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Strengthening Regional Security and Economic Competitiveness 

 

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CSG-WEST 62nd Annual Meeting

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Monday, October 5, 2009

 

Welcome North American Summit II

Senator Lesil McGuire, Alaska, Immediate Past Chair, CSG-WEST

Diputado Francisco Cantu Torres, Nuevo Leon, Chair, Border Legislative Conference

David Fransen, Consul General, Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles

Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, California, Vice Chair, Border Legislative Conference

 

Achieving Energy Independence for North America: A discussion on continental energy resources and strategies to achieve independence

  

Moderator: Senator Jackie Dingfelder, Oregon, Chair, CSG-WEST Energy and Environment Committee

 

Ty Lund, Member of the Legislative Assembly

Government of Alberta, Canada

 

Martin Pasqualetti, Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning,

Arizona State University

 

Sarah Cottrell, Energy and Environment Policy Advisor

New Mexico Governors’ Office

 

Luncheon Program: Update on Security and Prosperity Partnership and North America Leaders Summit

 

Moderator: Diputado Francisco Cantu Torres, Nuevo Leon, Chair, Border Legislative Conference

 

Jose Guillermo Ordorica Robles, Deputy General Director

U.S. Department, Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

Kim Butler, Director General, North America Bureau

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

 

Enhancing North America Competitiveness: A focus on the challenges and opportunities to boost regional, cross-border trade

 

Moderator: David Fransen, Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles

 

Geri Word, Director, Office of NAFTA, Central America and the Caribbean

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

 

Tim McEwan, President and Chief Executive Officer

Initiatives Prince George 3

 

Combating Public Health Threats in North America: An overview of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Disaster Cooperation

 

Moderator: Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, California, Vice Chair, Border Legislative Conference

 

Ty Lund, Member of the Legislative Assembly

Government of Alberta, Canada

 

 

Dr. José Ángel Córdova Villalobos

 

Dr. Arturo Cervantes Trejo, General Director

National Center for the Prevention of Accidents

Ministry of Health of Mexico

 

Mauricio Leiva, Chief of the Office of Binational Border Health

California Department of Public Health