Kansas Economic Policy Conference

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
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