Tuesday, March 28
1:30 p.m. Private Tour: General Motors Corvette Plant

5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception & Exhibits Open: University Plaza Hotel

Wednesday, March 29
7:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits Open: Co-Sponsored by Western Kentucky University and the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

8:00 - Welcome Address by Gary Ransdell, President, Western Kentucky University, Mike Buchanon - Warren County Judge Executive and Brett Guthrie - Director of Operations Trace Die-Cast

8:30 - Supply Chain Management Simulation: Audience participation in strategic management simulation/team exercises during the full conference. Presented by Linda E. Parry and Robert Wharton, Department of Management and Information Systems, Western Kentucky University

9:45 - Break

Panel Discussions

10:00 - Supply Chain Management and Networking for Modular Integration

Moderator: Rodney Brown - Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

 

Panel
Dean Kirkland, Delphi Automotive Systems

Jim Corbeil, Borg Warner Automotive
Zubair Mohamed, Department of Management and Information Systems, Western Kentucky University

Bill McGinnis, Ernst & Young

11:30 - Results of First Supply Chain Management

12:00 p.m. Luncheon Speaker: Joe Cangemi, Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University "Leadership and Humanization in the Work Force," Introduction by J. Michael Brown, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

 

1:00 - E-Commerce
Moderator: Tom Dillon, MBA Program Director, Western Kentucky University

 

Panel

Ross McCullough, UPS

Richard Preuss, US Foreign Trade Division

Saturn/Ford

Bill King, Ernst & Young

Industry Experts

 

2:45 - Break

3:00 p.m. Strategic Alliances: Panel Discussion, Survival of Assemblers and

Suppliers

Moderator: Robert Reck, U.S. Department of Commerce

 

Panel

Deb Schroeder, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America

Tom Fabus, General Motors

J. Michael Brown, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

Industry Experts

 

5:00 - Close

5:30 - Exhibits Close

6:00-7:30 p.m. Reception: National Corvette Museum

Thursday, March 30

7:30 a.m. Breakfast & Exhibits Open

8:00 - Second Supply Chain Management Simulation

Panel Discusssions
9:15 - Strategic Alliances Between Businesses and Universities for

Mutual Self-Interest

Moderator: William Parsons, Office of Global Business & Entrepreneurship,

Western Kentucky University

 

Panel

Wil Cooksey, General Motors

Brett Guthrie, Trace Die Cast

Jim Blankenship, Bando Manufacturing of America
Virginia Laster, Federal Express

Jeffrey E. Wallace, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

University and Industry Experts

10:30 - Break

10:45 - Corporate Intelligence: Stay a Step Ahead of Your Competition

Moderator: Lou Turley, Department of Economics & Marketing, Western Kentucky University

Panel
David Thomison, Fruit of the Loom

Gilbert Calhoun, Independent Consultant and Past Associate with Booz Allen and NATO

Lindsay Chappell, Automotive News

12:00 p.m. Luncheon Speaker: Steve Small, Women's Basketball Coach, Western Kentucky University

1:15 - Results of Second Supply Chain Management Simulation

1:30 - Patterns and Trends in International Trade 
Moderator: Ed Christie, U.S. Department of Commerce

Panel
China's Role in the 21st Century - Doug Fugate, Department of Economics 
and Marketing, Western Kentucky University
India's Role in the 21st Century - Ajai Malhotra, Minister of Commerce, India
Quebec in the 21st Century - Paul Clermont, Minister of Commerce, Quebec
Industry and Legal Experts

3:05 - Break

3:20 - Public -Private Partnerships and U.S. Trade Policy
Moderator, Jim Frierson, Director, Tennessee World Trade Center

Panel
Robert Reck, U.S. Department of Commerce 
Yancy Molnar, Daimler-Chrysler
Industry and Legal Experts

4:20 - The Challenge of Global Marketing, Sourcing, Financing and 
Environmental Concerns
Moderator: Holly Groshek, Director, Kentucky World Trade Center

Panel
Ben Monhollen, Ford - Global Marketing
Hideo Hamaguchi, Ritsumeikan University
Industry Expert - Financing Global Growth
Clinton J. Elliott, Wayatt, Tarrant & Combs - Environmental Compliance

5:30 - Close

6:00 - Exhibits Close

Friday, March 31, GAC 2000 Golf Tournament
8:00 a.m. GAC 2000 Golf Tournament (Limited space available, please call (800) 375-6893 ext. 6481 for more information)

12:30 p.m. Lunch

Speakers