Thread: 2007 Great Plains International Conference

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2007 Great Plains International Conference - September 19-21, 2007 - Denver, Colorado

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6:00 PM - Friday, September 21, 2007 5:00 PM

Adam's Mark Hotel
Denver, CO

Conference Speakers:

Confirmed: Ron Covais - President, the Americas at Lockheed Martin Corporation

Invited: James Oberstar - Chair, U.S. House of Representatives, Chair Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Invited: Clay Sell - Deputy Director/COO, US Department of Energy

Confirmed: David Bradley - President/CEO, Canadian Trucking Alliance

Confirmed: Jim Bryant - Managing Partner, Energy Futures Network

Confirmed: Russ George - Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation

Confirmed: Andrew Goetz - Professor, University of Denver, Intermoldal Transportation Institute

Confirmed: John LeRue - Executive Director, Port of Corpus Christi

Confirmed: Mark Mehalko - Mountain Regional Business Develpment
Director/Vice President, DMJM-Harris

Confirmed: Gordon Rogers - Deputy Director, Whatcome Council of Governments

Confirmed: Al Scholz - Executive Director, Saskatchewan AgriVision Corporation

Confirmed: Brian Taylor - Vice President of Technical Systems & Business Develpment, International Road Dynamics

Confirmed: Fred Underwood - Transportation Commissioner, Texas Department of Transportation

Session No. 1 – Growing, Growing: The Great Plains Overview

This opening session is designed to set the stage for the entire conference. From an international perspective, an overview of the growing Great Plains International Corridor trading relationships both domestically and internationally will be presented. The economies of all three countries are tied to investment in transportation infrastructure.

Session No. 2 – The Developing “Middle Westâ€

There are several escalating trends that have been defining America, particulalrly since World War 2. Job Growth is one of those. I have long ago concluded that job growth is too easily confused with Productivity growth. Today, with so many jobs fallling in the managerial and administrative category (Service sector), there can be an explosion of created 'jobs'---but with little true wealth to show for it. Service sector growth still requires payment in hard cash, therefore America requires importing workers who can actually accomplish a material purpose.

I dom't necessarily see college-bound youth as quite the great contributors to American society that they are normally depicted to be. Some are- some are not.

Think I'm all wet? Look at this article by Wall Street Journal contributor, Peter Schiff:
http://www.321gold.com/editorials/schif ... 30405.html