NASCO Conference Tentative Agenda & Speakers
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Schedule
8:30
10:00
Topic
Approach / Presenters
Registration Opens
Renaissance Worthington
Hotel
Depart from hotel for trip to
Texas Motor Speedway
11:0011:05
Welcome from NASCO
George Blackwood, NASCO President & Tiffany Melvin, NASCO Executive Director
welcome all guests on behalf of NASCO
11:05 –
1:00
Opening Luncheon at
Texas Motor Speedway
Welcoming Remarks: Mayor Mike Moncrief, Judge Glen Whitley
Keynote Speakers: Ross Perot Jr., Hillwood Development Company, A Perot Company,
Pete Rickershauser, Vice President of Network Development, BNSF Railway
All Confirmed
1:15 –
2:30
Air, Land, and Sea: Ports as
Economic Engines
Question: How do economic development needs drive partnerships around ports?
Location: Alliance
Texas Motor Speedway
Partnerships to include:
 Public / private partnerships
 Sea port / inland port partnerships
 Freight / transport partnerships
(Presentations/Roundtable)
Panel Moderator: Dave Brooks, President, Cargo Division, American Airlines - Confirmed
Speakers to be invited:
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Gary Gilbert, Senior V.P. of the America’s, Hutchison Port Holdings - Confirmed
Russell Laughlin, Senior Vice President, AllianceTexas - Confirmed
Brian Bohunicky, Director of Strategic Policy, Transport Canada – Confirmed
Armando Palos, Director General, Port of Lazaro Cardenas - Confirmed
Skip McMahon, Director of Special Projects, Ambassador Bridge – Confirmed
Chris Gutierrez, President, Kansas City SmartPort - Confirmed
Revised 3 April 2007
NASCO Conference Tentative Agenda & Speakers
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Schedule
2:30-2:45
2:45 –
4:00
Topic
15 Minute Break
Moving Rail & Trucking
Forward
Approach / Presenters
Question:
What are the regulatory, structural, and operational impediments to rail and trucking flow along
the NASCO corridor?
Location: Alliance
Texas Motor Speedway
Panel Moderator: Ric Williamson, Chair, Texas Transportation Commission - Confirmed
(Roundtable Discussion)
Public / private panel speakers to be invited:
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4:15
5:00
6:00
7:00
Buses Depart TMS for
Downtown
Arrive at Renaissance
Worthington
Depart Renaissance
Worthington for ranch
Cowboys & BBQ at Sec. of
State Roger Williams’ Ranch
Michael Morris, Director, North Central Texas Council of Governments – Confirmed
John Lanigan, Executive V. P. & Chief Marketing Officer, BNSF Railway - Confirmed
David Eaton, Director of Corporate Affairs, Kansas City Southern de Mexico- Confirmed
David Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Trucking Alliance - Confirmed
Juan Carlos Villa – Texas Transportation Institute, SCT Mexico Multi-Modal Study –
Confirmed
Evening highlights will include a visit from the Fort Worth Herd and a private concert by the
renowned Gatlin Brothers
Revised 3 April 2007
NASCO Conference Tentative Agenda & Speakers
Thursday, 31 May 2007
Schedule
7:30-8:30
Topic
Approach / Presenters
Breakfast at Worthington
8:30 –
9:00
National Intelligence
Mary Margaret Graham, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection,
Office of the Director of National Intelligence – Confirmed
(Will also sit on Securing the Supply Chain for roundtable discussion)
9:00 –
10:20
Securing the Supply Chain
We’ll have a safety problems expert provide real data on supply chain attacks, leakage, and
real incidents to make the issue more tangible and then we’ll address real solutions from our
panelists.
NAFTRACS Update
ACE Update
Roundtable Discussion
Panel Moderator: Donald R. “Rob” Quartel, Jr., CEO/Chairman FreightDesk
Technologies - Confirmed
Speakers to be invited:
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10:20 10:40
10:4011:40
Asia Pacific Gateway Strategy
Logistics & Global
Positioning
11:45 –
Mayor’s Global Business
1:45
Awards Luncheon
2:00-4:00 Pandemic Workshop
Open to public, but highly
technical.
John Mohler, Transportation Security Solutions, Lockheed Martin - Confirmed
Lance Ludman, Director of Government Affairs, Savi Networks – Confirmed
Eric Rojo, Shaw Infrastructure – Confirmed
Steven Graham, ACE Carrier Outreach, Office of Customs & Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Security - Confirmed
Sandra Scott – President, SaSync Borders - Confirmed
Manitoba, Minister of Transportation, Ron Lemieux - Confirmed
Michael Gallis, Gallis & Associates - Confirmed
Mike Berry, President, AllianceTexas – Keynote Speaker - Confirmed
Terry Duguid, President & CEO, International Centre for Infectious Diseases - Confirmed
“Building Public Health Capacity for Level 3 & 4 Labs”
Technical expertise discussion for those interested in an in-depth meeting on pandemics.
Revised 3 April 2007
NASCO Conference Tentative Agenda & Speakers
2:00 –
3:45
Blue Skies, Green Roads
BSC Overview
5 Min Overview from panelists
Roundtable Discussion
Thursday, 31 May 2007, Continued
Embracing initiatives to control and reduce harmful air emissions through innovative control
technologies, while at the same time encouraging smart growth and environmentally
responsible economic development.
Speakers to be invited:
Panel Moderator & Blue Skyways Collaborative Overview:
Carl Edlund, Director of Multimedia Planning and Permitting, Region 6, Environmental
Protection Agency – Confirmed
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Tommy Foltz, Vice President of Public Affairs, Earth Biofuels – Confirmed
Rob Penner, Vice President of Operations, Bison Transport - Confirmed
Judge Glen Whitley, Tarrant County, Regional Air Quality – Confirmed
Joe Chapa – Vice President Operations, US/MEX Chamber – Confirmed
Tom Badgett – Chief Information Officer, Co-Founder, Idle Aire TechnologiesConfirmed
3:45 –
4:05
A Knowledge Corridor
Life Sciences - Education, Science & Technology Cooperation
Jim Bergfalk, President, TransAm Group – Confirmed
Pike Powers, Attorney, Fulbright & Jaworski & Co-Founder of the Big 12 CEDIC
Ron Kessler, Attorney, Powers & Kessler & Co-Founder of the Big 12 CEDIC
Evening
5:00-7:00
NASCO Members Reception
Bass Hall reception, backstage tour, and world premier opera dress rehearsal – first act.
Edward P. Bass to host reception and lead tour.
Non-members – on their own
Revised 3 April 2007
NASCO Conference Tentative Agenda & Speakers
Friday, 1 June 2007
Schedule
7:30-8:30
Breakfast at Worthington
8:30-9:00
NASCO in Mexico
9:0010:00
Topic
Spurring Economic
Development
Approach / Presenters
An overview of the NASCO Mexico Committee whose vision is to lead and coordinate a
world class logistics system in Mexico
Carlos Moreno Lopez – Chairman, NASCO Mexico Committee – Confirmed
CEO, Hidalgo Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation
A look at ways to enhance economic development along the NASCO Corridor.
Moderator:
(Roundtable Discussion)
Speakers to be invited:
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10:0010:15
10:15 –
11:15
Alejandro Paez, Secretary of Economic Development, Nuevo Leon - Confirmed
Hector Lopez Santillana, Sec. of Economic Development, Guanajuato - Confirmed
Rolando Duran Rocha, Secretary of Economic Development, Hidalgo - Confirmed
Canadian Representatives
US Representatives
15 Minute Break
Governors’ & Premiers’ Panel
Governors’ & Premiers’ along the Corridor discussing trade and transportation public
policy issues.
(Prepared Speeches)
Panel Overview: Judge B. Glen Whitley, NASCO Board Member - Confirmed
Panel Moderator: Roger Nober, Executive Vice President of Law & Secretary, BNSF
Railway, Former Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board - Confirmed
To be invited:
United States & Mexico Governors’, Canadian Premiers’, and Members of Congress along
the NASCO Corridor
Revised 3 April 2007
NASCO Conference Tentative Agenda & Speakers
Confirmed:
 Secretary of State Roger Williams - Confirmed
 Premier Gary Doer (Manitoba) – Confirmed
 Governor Miguel Angel Osorio Chong (Hidalgo) - Confirmed
 Governor José Natividad González Parás (Nuevo Leon) – Confirmed
 Governor Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez (Guanajuato) - Confirmed
11:30 –
1:30
Closing Luncheon
Hosted by Guanajuato host of the NASCO Conference 2008
Ceremonial Signing of NASCO Conference MOU by Governors/Premiers
Invited Guest: Jerry Jones, Owner, Dallas Cowboys NFL Franchise
“The NFL from an International Standpoint”
Special Guests: Governor Oliva Ramirez & Secretary of Economic Development Lic. Hector
Lopez Santillana, Guanajuato Puerto Interior Director, Jorge Arturo Acevedo
2:00 –
5:00
2:00-5:00
Evening
Alliance/BNSF Optional Tours
Alliance Inland Port and BNSF Intermodal Yard
NASCO Meetings
Mexico Committee Meeting, NAIPN Meeting & 501 C3 Board Meeting
(These meetings will take place at the Worthington Hotel)
Optional event at Billy Bob’s /
Stockyards Historic District
Revised 3 April 2007