2004 Third Annual Town Hall Meeting
"Aerospace & Florida
New Challenge for the New Millenium"

Wednesday, February 25
6:00 PM - Exhibit Review
7:00 PM - Program

Challenger Leaning Center of Tallahassee
200 South Duval Street
Tallahassee, FL

See highlights from the meeting here.
See program here.

Program Objective:
To have a distinguished panel of legislators, members of academia, and representatives from industry and the private sector address Florida's future role in Aerospace and its impact on the economy and the opportunities for technically trained people - current engineers, engineering students, and young people considering science and engineering as a professional career.

Program Significance:
Aerospace plays a significant role in Florida's economy. Its future direction is of major concern to State Government (both the Executive and Legislative Branches), those employed by the Aerospace industry in Florida, the communities around the State affected by this important industry, the business community, and the academic community in terms of curricula, and attracting qualified students.

The Executive Branch has established the Florida Space Authority, under the direction of former Astronaut, Capt. Winston Scott (USN-Ret.). Florida's Lt. Governor, Toni Jennings, is the Board Chairperson, and the State Legislature has appointed board members. Tallahassee's aerospace involvement resides in the newly opened FAMU/FSU College of Engineering's Challenger Learning Center, headed by former astronaut, Dr. Norman Thagard.

ASME Town Hall 2004 Program Committee:
Farrukh Alvi
Brian Arent
Farhad Booeshaghi
Dave Cartes
Kathryn Holmes
Rob Hovsapian
Siddhartha Kamath
Rick Meeker
Sherri Rollison
M. R. (Reza) Vaghar
Paul Vergamini

For additional information contact Dr. Farhad Booeshaghi, ASME Tallahassee Chair 2003-2004, at fbooeshaghi@beceng.com, or (850) 576-1176 ext. 123.

Sponsoring ASME Group -
Tallahassee Section of ASME International
Co-Sponsor FAMU-FSU COE ASME Student Section