrial Research Office, The Pennsylvania State University
  "Industry-University Research Collaboration Opportunities and Pitfalls"

Break

• Dennis W. Barnes, President, Southeastern Universities Research Association
• Daniel W. McDonald, Director, Instrumentation and Controls Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• David Beall, President, Innovative Ventures Corporation
• Arlene Garrison, Director, Measurement Control Engineering Center, University of Tennessee
• James O. Casey, Director of Emerging Technology, Eastman Chemical Company
• Ronald D. Townsend, President, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Session Co-Chairs Paul Sweet, Associate Vice Chancellor, University of Maryland System, and Norm Eder, Vice President, Oregon Graduate Institute

• Don E. Kash, Hazel Chair of Public Policy, George Mason University
  "Technology Policy in the 21st Century"
• Kenneth W. Dungan, Principal, Risk Technologies, LLC; and Chair, American Association of Engineering Societies
  "Competition vs. Collaboration: What is Best for the Future for R&D?"

Break

Panel Discussion with Breakout Session Leaders - Pollard Auditorium

• Dennis W. Barnes, President, Southeastern Universities Research Association
• Daniel W. McDonald, Director, Instrumentation and Controls Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• David Beall, President, Innovative Ventures Corporation
• Arlene Garrison, Director, Measurement Control Engineering Center, University of Tennessee
• James O. Casey, Director of Emerging Technology, Eastman Chemical Company
• Ronald D. Townsend, President, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Noon Conference Adjourns