Southern Division Fall Meeting
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
The Madren Conference Center
BellSouth Auditorium
Clemson, SC

Program

8:30 A.M.
Registration

9:00 A.M.
Presiding:  Evans Tindal, Southern Division Chairman
Coats America

Opening Remarks
Matt Shannon, STA President
Greenwood Mills, Inc.

9:10 A.M.
"AMERICAN POLITICS: POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION
IN THE ERA OF PARTISAN POLARIZATION"
Jeff, Peake, Professor and Department Chair
Department of Political Science, Clemson University

9:45 A.M.
"STATE OF THE ECONOMY"
Scott L. Baier, Professor and Department Chair
The John E. Walker Department of Economics
College of Business, Clemson University

10:20 A.M.
Break

10:45 A.M.
"THE TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY CENTER:
SUPPORTING THE INDUSTRY"
Sam Buff, Director
Gaston College, Textile Technology Center

11:20 A.M.
"THE 18 TO 80 CHALLENGE: LEADING
THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEAMS"
Karl Sherrill, Jr., National Manufacturing Practice Leader
Marsh & McLennan Agency

11:55 A.M.
Lunch
Ballroom A

1:00 P.M.
Golf, Walker Course
1:00, 1:10, 1:20, 1:30, 1:40 PM