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SEE VIDEO OF THE 2010 WYOMING FORUM!
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11:30 a.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “Our Budget, Our Economy: The People Speak”
Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Founder and President of AmericaSpeaks, a network of 4000 facilitators who lead town hall meetings, including the one on National Budget Spending Priorities that was held in Casper in late June (the largest Town Hall sessions ever in the nation’s history/19 cities involving 3500 people).
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Historical Perspectives:“National Debt Crises Around the Globe-1875 and 2010:Lessons Learned; Lesson Ignored”
Rob Godby, PH.D., Associate Professor University of Wyoming, Department of Economics; Speaker at State Economic Forums and author of numerous articles on the economy… giving an important and historical perspective regarding national debt issues around the globe, 1875-2010.
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2:30 P.M.
"State Government Spending Report....How Wyoming Compares"
Ernie Goss, MacAllister Chair of Regional Economics at Creighton University and Director of the Goss Institute in Denver. The Goss survey on Economic Conditions includes Wyoming’s and eleven other states. He is the author of many probing economic and government spending reports, including a recent one on Wyoming.
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4 P.M.
Conference Address: “Washington Inside Essentials: History, Debate, Uncertainty”
Former Texas Congressman Charlie Stenholm offered his insights on needed budget reform in Washington, DC.
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7:30 A.M.
Interactive Panel: ”What I have Learned; What I Don’t Know”
Colin Simpson, Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Cody, Wyoming
Joan Evans, Director, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Cheyenne, Wyoming Carla Leech, President, Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, Wyoming Cliff Root, CEO, BTI and Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad, Riverton, Wyoming
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FEATURED PRESENTATION FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBT COMMISSION
9 a.m.
National Commission on Budget Reform and Responsibility
Former U.S. Sen Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are Co-Chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. They will present their report in Washington, DC on or before Dec. 1.
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10:30 A.M.
Wyoming Business Alliance/Wyoming Heritage Foundation Director Bill Schilling presents videos produced by Wyoming's congressional delegation as well as offers some findings from a survey conducted by the Wyoming Heritage Foundation and Wyoming Business Alliance.
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Noon
"The Debt Crisis...Real, Not Imagined"
David Walker, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Walker served as U.S. Comptroller General and head of the Government Accountability Office from 1998-2008. Walker led the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour with the Brookings Institute, Concord Coalition and Heritage Foundation. The Peterson Foundation’s efforts include the acclaimed documentary, "I.O. U.S.A."
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