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2012 ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS & PHOTOS

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COMMITTEE AND FORUM PRESENTATIONS

 

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THURSDAY, JULY 19

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CSG Western Innovations Selection Meeting

 

• Washington - Innovation Partnership Zones
• Central Arizona - Programmatic Suicide Deterrent System Project
  

 

 

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FRIDAY, JULY 20

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North America Summit IV

The Low Carbon Economy

 

Rick Van Schoik

Director, NACTS

• Low Carbon Economy in North America

 

Thomas D. Peterson
Founder, President and CEO, Center for Climate Strategies

• Comprehensive Clean Energy & Economy Actions and Analysis

 

Frank Came
Senior Advisor, GLOBE Foundation

• The Clean Economy Opportunities for Investment and Job Creation
  

 

North American Trade Cooperation

 

Christopher Wilson
Associate, Mexico Institute and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C.

• Toward A North American Competitiveness Agenda

Chris Sands
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

• NAFTA: Before and Afta - What Happens Next?

 

Annual Legislative Training Assembly (ALTA)

Richard Greene

Communication Strategist

For presentation handouts please contact jschanze@csg.org

 

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SATURDAY, JULY 21

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Health Policy Forum

 

Bob Carey
Principal at RLCarey Consulting, Boston, Massachusetts

• Key Components of Health Insurance Exchanges: Federal Overview

Liz Baxter
Chair, Oregon Health Insurance Exchange, Board of Directors

• Health Reform Implementation, State of Utah, Office of Governor

 

Glenn Monteith
Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Workforce Division, Alberta Health

• Overview of the Canadian Health Care System

 

Representative Elaine D. Harvey
Wyoming, Co-Chair, Health Insurance Exchange

• Health Insurance Exchanges Aren’t Affordable in Wyoming
  

Dr. Norman Thurston

• Utah’s Health Reform Experience
  

Western Economic Development Committee

 

Peter Fisher
Research Director, The Iowa Policy Project, Iowa City, Iowa

• Tax Incentives: What Does the Research Say About Effectiveness?

Brian Lee Crowley

Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Ottawa, Ontario

• Speaking Notes by Brian Lee Crowley

Darren Sandford, Vice President, Technology Deployment, California Emerging Technology Fund, Los Angeles, California

• Expanding Broadband in Urban and Rural Areas: What Lawmakers Can Do?

 

Lunch Program

 

Mike Walsh

• WORLD NEXT – The Disruptive Forces Shaping the Global Future
• The City of the Future, video excerpts from CSG-WEST Annual Meeting

 

SUNDAY, JULY 22

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Energy and Public Lands Committee

 

 

Mark Finley

General Manager, Global Energy Markets, British Petroleum, Washington, D.C.

• A report on the World Outlook for Energy Supply and Demand

Donald (Don) M. Wishart

Executive Vice-President, Operations and Major Projects, TransCanada Corporation, Calgary, Alberta

• Pipeline Siting: The Challenges

Lorraine Royer

Manager, Canadian Government Affairs, Williams Energy (Canada) Inc., Calgary, Alberta

• Lowering Carbon Emissions from Oil Sands Production

 

Crady deGolian

Director, National Center for Interstate Compacts, Council of State Governments (CSG), Lexington, KY

• Update on Interstate Siting Compact Project

Fiscal Affairs Committee

 

 

Chris Whatley

Director, Council of State Governments (CSG) Washington, D.C. Office

• What’s happening in Washington, D.C.?

 

Dr. Gary VanLandingham

Results First Director, Pew Center on the States, Washington, D.C. 

• Handout: Results First Factsheet
• Handout: Results First Washington Case Study
• Handout: Evidence-Based Options to Improve Statewide Outcomes

 

 

 

Senator Karen Fraser, Washington

• Washington State Institute for Public Policy

 

Tax and Financial Incentives: What’s Working in the West?

NEW report: Trends in Western State Business Incentives

Click here to visit CSG Knowledge Center where you will find links for each specific western state overview

Karla Tartz, Deputy Director of Strategy & Operations, Office of Economic Development and

International Trade, Denver, Colorado

• The Colorado Blueprint Program
• HANDOUT

Nathan Buehler

Communications & Marketing Manager, Business Oregon, Salem, Oregon

• Business Oregon
• HANDOUT

Gynii Gilliam

Chief Economic Development Officer, Department of Commerce, Boise, Idaho

• Workforce Development Training Fund
• HANDOUT

 

 

Lunch Plenary Session

 

Dave Rodney

Associate Minister of Wellness, Alberta Health Member of the Legislative Assembly, Alberta

 

• Climb Beyond Your Next “Everest” – Lessons in Leadership

 

 

 

Water and Environment Committee

Senator Karen Fraser, Washington

• West’s Engagement in the World Water Forum and Future Opportunities for Regional Engagement in International Water Policy
• World Water Forum Report by Senator Karen Fraser

Tony Willardson
Executive Director, Western States Water Council, Utah

• Update from the Western States Water Council

Dr. Timothy J. Brown
Director, Western Regional Climate Center Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada

• Climate Variability and the Impacts on the West: An outlook on emerging climate changes and what it means for Western policy-makers

 

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MONDAY, JULY 23

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Education Committee

Doug Levin, Executive Director
State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)

• Review of National Education Technology Policies and Teacher Training

Pam Goins
Director, Education Policy, The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY

• Blended Learning/Digital Learning

 

International Trade Committee

 

Sasha Sutcliffe-Stephenson
Director of International Programs, The Council of State Governments Washington, D.C. Office

• The United States and the Global Economy: Leveraging Federal Resources to Create Jobs in Your State

Executive Committee Business Meeting

Representative Roger Barrus, Utah

• State Jurisdiction and Management of Public Lands

Chris Whatley
Director, Council of State Governments Washington, D.C. Office

• The Federal Agenda and CSG-WEST
  
  

Executive Committee Adopts Policy Action 2012-01

Resolution Regarding the Nation's Deficit Spending and National Debt

 

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