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2015 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum

Name: 2015 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum
Start: 2015-10-15T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2015-10-15T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel

October 15, 2015 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Legislative Policy Forum

Theme: Wisdom, Justice and Opportunity

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015

Location: Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel

2450 Galleria Parkway; Atlanta, GA 30339

Time: 7:30-8 a.m. Coffee/Breakfast | 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Program (not including the Bridges to Education Reception after the event)

Lunch included

Program and Speaker Bios

AGENDA

7:30-8:00 – Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome, Senator Hunter Hill, Chairman of the Conservative Policy Leadership Institute

8:05 Program Overview, Kelly McCutchen, President and CEO of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation

8:20 – 9:00

Principles Award presentation by the Conservative Policy Leadership Institute
Breakfast Keynote: Ross Mason, Founder of the Healthcare Institute for National Renewal and Innovation (HINRI)

9:00 – 10:15 Session One: Opportunities in Health: Access to Quality Care

Georgia has rejected Medicaid expansion. Is there a better way to provide access to care for the working poor and strengthen our safety net providers?

Dr. John C. Goodman, President and CEO of the Goodman Institute and considered the “father” of Health Savings Accounts, author of “A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America“

10:15 – 11:30 Session Two: Opportunity Works: Reconciling the Safety Net and Personal Responsibility

The Georgia Works story (Link to Powerpoint presentation)
Logan Pike, co-author of the Heartland Institute’s “2015 Welfare Reform Report Card” (Link to Powerpoint presentation)
Robert Doar, Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, former commissioner of NYC Human Resources Administration, the largest local social services agency in the United States (Link to Powerpoint presentation)
Moderated by Alison Fraser, Managing Director of Research and Policy for the Charles Koch Institute

11:30 – 12:15 Breakout sessions

12:15 – 1:45 Lunch

Luncheon Keynote: Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, “Washington’s hottest think tank,” and author of “The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America“

1:45 – 3:00 Session Three: Equity and Opportunity in Education: The Road to the American Dream

Education Innovation Speed Round: Cary Rivers, Downtown Academy (Athens, GA) | Dr. Eric Wearne, St. John Bosco Academy | Kelley Gary, Acton Academy | Gareth Genner, Great Teachers’ Academy

Dr. Ben Scafidi, director of the Education Economics Center in the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (Link to Powerpoint presentation)
Sen. Scott Hammond, public school teacher and sponsor of Nevada’s Universal Education Savings Account legislation
Moderated by Patrick Jones, Director of Strategic Engagement for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation

3:00 Closing Remarks: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle

Speakers, pictures and video from previous Legislative Policy Forums 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010

Sen. Hill Welcome