Thursday, April 19, preconference event, Statler Auditorium

Kevin McGovern '70 (4:30-5:30 p.m.)
CEO and Chairman, McGovern Capital
"Catch the Current"
Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Keynote Address

Friday, April 20, morning speakers

(Statler Auditorium 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.)

David Heller '81 ME (9 a.m.)
CEO, Heller Industries
Conference Chair

Sankar B. Narayan, MS '77 ME (9:15-10 a.m.)
Business Director, Global Minerals Extraction and Latin America & Africa Regions Safety, Security & Protection Services Business, 3M
“The Impact of Globalization on Technology Implementation”

Patrick M. Dewar (10-10:45 a.m.)
Vice President, Business Development, Electronic Business Area, Lockheed Martin
“Partnership Makes a World of Difference”

Everette A. J. Phillips '82 AgEng (11:15-12 noon)
President and CEO, China Manufacturing Network
“Adapting an Engineering Career to the Global Economy”

Friday, April 20, afternoon speakers

(Statler Auditorium 1:45 - 3:15 p.m.)

Sophie Vandebroek, PhD '91 EE (1:45-2:30 p.m.) 
Chief Technology Officer, Xerox Corporation
“Managing Global Research”

Eric A. Young '78 ME (2:30-3:15 p.m.)
General Partner and Co-founder, Canaan Partners
“The Venture Investor's View of Global Opportunities”

(Phillips 101 3:15-5:30 P.M.)

Robert A. Johnson '70 EE (3:45-4:30 p.m.)
CSP Solutions Consulting, Infosys Technologies Ltd
"A Pespective on Winning in the Flat World"

Gregory J. Galvin MS '82, PhD '84 MS&E, MBA '93 (4:30-5:15 p.m.)
President & CEO, Kionix

Friday evening (6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

Reception with Student Posters (6:30-7:30 p.m.)
Banquet with awards (7:30-9 p.m.)

Saturday, April 21, CEAA Annual Meeting
(Statler Hotel Terrace Restaraunt, 7:45-9 a.m.)

Dean Kent Fuchs (8:15 a.m.)
College Update 

Saturday, April 21, morning speakers
(Phillips 101, 9:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Elizabeth A. McKone '84 ME (9:30-10 a.m.)
Vice President, Worldwide Site Program Manager, Solectron Corp
“Are China and India Always the Best Answer”

Wendy T. Chin '85 EE, MEng '86 (10-10:30 a.m.)
Senior Director, Pfizer Inc./CIT
“Key Lessons Learned While Working in a Global Environment”

William R. LaFontaine Jr. MS '88 MSE, PhD '90 (10:45-11:30 a.m.)
Vice President, Corporate Strategy, IBM
“IP Challenges in the People's Republic of China”

David Wippman  and other faculty members (11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
Vice Provost for International Relations and Professor of Law, Cornell University
Faculty Panel Discussion

Davydd J. Greenwood
Director, Institute for European Studies
Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University

Eswar S. Prasad 
Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

Saturday, April 21,  Afternoon
(Duffield Atrium, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30+ p.m.)

Buffet Lunch with special guests: McMullen Scholarship Students

Register by April 13 for $249 including all meals; special pricing for young alumni. Register online now.

Hotel and Parking Information

Hotel Reservations: please identify yourself as part of the Cornell Engineering Conference CEAA when making reservations. All these hotels offer shuttle service to and from the airport and Cornell campus. 

Special rates are available:

• Best Western University Inn, 607.272.6100, $109 
• Clarion Hotel, 607.257.2000, $99.95
• Holiday Inn, 607.272.1000 or 800.HOLIDAY, $129.99
  (or use group code CA2 at http://www.hiithaca.com/)

Please note that all unreserved rooms at these special rates will be released after March 23.

More lodging options are available from the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 607.272.1313 or www.visitithaca.com.

Parking: Conference participants may purchase one day parking permits using the conference registration form (no permit needed for Saturday parking) or at the traffic booths on campus. Statler Hotel has fee based parking for hotel guests.