North America Summit
Strengthening Regional Security
and Economic Competitivenes

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Senator Eliot Shapleigh (7 pages)
Chair, CSG-WEST’s Border Legislative Conference
Texas State Senate
El Paso, Texas

Robert Merrifield (17 pages)
Member of the Canada House of Commons
Co-Chair, Canada – U.S. Interparliamentary Group
Edson, Alberta

Panel I: Energy

Len Webber
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Parliamentary Assistant of Energy
Government of Alberta, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta

Doug Suttles (9 pages)
President, BP Exploration, Alaska Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska

Panel II: North America High Priority Corridors
     

Alejandro de Jesus Solis (45 pages)
Chief of Staff, Office of the Undersecretary of Transportation
Ministry of Communications and Transportation
Republic of Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico

Michael Reeves (23 pages)
President, Ports to Plains Trade Corridor
Lubbock, Texas

Russ Hiebert (20 pages)
Member of the Canada House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
and Minister of Western Economic Diversification
Vancouver, British Columbia

Panel III: Secure and Efficient Movement of People and Goods at Land Ports of Entry

Sukumar Periwal
Director, International Relations
Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat
Government of British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia

Mark Reed (10 pages)
Founding Member
Border Management Strategies, LLC
Tucson, Arizona

Fritz Vaughan
Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
The White House
Washington, DC

Topic: Energy

Facilitator:
Rick Van Schoik (66 pages)
Director
North America Center for Transborder Studies
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona

Topic: North America High Priority Corridors

Facilitator:
Marissa Paula Walker
Executive Director, CANAMEX Trade Corridor Project
Phoenix, Arizona

Topic: Secure and Efficient Movement of People and Goods at Land Ports of Entry

Facilitator:
Peter Lloyd
Consul General of Canada in Seattle
Seattle, Washington     

Water and Public Lands Committee

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Update Western States Water Council

Tony Willardson (21 pages)
Duputy Director
Western States Water Council
Midvale, Utah

Public Lands in the West: An Overview of Federal – State land management practices and revenue sharing

Ted Murphy
Alaska Deputy State Director for Resources
Bureau of Land Management
Anchorage, Alaska           

Richard Mylius
Director of Mining, Land and Water
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Member of the Western States Land Commissioners Association
Anchorage, Alaska

Water Management Strategies to Address Demographic Growth in the West

Herb Guenther (37 pages)
Director
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Phoenix, Arizona

Evan Sheffels (20 pages)
Special Assistant to the Director
Washington Department of Ecology
Olympia, Washington

Fiscal Affairs Committee

Recession and Recovery: Lessons Learned

Donald J. Boyd (57 pages)
Senior Fellow
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government

Energy & Environment Committee

The Science of Climatology: What does it say today?

Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu ( 97 pages)
International Artic Research Center Founding Director

Climate change and policy: What does it mean for state and local governments?

James Taylor
Senior Fellow of Environment Policy at the Hearland Institute

The Western Climate Initiative: Proposed Carbon cap & trade design issues at a western regional level.

Angus Duncan (24 pages)
President of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation,
Portland, Oregon

Carbon Sequestration: What is the current science ?
     

Dr. Paul Metz
Director of the Mineral Industry Research Laboratory of the College of Engineering and Mines
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Geothermal Energy: What is it and how do we use it?

Alex Sifford
President Sifford Energy Services

The Alaskan Gas Pipeline: What's the status?

Marty Rutherford
Deputy Commissioner
Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Impacting Health Care Cost, Quality and Access:
States and Health Information Technology

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Transforming Healthcare with HIT: Why, What and How?

Lynn Dierker (32 pages)
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Denver, CO
         

One Model of the State’s Role for Health Information Technology: Challenges and Opportunities  

Brad Tritle (14 pages)
Arizona Health-e Connections
Phoenix, AZ

Education Committee

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Using State, Federal and University Resources to Tackle
Teacher Shortages in Utah

Dr. Ben Lignugaris/Kraft (19 pages)
Department Head for Special Education and Rehabilitation, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Utah State University
Logan, UT
           

Advancement Via Individual Determination: A Catalyst to Provide Rigor for All Students

Susan Bergman (54 pages)
Washington State Director
AVID
Burlington, WA
 

21st Century Learning through High Access to Technology
in Alaska
                                 

Bob Whicker (7 page PDF - handout)
K-12 Education Development Executive
Apple, Inc.
Bremerton, WA         

Transportation and the US: What does the future look like, what are the challenges?
                                 

Pat Quinn (14 pages)
Co-Chairman of U.S. Express Enterprises, Inc.
Chattanooga, Tennessee        
Member of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission

Tom Skancke
CEO, The Skancke Company
Las Vegas,  Nevada      
Member of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission

Trucking in the West: What is the status and what are the issues

Pat Quinn (13 pages)
Co-Chairman of U.S. Express Enterprises, Inc.
Chattanooga, Tennessee        
Member of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission

CSG-WEST Executive Committee Meeting

Keith Scott (7pages)
Director
CSG National Center for Interstate Compacts  
Lexington, Kentucky