Powering Economic Development: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century University
Keynote Address
University Economic Development Association
November, 5, 2007

Testimony before Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate Hearing on S. 2197, Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act of 2006
February 15, 2006

"Creating the Future: Technology and the Shape of Things to Come"
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
and The Peter Kiewit Institute
University of Nebraska - Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska
April 5, 2005*

"Powering the Third Frontier"
The Newcomen Society
October 21, 2003

"The New Research Economy -- Creating Strategic Intent Among International Partners"
Invited Address
OECD-CONACYT Conference
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
December 2-3, 2002

"Capturing Your Competitive Future In a Global Economy"
Business-to-Business Luncheon
Green Chamber of Commerce
November 21, 2002

Stow - Monroe Falls Chamber of Commerce
November 19, 2002

"Capturing Your Competitive Future In a Global Economy"
Labor and Employment Conference 2002
October 21, 2002

"The University of Akron"
Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Committee
October 14, 2002

"Testimony Before House Select Committee on Higher Education"
September 12, 2002

"Ideals and Realities"
University of Georgia, Athens, Summer Commencement
August 10, 2002

"The Role of Higher Education in Economic Development"
The City Club of Cleveland
July 24, 2002
Featured in Executive Speeches Journal,
December 2002 / January 2003;
Excerpted in The Executive Speaker,
September 2002 and October 2002

"American Education: Why not our own Marshall Plan?"
Akron Press Club
April 8, 2002
Featured in Vital Speeches of the Day,
June 15, 2002

"Remember the Alamo! Reflections on the Americanization of a Mexican"
Distinguished Lecture Series
The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication
April 3, 2001

"WOW!"
29th Annual National Sales and Marketing Awards Program
Sales and Marketing Executives Association of Akron
February 20, 2001

"Economic Development in the Knowledge Economy: Can Ohio Start its Engines?"
The City Club of Cleveland
February 16, 2001
Featured in Vital Speeches of the Day,
May 15, 2001

"The Challenges of Global Change"
NAFSA Region VI Fall Conference
Sandusky, Ohio
November 6, 2000

"Enabling the Common Good: Workforce & Technology Development"
Leadership Ohio
Lakeside Holiday Inn, Cleveland, Ohio
July 22, 2000
Featured in February 15, 2001, issue of
Vital Speeches of the Day

"Promises Made Should be Promises Kept"
Greater Akron Speaks Out for Values
Tangier, Akron, Ohio
May 1, 2000

"Remaining Competitive In An Age Of Global Change"
Akron Regional Development Board
Small Business Breakfast
February 4, 2000

"Education As Infrastructure:Strategic Intent In Building Ohio's Future"
The Akron Roundtable
December 16, 1999

"Clusters And Collaborations In The New Research Economy -- Creating Strategic Intent Among Universities"
Invited Address - Merrill Research Conference
Valley Falls, Kansas
July 27, 1999

"Perspectives On Change"
STARS Conference
March 27, 1999

"Education As Infrastructure"
Akron Rotary Club
January 19, 1999