Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center

15th Annual Conference

Visioning Kentucky's Future:
Measures and Milestones 2008

November 20, 2008

Northern Kentucky Convention Center
Covington, Kentucky

Kentucky is at a crossroads with respect to its future, with multiple global, national, and state trends and forces affecting our collective well-being. This conference will explore these trends and forces, speculate on how they will affect the state, and discuss various ideas to put Kentucky on a prosperous path to the future.

Program Highlights

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Dan L. Crippen, former director, Congressional Budget Office
"The Aging of the Industrialized World"

In the United States the number of retirees will soon double, from 40 million to 80 million. This is more than at any point in our history. At the same time, the projection for America’s workforce growth is a mere 10%. The resulting effect is that there will be only two workers for every retiree, putting a tremendous strain on all governmental programs and our society in general. In many other developed countries, such as Japan, Germany and the U.K., rapid aging will be even more severe and challenging. Dr. Crippen discusses the profound implications for the job market and retirement policies, in both the public and private sectors. He explores how the aging of the population will cause business to reverse past policies of encouraging early retirement; how younger workers will be harder to find and more expensive to hire; and how immigration policy is likely to get substantially more liberal.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

AGING: Boomers Defying Conventional Wisdom Even in Tough Times

ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT: Fueling the Future in a Carbon-Averse Environment

ECONOMY: Strategies for Energizing Kentucky’s Lagging Economic Progress

EDUCATION: Education Stakes Rising with Emerging Global Workforce

FISCAL CHALLENGES: Responding to Tough Times at the State and Local Level

HEALTH CARE: Getting Healthy or Paying for the Consequences

MIDDLE CLASS SQUEEZE: American Dream Becoming More Elusive

TRANSPORTATION: Rethinking Old Assumptions to Build a Sustainable Future

Lunch and Hellard Award Presentation

Big Ideas for Kentucky's Future
A moderated discussion among an eclectic group of business, education, government, and nonprofit sector leaders about innovative and bold ideas to accelerate Kentucky’s future progress.

Kentucky is at a crossroads with respect to its future, with multiple global, national, and state trends and forces affecting our collective well-being. This conference will explore these trends and forces, speculate on how they will affect the state, and discuss various ideas to put Kentucky on a prosperous path to the future.
Program Highlights
Keynote Speaker	Dr. Dan L. Crippen, former director, Congressional Budget Office "The Aging of the Industrialized World" In the United States the number of retirees will soon double, from 40 million to 80 million. This is more than at any point in our history. At the same time, the projection for America’s workforce growth is a mere 10%. The resulting effect is that there will be only two workers for every retiree, putting a tremendous strain on all governmental programs and our society in general. In many other developed countries, such as Japan, Germany and the U.K., rapid aging will be even more severe and challenging. Dr. Crippen discusses the profound implications for the job market and retirement policies, in both the public and private sectors. He explores how the aging of the population will cause business to reverse past policies of encouraging early retirement; how younger workers will be harder to find and more expensive to hire; and how immigration policy is likely to get substantially more liberal.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions:
AGING: Boomers Defying Conventional Wisdom Even in Tough Times ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT: Fueling the Future in a Carbon-Averse Environment ECONOMY: Strategies for Energizing Kentucky’s Lagging Economic Progress EDUCATION: Education Stakes Rising with Emerging Global Workforce FISCAL CHALLENGES: Responding to Tough Times at the State and Local Level HEALTH CARE: Getting Healthy or Paying for the Consequences MIDDLE CLASS SQUEEZE: American Dream Becoming More Elusive TRANSPORTATION: Rethinking Old Assumptions to Build a Sustainable Future
Lunch and Hellard Award Presentation
Big Ideas for Kentucky's Future	A moderated discussion among an eclectic group of business, education, government, and nonprofit sector leaders about innovative and bold ideas to accelerate Kentucky’s future progress.