Program
Printable brochure with program
| Lawrence location - all sessions will take place
on Level 5 of the Kansas Union, The University of Kansas Ulysses location - all sessions will take place in the Video Conferencing Room, Pioneer Communications |
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8:30-9:00 |
Registration, Coffee & Pastries |
9:00-9:15 |
Welcome James Roberts, Vice Provost for Research and President, KU Center for Research, The University of Kansas |
9:15-10:15 |
Morning Keynote Introduction Steven Maynard-Moody, Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research, The University of Kansas (in Ulysses) Keynote Address: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape Suzanne Leland, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte [powerpoint presentation] |
10:15-10:30 |
Break |
10:30-12:00 |
Panel Discussion: Assessing the State of the State Baby Boomers and Immigrants on the Range: Population Trends in Kansas Laszlo J. Kulcsar, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Kansas Population Center, Kansas State University [PDF handout] The State of Innovation in Kansas Joshua Rosenbloom, Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Economic and Business Analysis, Institute for Policy & Social Research, The University of Kansas [powerpoint presentation - PDF of presentation] Sizing Up Kansas Public Finance Bart Hildreth, Regents Distinguished Professor and Director, Public Finance Center, Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Wichita State University [PDF of presentation] Moderator Don Haider-Markel, Associate Professor, Political Science, The University of Kansas |
12:00-1:30 |
Lunch and Luncheon Address Introduction Robert Hemenway, Chancellor, The University of Kansas Keynote Address: A Candid Look at Kansas Government Rep. Doug Mays, Speaker, Kansas House of Representatives |
1:30-3:30 |
Panel Discussion from Ulysses, Kansas: Reinventing Government Discussants Ed Wiltse, Mayor, Ulysses, Kansas and Manager of Member Services, Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc. (in Ulysses) Carol Marinovich, Senior Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard and former Mayor and CEO, Kansas City, Kansas and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County (in Lawrence) Dan Epp, Co-Editor, Greeley County Republican (in Ulysses) Joe Aistrup, Chair, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University (in Lawrence) Moderator Steven Maynard-Moody (in Ulysses) |
3:30-3:45 |
Closing Remarks Joshua Rosenbloom |
| Adjourn | |