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2011 WESTERN SUMMIT SPEAKERS & SCHEDULE
“The New West: Independence, Innovation, and Ingenuity”
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THE
2011 SUMMIT PANELS AND TOPICS
Project New West, the West's
leading research and strategy firm, is using its
Western roots and expertise to develop a diverse
series of interactive sessions highlighting how
Westerners are reaching across traditional
divides to solve challenges in the areas of
education, energy, and economic development to
move the region forward. Participants will
include representatives from Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New
Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah and
Washington.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16th
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. CHECK-IN | 10:00 A.M.
START TIME
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Welcome -
Jill Hanauer, President, Project
New West
10:00 AM
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Opening
Remarks - Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid
10:30 AM
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High Tech,
Green Tech and Western Jobs of
the Future
11:00 AM
Moderator: Susan McCue -
President, Message Global LLC
Congressman Ben Ray Lujan (NM)
Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO)
Andy Davis – Manager of Public
Affairs, Molycorp
Sam Weaver, CEO - Cool Energy
Fred Duval - Chair, Arizona
Board of Regents
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Western Up-and-Comers Luncheon
12:15 PM
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Finding
Common Ground on Education
1:30 PM
Moderator:
Denise Juneau - Superintendent
of Instruction (MT)
Introduction by Dwight Jones –
Superintendent, Clark County
School District
Introduction by Ted Trimpa –
Principal, The Trimpa Group
Senator Michael Bennet (CO)
John Stocks - Executive
Director, National Education
Association
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The
Western Compact: Jobs,
Conservation, Tourism and the
Economy
3:15 PM
Senator Tom Udall (NM)
Rick Ridgeway - Vice President
of Environmental Initiatives and
Special Media Projects, Patagoni
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Uncommon
Bedfellows: Gas, Renewables and
the Western Economy
4:45 PM
Former Governor Bill Ritter (CO)
Senator Mark Udall (CO)
Rose McKinney-James – Energy
Works
Lem Smith - Director, Government
and Regulatory Affairs at EnCana
Oil & Gas
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Celebrity
Chef Dinner Benefiting the Three
Square Food Bank
6:30-8:00 PM
Welcome: Rob Katz –
CEO, Vail Resorts
Award presentation to Chef John
Hilton
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17th
8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. CHECK-IN | 8:45 A.M.
START TIME
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The New
West's Changing Demographics and
Western IQ Test
10:00 AM
Maria Echaveste - Former White
House Deputy Chief of Staff
Robert Lang – Brookings West
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Project New West Stewart Udall
Western Legacy Award
Presentation
12:30 PM
Senator Tom Udall (NM)
Special
Interview of Ted Turner by Tom Brokaw
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Creating Jobs
and Fostering Economic Stability
in the West
1:45 PM
Governor John Hickenlooper (CO)
Tony Hsieh - CEO, Zappos.com,
Inc.
Rob Katz - CEO, Vail Resorts
Ron Brownstein - Editorial
Director, The National Journal
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Western Mayors: Innovative
Leadership
3:30 PM
Moderator: Bruce James
– Managing Partner, Brownstein
Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Mayor Ralph Becker – Salt Lake
City (UT)
Mayor Michael Hancock – Denver
(CO)
Mayor Sara Presler – Flagstaff
(AZ)
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The 2012
Western Political Landscape
5:00 PM
Introduction by Rob McKay -
Chairman, Democracy Alliance
Moderator: Ron Brownstein -
Editorial Director, The National
Journal
Stephen Ward - New Mexico
Strategist
Mike Stratton - Colorado
Strategist
Rebecca Lambe - Nevada
Strategist
Dave Hunter - Montana
Strategist
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Reception
Celebrating “Rising Western
Women Stars" Presented by
Emily's List
6:15-7:45 PM
Introduction by
Stephanie Schriock – Emily’s
List
Introduction by Lisa Crary –
CEO, Sanitas Skincare
Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18th (CLOSED TO PRESS)
8:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. CHECK-IN | 8:30 A.M.
START TIME | 4:00 P.M. END TIME
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Research and
Message Strategy: How the West
is Different
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Political
Advertising in the West
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The
New West's
Changing Demographics: Key
Constituencies
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