Agenda
Kauffman Foundation
Located in midtown Kansas City, Kauffman is the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Intercontinental Hotel
401 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, Missouri
3-8:30 p.m.
Conference Registration
Pre-Conference Sessions
(Group meetings/Roundtables)
3:30 p.m.
“Using North american Content in courses on Trade, Transportation and Logistics ”
Hosted by Portal for North America
5 p.m.
NASCO Regional Meeting/Reception, Pavilion 1
6:30-9 p.m.
Official Conference Opening
Hotel RooftopOpening Reception:
Hosted by the Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City and the Mexican Restaurant Association (MERA)Featuring Celebrity Mexican Chefs: Alma Cervantes Cota, Jorge Alvarez, Patricia Cabrera
7:30 p.m.
Host Welcome
Jacob Prado, consul of Mexico, Mexican Consulate in Kansas CityComments
Bill Skaggs, mayor pro tem, city of Kansas City, Mo.
Georges Rioux, Canadian Consul General in Chicago
George Blackwood, president, NASCO
C.S. “Trey” Runnion III, chairman, Port Authority of Kansas City, Mo.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri
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7 a.m.
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7:30-9 a.m.
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8-9 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Mayor Mark Funkhouser, city of Kansas City, Mo.
Jo Anna Edgerton and Melissa Birch, North America Works + National Forum on
Trade Policy 2009 conference co-chairs“North America Works: Decline or Renewal in a Complex and Competitive World?”
Opening Keynote:
Stephen Blank, conference co-chair, North America Works/NFTP; Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor of Canada–US Business and Economic Relations, Western Washington University; co-chair, North American Transportation Competitiveness Research Council
Streaming Video of the Conference and Online Chat for Satellite Sites Opens
Participants and e-moderators at satellite sites across North America can view the day’s presentations as streaming video via the NING social network and share their comments and questions in the NING chat room. -
9-10:15 a.m.
"Ports and Borders: Does Security Still Trump Trade?"
Keynote
Chris Sands, senior fellow, Hudson InstitutePanel
Ron LeMieux, minister of transportation, Manitoba Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Roger Scarbrough, president, Scarbrough International, Ltd.
Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez, professor of Economics and Public Policy; chair, Economics of Networks and Regulations, Monterrey Institute
of Technology
Chris Gutierrez, president, Kansas City Smart PortModerator
Roberto Garcia, clinical associate professor of International Business and co-director Supply Chain and Global Management Academy, Indiana University -
10:15-10:30 a.m.
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10:30-11:30 a.m.
Conference Registration
Transportation from hotel to Kauffman Foundation (shuttles run throughout the day)
Breakfast conference session
Break
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11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m
Round Table in Kansas City and around North America
Discussion on policy for ports, borders and protectionism. E-moderators at satellite sites will keep the online conversation going during this session, documenting the discussion among participants. Selected satellite sites will videoconference in and share the results of their breakout session discussions.
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12:45.-2 p.m.
Lunch conference session
1:15.-2 p.m.
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2-3:15 p.m.
“Buy American': New U.S. Protectionism?"
Moderator
Barbara Flynn, Richard M. and Myra Louise Buskirk Professor of Business, Indiana University
Panel
Meredith Crowley, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ryan Stein, Director, International and Transportation Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Albert Zapanta, President, U.S. Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Michael Dubois, Sr. Legislative Assistant-Trade and Defense; Office of Christopher S. Bond, United States Senator
Mexico and the Partnership of North America in the 21st Century
Jose Luis Paz, Head, Trade and NAFTA Office - Mexico’s secretary of the economy,
Embassy of Mexico in the United States.Moderator
Danny Anderson, interim provost, The University of Kansas
“A Conversation on North American Freight Transportation”
US Senator Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, (via video) with Michael Collins, director, Senator Bond’s Kansas City OfficePanel
Ron Achelpohl, MARC assistant transportation director
Randy Garber, partner, A.T. Kearney
William Moore, partner, ViaNovo
Don Ransom, business development manager transportation/logistics, State of Missouri
Wayne Elhard, chairman, Global Transportation Hub Authority
Moderator
Glen Harrison, deputy director, Center for Transportation Analysis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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3:15- 4:15 p.m.
Afternoon Round Table in Kansas City and around North America
Discussion on policy for freight transportation. E-moderators at satellite sites will keep the online conversation going during this session, documenting the discussion among participants. Selected satellite sites will videoconference in and share the results of their breakout session discussions.
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4:30-6 p.m.
“Greening Trade Corridors" in cooperation with the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
Panel
Barry Prentice, Transport Institute, University of Manitoba
Juan Carlos Villa, program manager, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System
Roberto Aguerrebere Salido, director, General Mexican Transport Institute
Annie Protopapas, associate research scientist, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University SystemModerator
Benjamin Teitlebaum, Commission for Enviromental CooperationSome satellite sites will host discussions with students at their universities who are part of environmental/sustainability organizations such as Net Impact. Students will be encouraged to participate in a dynamic online conversation through the NING social network.
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6 p.m.
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6:30 p.m.
Transportation from Kauffman Center to the Hilton President Hotel,
1329 Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo.(Power & Light District)
North America Night
Reception: “Showcase Canada”
Jointly presented by ANIM (Agence nationale et internationale du Manitoba), Destination Winnipeg, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Consulate General-Chicago
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
“International Trade Policy in the Wake of the Great Recession: Lesson’s from Obama’s first Year”
Keynote Speaker: David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times,
9:15 p.m.
Transportation from Hilton President Hotel (Power and Light District) to Intercontinental Hotel (shuttle runs until 11 p.m.)
Friday, November 6, 2009
Intercontinental Hotel
401 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, Missouri
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Previous North America Works Conference Summaries
- 2008 conference summary
2007 conference summary
2006 conference summary
8-9:30 a.m.
“Trilateral Solutions and Innovations”
Trade, Transportation and the EnvironmentCEO Roundtable
Diane Gray, president and CEO, CentrePort Canada
Phil Zaroor, CEO, Advantage Pro
Gary Walker, CEO, Magic Touch Cleaning Inc.
Moderator
Roger Woody, executive lecturer and director, SCM External Development, School of Business, University of Kansas
9:30-10 a.m.
Conference wrap-up and Closing Remarks
10:30 a.m.
Post-Conference Meetings (group meetings/roundtable and networking)
Tours of Unique Kansas City Trade Areas:CenterPoint-KCS (Kansas City Southern) Intermodal Center
Subtropolis Underground Facility and Foreign Trade Zone
Final Thought: The conference in Kansas City might be concluding, but the conversation does not have to end. All participants, in Kansas City and across North America, are encouraged to continue to share their thoughts and build their trilateral network, results and buiness opportunities
Check out the North America Works & National Forum on Trade Policy 2009 Conference on the Global Entrepreneurship Week website.
