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Measures and Milestones 2006:
Trends Affecting Kentucky’s Future
November
14, 2006
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The
13th Annual Conference of the
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Lexington Convention Center
Lexington, Kentucky
Presentations
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7:30
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Registration Opens
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8:45 - 9:00
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Welcome, Brian Van Horn, Chair, KLTPRC
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9:00 -
10:00 AM
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Leadership & Civic
Engagement — How can Kentucky’s communities marshal the civic energy required
to shape a more prosperous future?
A discussion of strategies for
cultivating much-needed civic leadership and engagement in solving the
problems and seizing the opportunities Kentucky’s communities face.
Sylvia Lovely’s presentation |
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- Sylvia
Lovely, Executive Director/CEO of the Kentucky League of Cities and President of the NewCities Institute
- Dr. Gloria S. McCall,
Vice-Chancellor for the Kentucky Community and Technical College
System
- Tom Prather, Executive Vice President, NewCities Institute
- Mac
Wall, Executive Director, KET
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10:15 AM -
11:15 AM |
Concurrent
Sessions 1 (See rooms listed below individual session descriptions.) |
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11:30 AM -
12:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions 2 (See rooms listed
below individual session descriptions.) |
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12:45
PM - 1:45 PM |
Luncheon and Presentation of the 2006 Hellard Award |
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2:00
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Adjournment |
The following eight concurrent sessions will be held during the two time
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Economy
— What sectors should Kentucky focus on to help build and sustain prosperity? Kris Kimel, President, Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation,
and Dr. Kenneth R. Troske, Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and William B. Sturgill Professor of Economics at UK, will present research on what it will take to catapult
Kentucky’s economy forward.
Kris Kimel’s presentation |
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Health
— What health issues present the greatest challenge to the Commonwealth’s future?
Dr. Susan Zepeda, Executive Director, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,
with UK professors
Dr. Michael Samuels and Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield,
who will discuss their respective work on rural health status and health needs and a statewide
public deliberation project on health issues.
Dr. Susan Zepeda’s presentation
Dr. Michael Samuels’ presentation
Dr.
F. Douglas Scutchfield’s presentation |
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Aging Population, Fraying
Benefits — How will Kentucky
accommodate the needs of its growing population of elders, particularly in light of the declining benefits? Dr. Graham Rowles,
Graduate Center for Gerontology at the University of Kentucky, will present findings from the Kentucky Elder Readiness Initiative, and
Michal Smith-Mello, Senior Policy Analyst, Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center, will discuss the changing landscape of retirement benefits.
Dr. Graham Rowles’ presentation
Michal Smith-Mello’s presentation |
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Broadband & Technology
— How can broadband and technology-based development help Kentucky remain a place where people will choose to live, work, or raise a family?
Brian Mefford,
President and Chief Executive Officer, ConnectKentucky, and Doug Robinson,
Executive Director, National Association of State Chief Information
Officers (NASCIO), will discuss how this nationally acclaimed initiative can move our communities toward a brighter economic future.
Brian Mefford’s presentation
Doug Robinson’s presentation |
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Education — What challenges remain for Kentucky in its quest for educational
excellence? Dr. Robert Sexton,
Executive Director, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, Dr. Jim
Applegate, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education,
and Dr. William Turner, Vice President for University
Engagement and Associate Provost for Multicultural and Academic
Affairs at UK, will
discuss the basics of educational advancement in Kentucky.
Dr. Jim Applegate’s presentation |
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Environment & Energy
— What do these inextricably linked issues portend for the future? Jo
Hargis, Executive Director, Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission (EQC), along with
Dr. Talina Mathews, the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Energy Policy, and Scott R. Smith, former chief of staff and executive
director of Regulatory Affairs for the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, will discuss
environmental and energy trends and their implications
for the economy, public health, and other issues.
Jo Hargis’ presentation
Dr. Talina Mathews’ presentation
Scott Smith's presentation |
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Immigration & Demographics
— How will Kentucky’s demographic profile change in the years to
come and what do these changes portend for the state’s future? Ron Crouch, Director, Kentucky State Data
Center, University of Louisville, and Mark Schirmer, Research Assistant, Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research
Center, will share projections on the immigrant population and discuss their implications for the state’s future.
Mark Schirmer’s presentation |
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Agriculture — What forces are shaping the future of farming in Kentucky and
how will rural Kentucky fare? Keith Rogers,
Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy,
and Dr. David Freshwater, Professor in UK’s Department of
Agricultural Economics and Martin School of Public Policy, will present the results of 13 public meetings
being held across Kentucky to discuss the future of the Agricultural Development Fund and what it suggests
about Kentucky’s long-term plan for agricultural, community, and rural development.
Keith Rogers’ presentation |
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