Program
Reimagining Kansas: Policy Implications Now and in the Future
Thursday, October 13, 2016
8:30 |
Registration, Coffee & More |
9:00 |
Welcome Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor, The University of Kansas Introduction - Kansas: Then and Now 1890-2015 Steven Maynard-Moody, Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research and Professor, School of Public Affairs & Administration, The University of Kansas [Presentation - StoryMap or PDF] VIDEO including Welcome, Introduction, and Morning Keynotes [1:22:24] |
9:20 |
Morning Keynotes The State of the State: Kansas in 2030 and Beyond Demography as Destiny Jeremy Hill, Director, Center for Economic and Business Research, Wichita State University [PDF of Presentation] Long-Term Impact of an Austere Fiscal Policy Chris Courtwright, Principal Economist, Kansas Legislative Research Department [PDF of Presentation] VIDEO including Welcome, Introduction, and Morning Keynotes [1:22:24] |
10:20 |
Break |
10:30 |
Conversation on the Delivery of Services in an Urbanizing Kansas Randall Allen, Executive Director, Kansas Association of Counties Thomas L. Bell, President & CEO, Kansas Hospital Association Sally Cauble, Kansas State Board of Education District 5, Dodge City BREAK Conversation on Policy: Current and Future Representative Don Hill, Kansas House District 60, Emporia Representative Tom Moxley, Kansas House District 68, Council Grove Host Jim McLean, Executive Editor, KHI News Service, Kansas Health Institute VIDEO of Conversations [1:29:46] |
| 12:15 | Luncheon |
| 1:00 | Remarks & Introduction Carl W. Lejuez, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, The University of Kansas Afternoon Panel: Rural versus Urban Kansas: How to Move beyond the Perception of a Zero-Sum Game to Prosperity for All Josh Svaty, Farmer, Ellsworth County, Kansas and former Secretary of Agriculture Frank Lenk, Director, Research Services, Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City [PDF of Presentation] Moderator Reggie Robinson, Director and Professor, School of Public Affairs & Administration, The University of Kansas VIDEO of Afternoon Panel and Closing [1:28:58] |
2:15 |
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 |
2:30 |
Adjourn |