OPENING PLENARY

10:00 AM - 12 NOON

Morning Entertainment

Jazz Band, Vanderbilt University

Presentation of the Colors

US Army Reserve

National Anthem

Christopher Warren, Music Lecturer, Vanderbilt University

Welcome to the Conference
Jack L. Wood, P.E., F.ASCE,
2003 Conference Chair



Welcome to the City
Bill Purcell(invited)
Mayor of Nashville



Past Year in Review
Thomas L. Jackson, P.E., F.ASCE,
ASCE President 2003



KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, P.E. (invited),
Chief of Engineers and
Commanding General,
US Army Corps of Engineers

Our nation's military did an outstanding job to free the people of Iraq with limited damage. Now our nation is committed to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure to allow Iraqi citizens to enjoy a better life. Gen. Flowers will inform us of the progress US engineers and contractors are making to achieve this objective.

Following his graduation and commissioning from the Virginia Military Institute in 1969, Flowers completed Airborne and Ranger training, began his career as an Engineer Officer, and obtained a master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia. Operational deployments took him into command positions during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and into Somalia and Bosnia. Before his selection as commander- in-chief of the Corps, Flowers served as Commanding General of the Maneuver Support Center at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. Flowers was the recipient of a 2003 OPAL Award from ASCE on May 1.

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