The Georgetown Public Policy Institute’s 15th Annual Conference, Transforming Campaign Promises Into Policy Reality, will bring policy professionals together for a full day of discussion and debate on four of today's most prominent policy issues: healthcare, education, energy independence, and homeland security.
8:45 a.m. | Welcome
William Gormley, Dean, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Kaitlin Guarascio, 2009 Conference Chair
8:55-10:10 a.m. | A More Sustainable Future: Energy Independence and Environmental Leadership
Experts will discuss the importance of improving energy efficiency in the U.S., pursuing renewable energy sources, and the challenges of global climate change.
- Lynn Schloesser, Legislative Counsel, Eastman Chemical Company
- Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Moderator: Ed Goldstein, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
10:15-11:15 a.m. | Homeland Security Priorities in Transition
Experts will discuss how Obama’ s homeland security priorities are similar to those of his predecessor, but the way in which he goes about achieving these goals may be very different.
- David Brent Buckley, Deloitte Consulting
- P.J. Crowley, Senior Fellow and Director of Homeland Security, Center for American Progress
- Mackenzie Eaglen, Senior Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
- Moderator: Gary Shiffman, Security Studies Program, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
11:20-11:40 a.m. | Closing Remarks for Homeland Security Panel
Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security
11:35 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. | Lunch Served
12:10-12:45 p.m. | Keynote Address
Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden
12:50-2:05 p.m. | Reforming American Public Education: Ensuring Competitiveness in a Global Market
Experts will discuss education reform issues including universal pre-K, home environment on learning, post-secondary education and skills the private sector needs in workers.
- Phyllis Eisen, President, Eisen Group
- William Gormley, Dean, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
- Robert Lerman, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute
- Robert Muller, Founder and CEO, Practical Strategy
- Moderator: Nada Eissa, professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
2:10-2:30 p.m. | Future Projections
E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post, professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, will discuss the future of the economy and which policy issue will take center stage for the Obama administration.
2:35-3:50 p.m. | The Tools Needed to Build Universal Health Care: A Problem or a Solution for the State of the Economy?
Experts will discuss fiscal and social need for health care reform in the current economic climate and how parties might compromise for a solution.
- Thomas Daschle, Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota
- Judy Feder, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
- Christopher Jennings, Former Senior Health Care Adviser to President Bill Clinton
- Charles Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development
- Moderator: Barbara Schone, Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
