Program
Economic Opportunity in Kansas: What Does the Future Hold?
Thursday, October 22, 2015
8:30 |
Registration, Coffee & More |
9:00 |
Welcome & Introductions Steven Maynard-Moody, Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research and Professor, School of Public Affairs & Administration |
9:10 |
Morning Keynotes - The State of the Economy and Economic Opportunity in Kansas Kenneth Kriz, Regents Distinguished Professor of Public Finance and Director, Kansas Public Finance Center, Wichita State University Presentation (PDF) Gary Brunk, Executive Director, Kansas Association of Community Action Programs Presentation (PDF) Video of morning keynotes (1:05:53 total; Kriz starts at 6:00 and Brunk at 27:44) |
10:00 |
Break |
10:15 |
Conversation about Economic Opportunity Patricia Clark, State Director of Kansas, USDA Rural Development - Presentation (PDF) Shannon Cotsoradis, President and CEO, Kansas Action for Children - Presentation (PDF) Shawna Chapman, Senior Analyst, Kansas Health Institute - Presentation (PDF) BREAK Conversation about Policy and Economic Opportunity Senator Jim Denning, Kansas Senate District 8, Overland Park Representative Melissa Rooker, Kansas House District 25, Fairway Host Jim McLean, Executive Editor, KHI News Service, Kansas Health Institute Video of morning conversations (1:45:27 total; Clark starts at 1:20, Cotsordis at 22:29, Chapman at 37:31, conversation with Denning and Rooker at 45:52) |
NOON | Luncheon and Luncheon Panel Remarks & Introduction Jeffrey S. Vitter, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, The University of Kansas Luncheon Panel: Economic Inequality and Economic Growth in the U.S. Brad DeLong, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Washington Center for Equitable Growth - Presentation (PDF) Timothy Kane, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University - Presentation (PDF) Host Donna Ginther, Director, Center for Science, Technology & Economic Policy, Institute for Policy & Social Research and Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Kansas Video of luncheon keynotes (1:13:53 total; Kane starts at 8:25, DeLong at 21:32, conversation with Kane and DeLong at 34:14, and closing remarks by Ginther at 1:06:25) |
1:45 |
Closing Remarks Donna Ginther, Director, Center for Science, Technology & Economic Policy, Institute for Policy & Social Research and Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Kansas |
2:00 |
Adjourn |