Emerging Issues
Agenda

Monday, February 6

8:00 - 8:30 Welcome
James B. Hunt, Jr. Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues
James Oblinger Chancellor, N.C. State University
Luke Bierman Director, Institute for Emerging Issues
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Short Film: "Financing our Future"
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8:30 - 9:15 Financing the Future: A World View
Paul O'Neill Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Introduced by: Governor Hunt
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9:15 - 9:45 Paying for What North Carolina Needs in 2030
G. Kennedy Thompson Chairman, President and CEO, Wachovia Corporation
Introduced by: Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
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9:45 - 10:00 Break

10:00 -10:40 Success Out West?
Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico
Introduced by: Congressman Price
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10:40 - 11:40 Options for the Future
A panel of four to discuss the tax and finance options for each of the following types of taxes, and comment on their specific knowledge of taxes in NC.

Moderator Tom Ross Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

• John Connaughton TIAA-CREF Professor of Economics UNC-Charlotte
• Mike Walden William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and Extension Economist, N.C. State University
• Michael Hannah Director, Multistate Tax Services, PriceWaterHouse Coopers
• Bill Fox Director, Center for Business and Economic Research University of Tennessee
  

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11:40--12:10 Financing Opportunity
William Bynum Chief Executive Officer and President, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta
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12:20 - 1:35 Lunch
Paul Krugman Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times; Author The Great Unraveling and The Return of Depression Economics; and professor of economics at Princeton University
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1:45-2:25 What Would Steve Forbes Do?
Steve Forbes President and CEO of Forbes, Inc.; Editor in Chief of Forbes Magazine and Republican Candidate for President 1996 and 2000
Introduced by: Dr. Jim Goodnight
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2:25 - 2:40 Show Me the Money
Increasing Sufficiency, Efficiency and Equity
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2:40 - 2:50 Break

2:50-3:50 Working Group Sessions

• Sufficiency
• Efficiency
• Equity

3:50-4:35 Getting Down to Business
Henri Meier Chairman, Board of Directors, HBM Partners AG and HBM BioVentures AG; Former CFO Roche, Former executive Board Member Handelsbank/National Westminster Bank
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Kip Thompson Vice President of Global Facilities, Dell Corporation
Introduced by: Bob Ingram
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4:35-5:15 Across the States: Tales from the Trenches
Senator Rodney Ellis, Texas State Senator
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Senator Norma Anderson, Colorado State Senator
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5:15-5:30 Closing

Tuesday, February 7

8:00-8:15 Welcome

8:15 - 8:55 Russia's Economic Revolution
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar, Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition and Deputy of the State Duma Executive Vice-President of the International Democratic Union
Introduced by: President Brodhead
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8:55 -- 9:30 Singapore's Story: Big Ideas in Action
Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Second Minister for Trade and Industry, and former Deputy Minister for National Development.
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9:30 - 10:30 Paying For Education: Case in Point
Moderator: Brad Wilson Chair, UNC Board of Governors and Executive Vice President of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

• Martin Lancaster President, North Carolina Community College System
• June Atkinson North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Karen Ponder President, North Carolina Partnership for Children
• Shayna Simpson Hall Executive Director, North Carolina Individual Development Account and Asset Building Collaborative
  

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10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:20 Bringing it Home
Jerry E. Abramson Mayor, Louisville Kentucky
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11:20-12:35 Financing North Carolina: A Roundtable Discussion

• James B. Hunt, Jr. (Moderator)
• Beverly Earle State Representative Mecklenburg, Chair Appropriations Committee
• Barry W. Eveland, Interim President CEO, North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry; and Senior Vice-President Biltmore Company
• A. Everette Clark Mayor, City of Marion
• Kitty Barnes President, N.C. Association of County Commissioners; Chair, Board of Commissioners; County Commissioner, Catawba County
• Dan Gerlach Senior Policy Advisor for Fiscal Affairs, Office of the North Carolina Governor

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12:35-2:05 Lunch
Mark Warner Governor, Virginia
Introduced by: Treasurer Richard Moore
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2:05 - 2:35 Next Steps for North Carolina
James B. Hunt Jr. Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues
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