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Working Agenda
Thursday, October 28, 2010
5 p.m. Registration and Networking Reception
6:30 p.m. Dinner
- Welcome - Maryland Chamber Chairman Joe Slater, President/CEO, SMECO
- Greetings by Overall Event Sponsor Thomas Phelan, President & CEO, Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund
7:30 p.m. Gubernatorial Candidates Forum
- Governor Martin O’Malley (D) invited
- Former Governor Robert Erhlich (R)
9 p.m. Adjournment
Friday, October 29, 2010
7:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8:15 a.m. Leadership Briefing by Minority Leaders
- Senate Minority Leader Allan Kittleman (R-District 9)
- House Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell (R-District 29C)
8:45 a.m. Leadership Briefing by Presiding Officers
- Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller (D-District 27)
- Speaker of the House Michael Busch (D-District 30)
9:15 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Health Care Reform: Next Steps for Employers
- Moderator: Frank Kelly, III – CEO, Kelly & Associates Insurance Group
- Beth Sammis, Acting Insurance Commissioner
- Martha Jo Wagner, Partner, Venable
- Tom Hood, Executive Director and CEO, Maryland Association of CPAs
Unemployment Insurance: An Employer’s Survival Guide
- Moderator: Ron Adler, President, Laurdan Associates, Inc.
- Sen. Mac Middleton (D-Dist. 28), Chairman, Senate Finance Committee
- Julie Ellen Squire, Assistant Secretary, Division of Unemployment Insurance, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
- Judy Smylie, Director and Chief Hearing Examiner, Lower Appeals Division, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
- Kara Miller, Principal, Franklin & Prokopik
11 a.m. Industry Leaders Panel
- Moderator: Tom Graham, President, Pepco Region
- Glenn Rice, UPS President, East Region
- Ellen Lord, General Manager and Senior Vice President, AAI Corporation, a Textron Systems Company
- William R. Roberts, President, Verizon MD-DC
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Water Quality: The Bay, Run Off, Your Parking Lot
- Moderator: Katie Maloney, President, Maloney & Associates
- Kim Coble, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Frank Dawson, Assistant Secretary Aquatic Resources, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Robert M. Summers, Deputy Director, Maryland Department of the Environment
Closing the Deficit: Cutting Back or Coughing Up
- Moderator: Drew Cobbs, Executive Director, MD Petroleum Council
- Sen. Richard Madaleno (D-Dist. 18)
- Sen. David Brinkley (R-Dist. 4)
- Joe Crosby, COO & Senior Director, Policy, COST
2:30 p.m. Maryland’s Competitiveness – Where We Lead, How We Lag
- Gary Keith, Economist, M&T Bank
3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks by Maryland Chamber Chairman Joe Slater
3:40 p.m. Adjournment
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Event Sponsor
Media Sponsor
When
October 28-29
Where
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront St.
National Harbor, MD 20745
Directions
Registration
Maryland Chamber members pay $325; Nonmembers $425. Register online or contact Kristen Solis at (410) 269-0642, (301) 261-2858 ksolis@mdchamber.org. To download a registration form, click here.
Accommodations
Overnight accommodations should be made directly with Gaylord National. Rooms are $189, plus tax and a $15 per day resort fee. Parking is $19 per day for self-parking, $28 per day for valet. The reservation deadline is October 6. For more details or to reserve your room, click here.
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