THURSDAY, MAY 29

State Financial Issues (Sponsored by Financial Services Working Group)

Session One: Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation

• Overview of Public-Private Partnerships
  David Utz, Vice President, Goldman Sachs. FORMAT: ADOBE PDF

• State of New Jersey, The Asset Evaluation Program: A Progress Report
  Nancy Feldman, Director, NJ Office of Public Finance. FORMAT: ADOBE PDF

• Indiana’s P3 Program: Major Moves and a $3.85 B Lease –over $338.9 M earned in interest and counting…
  Rep. Randy Borror, Indiana General Assembly. FORMAT: ADOBE PDF
  

Session Two: Financial Woes of the Bond Insurance Industry: Implications for State and Local Government Finances

• Bond Insurance Update
  Howard Mischel, Managing Director and Practice Leader, Standard & Poor's FORMAT: ADOBE PDF
  
  

Strengthening State Medicaid Programs (Sponsored by the Health Policy Task Force)

• Strengthening Medicaid Project  
  Vikki Wachino, Consultant, Georgetown Center for Children and Families. FORMAT: ADOBE PDF
  
  

Investing in Higher Education (Sponsored by Education Policy Task Force)

• Higher Education Finance:Strategies for Maximizing  Affordability, Access & Competitiveness
  Daniel Hurley, Director, State Relations & Policy Analysis American Association of State Colleges and Universities. FORMAT: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

FRIDAY, MAY 30

State Policy Challenges as More Seniors Live Longer (Sponsored by Health Policy Task Force)

• 2008 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures
  Mike Splaine, Director of State Policy and Advocacy Programs, Alzheimer’s Association. FORMAT: ADOBE PDF

• Assessing the Impact of Cognitive Impairment in Your State
  Lynda Anderson, Ph.D., Director, Healthy Aging Program, CDC. FORMAT: ADOBE PDF
  
  
• The Causes, Consequences, and Future of Senior Hunger in America
  Meg Haist, Ph.D., Center for Poverty Research, University of Kentucky. FORMAT: ADOBE PDF

Creative State Options for Transportation Finance (Sponsored by the Tranportation Working Group)

• Kathy Ruffalo
  Katthy Ruffalo, Ruffalo & Associates, LLC. FORMAT: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
  
  
• California’s Strategic Growth Plan
  Ken De Crescenzo, Federal Liaison,California Department of Transportation. FORMAT: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
  
  
• At the Crossroads: Building for the Next Generation
  David Ekern, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Transportation. FORMAT: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
  

SATURDAY, MAY 31

Multi-state Policy Cooperation and Interstate Compacts (Sponsored by Interbranch Working Group)

• NCIC Overview & Current Projects May 2008
  Keith A. Scott, National Center for Interstate Compacts. FORMAT: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT