AGENDA
Thursday, September 16, 2010
9:00 - 10:15 AM | Registration
10:15 - 10:45 AM | Session One - Forum Opening - "The Report Card" - The Policy Forum's Progress since 2008
10:45-11:45 AM | Session Two - Importance of Grassroots Advocacy & Why a Common Business Agenda is Needed with Mick Fleming, President American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE)
11:45 AM - 12:00 Noon | Break
12 noon - 1:30 PM | Forum Lunch - Back to the Basics Mentality for Michigan's Recovery with Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P.
Brian Wesbury is Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P., a financial services firm based in Wheaton, Illinois. The Wall Street Journal ranked Mr. Wesbury the nation’s #1 U.S. economic forecaster in 2001 and USA Today ranked him as one of the nation’s top 10 forecasters in 2004.
1:30 - 1:40 PM | Break
1:40 - 2:35 PM | Session Three - Education - Cradle through Career, Who's Doing it Best? with Dr. Shirley Robinson Pippins, Senior Vice President, American Council on Education
2:40 - 3:40 PM | Session Four - Organized Labor: Rethinking Reform - Rick Berman, President of Berman & Company
3:40 - 3:50 PM | Break
3:50 - 5:00 PM | Michigan's Budget & Spending Priorities with Mark Murray, President of Meijer, Inc. Speakers Jeffrey Guilfoyle, President of Citizens Research Council, Lou Glazer, President of Michigan Future Inc., and Joseph Lehman, President at Mackinac Center will join in on discussion.
5:00 - 5:30 PM | Break
5:30 - 6:45 PM | Private PAC Reception (ticket required) with special guests: State Legislators
6:15 - 7:00 PM | General Reception
7:00 - 9:00 PM | Dinner with Keynote Speakers: Mo'Rocca & P.J. O'Rourke, Political Satirists
9:00 PM - 2:00 AM | Afterglow Party at the Grand Woods Lounge
Friday, September 17, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 AM | Day Two Registration
7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 AM | Morning Welcome with Jim Dunlap, Senior Executive Vice President, Huntington Bank
8:15 - 9:45 AM | Session Six - Meet the Gubernatorial Candidates, Moderated Q & A
9:45 - 10:00 AM | Break
10:00 AM - 12 Noon | Sessions Seven & Eight - Rapid Exchange Sessions (Choose two of three to attend)
Session A: Michigan's Infrastructure and International Trade Corridor with Marge Potter from the Detroit River Tunnel Project and hear from experts Dr. William Anderson from the University of Windsor, David Littmann, Senior Economist for the Mackinac Center and Richard Keyes from Meijer.
Session B: Taxing Michigan with Doug Rothwell, President, Business Leaders for Michigan, Dr. Ron Pollina, President, Pollina Corporate Real Estate & Author of Selling Out a Superpower, and Birgit Klohs, President, The Right Place Inc.
Session C: Health Care with Richard Breon, President/CEO of Spectrum Health, Jeff Connolly from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and experts Vincent Frakes, Project Manager at The Center for Health Transportation, Roger Spoelman, President/CEO of Mercy Health Partners and Dr. Marsha Rappley, Dean, MSU College of Human Medicine.
12 Noon - 1:30 PM | Closing Luncheon with William Clay Ford, Jr., Executive Chairman at Ford Motor Company
William Clay Ford, Jr. is leading the company that put the world on wheels into the 21st century. A member of the board since 1988, he became chairman on January 1, 1999. He also serves as chairman of the board's Environmental and Public Policy Committee.
1:30 - 2:00 PM | Closing Remarks - Call to Action with Jim Dunlap, Senior Executive Vice President of Huntington Bank
