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Global Competitiveness: How Do We Create a College-Going Culture
Thursday, Oct. 20, 3:30-5 p.m.
Don Bennett
Executive Director, Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board
Jane Broom
Director, Microsoft's Puget Sound Community Affairs
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
Thursday, Oct. 20, 3:30-5 p.m.
MNA Francois Ouimet
Second Vice-President of the National Assembly
Quebec
Colin Robertson
Senior Strategic Advisor for McKenna, Long and Aldridge LLP &
Former Head of the Advocacy Secretary and Minister at the Canadian Embassy in Washington and Consul General in Los Angeles
Looking for Medicaid Relief in All the Right Places
Thursday, Oct. 20, 3:30-5 p.m.
James Johnston
Health Care Specialist, Innovation Center on Medicare and Medicaid, DHHS
Matt Salo
Executive Director, National Association of Medicaid Directors
Jonathan Seib
Health Policy Advisor, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire's Executive Policy Office
Lessons Learned from Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami
Friday, Oct. 21, 10-11:30 a.m.
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John Madden
Director, Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
James Mullen
Director, Washington Division of Emergency Management,
NEMA 2011 President
If You Build it, Will They Come? A North American Perspective on Electrical Transmission Line Siting
Friday, Oct. 21, 10-11:30 a.m.
Rep. Jeff Morris
Washington
Dr. Duncan Wood
Director of International Relations Programs
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Increasing Economic Opportunity and Civic Engagement by Educating Students to Succeed in a Changing World
Friday, Oct. 21, 2-6 p.m.
Dr. David T. Conley
Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership, University of Oregon
Founder and Director, The Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR)
Founder and CEO, Educational Policy Improvement Center
Managing Western Water in Evolving Climate Conditions
Friday, Oct. 21, 2-3:30 p.m.
Dr. Jerry Delli Priscoli
Senior Advisor, USACE
Institute for Water Resources
Dr. Felipe I. Arreguín Cortés
General Deputy Director
National Water Commission of Mexico
Glen Davidson
Director & Comptroller of Water Rights
Province of British Columbia
Maria Elena Giner, P.E.
General Manager
Border Environment Cooperation Commission
Dr. Paul Houser
Science Advisor
U.S. Department of Interior
Maximizing Oil Partnerships in North America
Friday, Oct. 21, 2-3:30 p.m.
Dr. Brian Lee Crowley
Managing Director
Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Scott Farris
Director of Government Relations, Western U.S.
TransCanada
Dr. Miriam Grunstein
Associate Professor of Law
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
Murray Smith
Hatch Advisory Board
Hatch Engineering
D. Rick Van Schoik
Director
North American Center for Transborder Studies
Jobs & Commerce: Revitalizing the North American Economy
Saturday, Oct. 22, 10-11:30 a.m.
Dr. Itzam de Gortari
CEO
TechBA
Gov. Jim Geringer
Director of Public Policy
ESRI
Jayson Myers
President
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Future of North American Infrastructure
Friday, Oct. 21, 2-3:30 p.m.
Sean Carlos Cázares Ahearne
Deputy Director General for Border Affairs
Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry
Diane Gray
Founding President and CEO
CentrePort Canada Inc.
Ryan Pedraza
Program Manager
Virginia Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
Tapping the Future of American Oil & Gas
Saturday, Oct. 22, 10-11:30 a.m.
Peter Molinaro
Vice President of Federal and State Government Affairs
Dow Chemical Company
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D. Rick Van Schoik
Director
North American Center for Transborder Studies
Intergovernmental Affairs Committee: North American Cooperation in Public Safety & Law Enforcement (all attendees welcome)
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2-4 p.m.
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Hon. Gary King
Attorney General
New Mexico
Hon. Rommel Moreno Manjarrez
Attorney General
Baja California