| 7:30 - 9:00 am |
Breakfast
Health Information Technology - Our speaker will
describe the current state of and prospects for health
information technology and how it might help slow the
growth of health-care costs.
David J. Brailer, National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, U.S. Health and Human Services Department
Sponsor: Altarum Institute |
| 9:15 - 10:30 am |
Concurrent Educational Sessions
D |
| Session 1 |
Human Capital and U.S. Competitiveness
- Economic growth and competitiveness depend on human
capital quality. Quality is maximized by early life-cycle
investing.
Rob Dugger, Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corp.,
moderator
James J. Heckman, Professor of Economics, University of
Chicago (invited)
Ross Thompson, Professor of Psychology, University of
California (invited)
Art Rolnick, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (invited) |
| Session 2 |
Deficit Projections: Strategies and Outcomes
- Recent deficit projections from the CBO suggest that
under current policies triple-digit deficits will be with
us through the end of the decade. Hear two respected budget
experts share their perspectives on where the deficit
is headed and what hard choices may be made to rein in
the deficit.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget Office
Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research,
Committee for Economic Development |
| Session 3 |
Can Health Care Costs Be Slowed
Without Sacrificing Quality? - Panelists will
discuss how health savings accounts, association health
plans, and other health policy solutions may mitigate
cost growth and improve quality.
Joseph P. Newhouse, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health
Policy and Management, Harvard University
Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute, Center
for Consumer Driven Health Care |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am |
Networking Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:15 pm |
Concurrent Educational Sessions E |
| Session 1 |
Cyber Security and Terrorism
- How a public-private partnership can forge policy to
strengthen computer, software, network, and communications
security to counter terrorists anxious to bring down our
nation's critical infrastructure.
Greg Garcia, Vice President, Information Security Policy
and Programs, Information Technology Association of America
Sponsors: NABE Technology Roundtable |
| Session 2 |
Retirement and Health Care Benefit
Challenges in a World of Single-Digit Returns
- These experts will lay out the size of the problem,
the risks involved, likely policy changes, and the implications
of potential solutions for companies and state and local
governments.
Richard Berner, Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley
Trevor Harris, Managing Director of Valuation, Accounting,
and Enterprise Risk, Morgan Stanley |
| Session 3 |
The Role of Climate Exchanges in
Efficient Pollution Reduction - Hear from two
practitioners about the role of climate exchanges in reducing
pollution.
Charles R. Plott, Professor of Economics and Political
Science, California Institute of Technology
Richard L. Sandor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Chicago Climate Exchange
Sponsor: NABE Corporate Planning Roundtable |
| 12:15 - 1:45 pm |
Luncheon |
| 2:00 - 3:15 pm |
Municipal Finances: Pension Crises
Coming?
Sponsor: AUBER and NABE Regional/Utility Roundtable |
| 3:15 - 3:30 pm |
Networking Break |
| 3:30 - 4:45 pm |
The American Community Survey: More
Timely Regional Data - Currently underway, the
American Community Survey will completely replace the
Census Bureau's long form by 2010. Learn about this new
survey and how it will provide timely regional data on
a continuous basis.
Maurine Haver, Chair, NABE Statistics Committee, moderator
Nancy M. Gordon, Associate Director for Demographic Programs,
Census Bureau, speaker
John W. Ruser, Associate Director for Regional Programs,
Bureau of Economic Analysis, discussant
Kenneth E. Poole, Executive Director, ACCRA, discussant
Sponsor: AUBER and the NABE Statistics Committee |
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