What Lies Ahead
Attend the Business Policy Conference to see what issues are looming on the horizon as we approach the 2009 General Assembly session.

Conference Agenda

Thursday, November 6, 2008

11:30 a.m. Conference Registration – Trade Show and Silent Auction Opens

12:15 p.m. Welcome

• Joe Slater, Conference Chairman and President/CEO of Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative

Luncheon

12:45 p.m. Opening Remarks

• Betty Buck, Chairman of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and President of Buck Distributing Co., Inc.

12:50 p.m. Keynote Address: Chickens, Economy, and the Environment

• Jim Perdue, Chairman, Perdue Farms Incorporated

1:45 p.m. Break – Trade Show – Silent Auction

2:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (choose one)

Innovative Advocacy: Introducing the New Chamber Action Network Website

• Will Burns, Director of Communications, Maryland Chamber of Commerce
• Pamela J. Klahr, CCE, President and CEO of Howard County Chamber of Commerce
  

Transportation Funding Challenges

• Moderator: Jock Menzies, Chairman of The Terminal Corporation
• Beverley Swaim-Staley, Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation
• Lon Anderson, Director of Public & Government Relations for AAA Mid-Atlantic
• Anne Ferro, President & CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, Inc.

3:45 p.m. Break – Trade Show – Silent Auction

4 p.m. Green’s Not Extreme

• Moderator: Terry F. Neimeyer, PE, Chairman & CEO of KCI Technologies, Inc.
• John Quinn, Co-Chair of the Maryland Chamber’s Environment Committee and Lead Engineer for Constellation Energy
• Jason Hartke, Director of Advocacy and Public Policy for the U.S. Green Building Council
• Tad Aburn, Director of the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Air and Radiation Management Administration

5:30 p.m. Break – Trade Show – Silent Auction

6 p.m. Reception

6:45 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. Governor’s Address

• Governor Martin O’Malley

8:15 p.m. Networking – Dessert Bar – Trade Show – Silent Auction

9 p.m. Trade Show and Silent Auction Close

Friday, November 7, 2008

7:30 a.m. Buffet Breakfast – Trade Show and Silent Auction Reopens

8 a.m. 2009 General Assembly Forecast by the Minority Leaders

• Sen. Allan H. Kittleman (R-Dist. 9), Senate Minority Leader
• Del. Anthony J. O'Donnell (R-Dist 29C), House Minority Leader

8:45 a.m. 2009 General Assembly Forecast by the Presiding Officers

• Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. (D-Dist. 27), President of the Senate
• Del. Michael E. Busch (D-Dist. 30), Speaker of the House

9:30 a.m. Break – Trade Show – Silent Auction

10 a.m. Trade Show and Silent Auction Close

10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions (choose one)

Laws are Changing: Employment Law Primer

• Moderator: Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella, Partner with Shawe & Rosenthal, LLP
• Ronald Adler, Chairman of the Maryland Chamber’s Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee and President of Laurdan Associates, Inc.
• Mike Levin, Chair of the Maryland Chamber’s Workers Compensation Subcommittee and Managing Partner of Dirska & Levin
• Eric Paltell, Esquire, Partner with Kollman & Saucier, P.A.

Health Care Reform: Expectations in 2009

• Moderator: Carmela Coyle, President of the Maryland Hospital Association
• Sen. Robert J. Garagiola (D-Dist 15), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee’s Health Subcommittee
• Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-Dist. 36)
• Del. Shane E. Pendergrass (D-Dist. 13), Vice-Chair, House Health and Government Operations Committee
• Patricia Brown, President of Johns Hopkins Healthcare, LLC

11:15 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m. Maryland Politics: What Just Happened And What Lies Ahead?

• Blair Lee, CEO of the Lee Development Group, Columnist for the Gazette and Political Commentator for WBAL radio

12:15 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Economic Outlook

• Welcome & Introductions: William R. Roberts, Regional President, Verizon - Maryland/DC
• David E. Beck, Senior Vice President and Regional Executive for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• Andy Bauer, Regional Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

1:30 p.m. Adjourn