Obninsk City Administration visit to Oak Ridge - March 29 to April 4, 2007.

Agenda Sister City Delegation From  Obninsk, Russia

 

Delegation members:

  • Nikolay Shubin, Head of Obninsk City Administration

  • Leonid Katukhin, Executive Director, Obninsk Center for Science and Technologies 

  • Andrey Shchikovskiy, City of Obninsk, Head of International Relations and Investments Department 

  • Alexey Gureyev. City of Obninsk, Deputy Chief of Service For Interaction with State and Public Organizations

Thursday - March 29

Travel from Moscow, Russia to Knoxville, TN. 

 

Friday - March 30: East Tennessee Economic Council meeting presentation by Larry Satkowiak on Oak Ridge National Laboratories non-proliferation activities.

§       Visit with Jim O’Connor (City Manager) and Mayor Bradshaw - tour of COR facilities.

§       Delegation will travel to Chattanooga, TN to the Southeastern Sister Cities International Conference

  • International Luncheon, Chattanooga Room - UTC

  • Mayors’ Round Table on Cities and Gobalization

  • Visit to Chattanooga Aquarium

§        Big River Grill and Brewing Works for dinner

        

Saturday - March 31

Southeastern Sister Cities International Conference Saturday Session

§       Presentation by Mr. Shubin “Obninsk – First Russian Science City”

§       Luncheon – Recognition of the Obninsk Delegation

§       Obninsk Delegation meets with Sister City International staff

 

 

Return to Oak Ridge

 

April 1, 2007, Sunday

Regional tour to Oak Ridge, Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge Outlet Shopping

Evening at Cotton Eye Joe (Hosted by Oak Ridge Gastroenterology)

 

Monday - April 2, 2007

9:00 a.m. University of Tennessee (Oak Ridge)  Conference facility

Full morning of meetings with local industry leaders

  • Shawn Carson, Tech 2020 Center for Entrepreneurial Growth

  • Barry Stephenson, MACLinc. (Nuclear Materials Lab)

  • Bonnie Carroll, IIA (Information International)

11:30 a.m.       Methodist Medical Center

§       Hospital Tour

§       Lunch with CEO Jan McNally, RN

§       History of Methodist Medical Center

           

 

1:30 p.m. Oak Ridge High School Tour

§       Ken Green (OR School Administration) and Beth Adler (ORHS Teacher)

§       Possible Math & Science Exchange with Obninsk High Schools via the Internet.

 

7:00 p.m.         Dinner Hosted by Ken and Jerry Luckmann

 

April 3, 2007, Tuesday

8:00 a.m.         ORNL - Attend presentation given by Bob Wham.  Topic: isotopes

12:00               Attend the NanoNexus 2007 Conference Keynote speech by Jeff Wadsworth

1:30 p.m.         ORNL van to travel to Melton Valley

2:00 p.m.         High Flux Isotope Reactor and Cold Source tour (Mike Farrar tour guide)

3:30 p.m.         SNS tour (Irina Popova tour guide)

 

6:00 p.m.         Reception Hosted by City Manager James O’Connor

 

April 4, 2007, Wednesday

8:30 a.m.         Depart for Moscow, Russia and Obninsk

 

Friday morning, March 30
 

East Tennessee Economic Council meeting

 

Dignitaries from Oak Ridge's sister city of Obninsk, Russia, visited the East Tennessee Economic Council on Friday morning.
Pictured, from left, are Alexey Gureyev, Obninsk deputy chief for interaction with state and public organizations; Leonid Katukhin,
executive director, Obninsk Center for Science and Technologies; Jim Campbell, ETEC president; Nikolay Shubin, head of
Obninsk city administration; Andrey Shchikovskiy, head of International Relations and Investments Department for Obninsk;
and Ken Luckmann of the Sister City Support Organization. The Oak Ridger: Photo: Scott Fraker/Staff

 

Visit with Jim O’Connor (City Manager) and Mayor David Bradshaw.
Tour of City of Oak Ridge facilities.

 

Mayor Bradshaw gave a briefing regarding the history of
Oak Ridge and our elected City Council - salaried City Manager
form of local government.

 

City Manager Jim O'Connor gave a tour of City Hall
followed by a visit to the City Services Complex.

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Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, March 30-31.

 Sister Cities International Southeastern Regional Meeting
Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

The delegation stayed at the historic

Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel.

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On Saturday morning, Mayor Shubin gave a presentation

"Obninsk - The First Science City"

staff

The delegation had an opportunity to meet with
Sister Cities International staff attending the meeting.

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Sunday, April 1

 

 

A visit to the Friendship Bell began a day of tours to local
and regional points of interest including the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitors center.

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 Monday, April 2

AM


A presentations by Mike Hill, Law Enforcement Training Center,
began a morning of mini seminars presented by local businesses.

  • Shawn Carson, Tech 2020 Center for Entrepreneurial Growth

  • Barry Stephenson, MACLinc. (Nuclear Materials Lab)

  •  Bonnie Carroll, IIA (Information International)

[Back to Monday AM]

 

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A tour (Emergency Room CT Scanner above) of Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge ...

 

... was followed by lunch and a history of
Methodist Medical Center provided by CEO Jan McNally, R.N.

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PM

Tour of Oak Ridge High School
Discussion with Ken Green (OR School Administration) and Beth Adler (ORHS Teacher)
regarding a possible math and science exchange with Obninsk High Schools via the Internet.

 

Dinner hosted by Ken and Jerry Luckmann

 

April 3, 2007, Tuesday

 



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Reception hosted by Jim and Sherry O'Connor

 

April 4, 2007, Wednesday

Depart for home.

        

 

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