January 27th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Ken Carroll
(502) 352-2485 - Office
The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Announces Speakers for the Third Annual Manufacturing/Legislative Summit to take place in Frankfort, Feb. 9
LOUISVILLE - Governor Steve Beshear has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the ProsperousKentuckysm 2009 Manufacturing/Legislative Summit in Frankfort on Monday, Feb. 9, according to Jim LeMaster, president and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM).
Governor Beshear would headline a top notch list of speakers including Kentucky's Senate President David Williams; Speaker Greg Stumbo; Dr. Len Peters, Secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet; Dr. Phil Marksbury University of Kentucky Center for Manufacturing's Lean System Program and Brent Baughman of Greenebaum, Doll and McDonald, PLLC. The aforementioned speakers will address hundreds of manufacturers, education and government leaders at KAM's third annual ProsperousKentuckysm Summit and Trade Show. Pete Gritton, chairman of the board of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers and Vice President of Human Resources for Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, will emcee the event.
"We find ourselves, our Commonwealth and our nation at a crossroads. At the third annual ProsperousKentuckysm 2009 Manufacturing Summit, we will bring manufacturers, educators, policy makers and legislators together to discover opportunities for collaboration to find our path to prosperity." said LeMaster. The Summit and Trade Show are presented by Greenebaum Doll & McDonald. The lunch is sponsored by BB&T Insurance Services and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. The event will be from 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Capital Plaza Hotel (including a lunch), followed by a tour of the Capitol, a brief viewing of a session of the General Assembly and concluding with a legislative reception from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Capital Plaza Ballroom.
For information about "ProsperousKentuckysm Summit 2009" visit www.kamanufacturers.com/summit.html or call (502) 352-2485.
Established in 1911, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers is the Commonwealth's only manufacturing trade association. KAM's mission is to raise the prosperity of all Kentuckians by protecting and growing our state's economic engine: manufacturing. KAM proactively works with elected officials, policymakers, chambers of commerce, other associations, economic development experts, the news media, the general public and its own members to drive results through eight branded initiatives: ProsperousKentuckysm, ProductiveKentuckysm, FreedomKentuckysm, SmartKentuckysm, HealthyKentuckysm, HonestKentuckysm, MarketKentuckysm and CleanKentuckysm. On the web at www.KAManufacturers.com