15th Annual Meeting

October 10-12, 2007

Portland, Maine

(updated October 5th, 2007)

All sessions and meals to be at the Portland Marriott Sable Oaks unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
12:00 pm	SPN/MHPC Golf Tournament Sable Oaks Golf Club (Adjacent to the Sable Oaks Marriott) Please contact MHPC to sign up for the golf tournament: 207-321-2550 Walks ins are welcome!
7:00 pm	Maine Heritage Policy Center Reception Portland & South Portland
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
7:00 am	Registration Technology Innovation Lab & Resource Room Salons A, B & C
7:30 am	Telecom and Technology Policy Breakfast Casco Ballroom Telecom Policy Legislative Update and Discussion Diane Katz, Mackinac Center for Public Policy Cutting Edge Developments in Blog Technology Mark Story, Fleishman-Hilliard; Steve Pociask, American Consumer Institute Presentations Available:  Judson - The Coming Exaflood  Pociask - Wireless Comparisons
9:30- 11:30 am	Concurrent Sessions: Financial Management/Reporting Workshop Salon E Whitney Ball, DonorsTrust and Rick Hendershot, Hendershot Burkhardt & Reed
9:30- 10:15 am	Reputation on the Line: From Digital Dirt to Cyberfame to Wikiwars Salon D Janine C. Warner, author of DreamWeaver for Dummies and Creating Family Websites for Dummies; David LaFontaine, consultant for Innovation and media technology specialist
10:20- 11:30 am	Concurrent Sessions: Technology Workshop Salon D Live Video Over Wimax, and Marketing Ideas with Video Joe Weaver, Independence Institute Trent Seibert, Tennessee Center for Policy Research Licensed and Open Source Products, Their Strengths and Weaknesses Michael Toguchi, eResources Michael Rae, Lexicom Carl Gipson, Washington Policy Center
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Opening Lunch Casco Ballroom Ben Chavis Director of American Indian Public Charter School
2:00 - 4:00pm	The Best Darn Communications, Period Salon D John Kramer, Institute for Justice
2:00 - 3:00pm	Education Reform Workshop Salon E, Welcome: Charles Hokanson, Alliance for School Choice and Andrew Coulson, Cato Institute Messaging/Marketing to Move the Debate Make Video Work For You Steve Maggi, Evergreen Freedom Foundation Increasing Your Bandwidth: Using Technology to Advance Education Reform Pam Benigno, Independence Institute Promoting the Brand: Messages that Work, What isn't Working Robert Enlow, Friedman Foundation Litigation and Winning in the Court of Public Opinion Dick Komer, Institute for Justice
3:00 - 4:00	Education Reform Workshop Breakout Sessions Bill Design, Legislative Strategies, and Legal Issues Tax Credits, South Portland Room Andrew Coulson & Adam Schaeffer, Cato Institute; Dick Komer, Institute for Justice; Andy Lefevre, REACH Foundation Vouchers, Portland Room Charles Hokanson, Alliance for School Choice & Robert Enlow, Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation Charters, Salon E Kara Hornung, Center for Education Reform
4:15 - 5:15pm	Networking by Position - Interactive discussions Speed Networking for Communication Directors, Portland & S. Portland Facilitator: Starlee Rhoades, Goldwater Institute Admin and Operations, Salon E Facilitator: Joe Lehman, Mackinac Center for Public Policy Policy and Research Directors, Salon D Facilitator: Michael Sanera, John Locke Foundation
6:00pm	Welcome Reception Portland Room
7:00pm	2007 Thomas Roe Award Banquet Salons D & E
9:00pm	After-Dinner Cigars & Cordials GB Foyer & Courtyard
Thursday, October 11, 2007
7:00 am	Registration Technology Innovation Lab & Resource Room Salons A, B & C
7:00 - 8:00am	Fundraising Fundamentals Ann Fitzgerald, A.C. Fitzgerald & Associates LLC Portland & South Portland Rooms
8:00 - 9:15am	Concurrent Breakfast Sessions: A Practical Look at Health Savings Accounts Networking Breakfast Casco Bay Ballroom Facilitator: Beverly Gossage, Show-Me Institute Position Networking: State Think Tank CEOs only Salon D Facilitator: Tracie Sharp, State Policy Network
9:45 - 11:30am	Concurrent Sessions: Strategies to Bring the Policy Heat: Collaborating with c-4s, Hiring Investigative Reporters and Using Litigation Salon D Steve Moore, Wall Street Journal; Eric O'Keefe, Sam Adams Alliance; Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity Foundation; Paul Chesser, John Locke Foundation; Kent Lassman, FreedomWorks; Trent Seibert, Tennessee Center for Policy Research Health Handbook Workshop: The Uninsured, Medicaid, Malpractice, Worker's Comp, and more Salon E John Goodman and Michael Bond, NCPA
12:00 - 1:30pm	Lunch Casco Bay Ballroom Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney Co-producers/directors of Mine Your Own Business
2:00 - 4:00pm	Concurrent Sessions: Great Leaps Forward in Fundraising: How to triple your organization's revenue in 5 years Salon D Kevin Gentry, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Dr. Tyler Cowen, author of Discover Your Inner Economist, Stephen Clouse, Stephen Clouse & Associates
2:00 - 4:00pm	Tax and Budget Workshop: How to Impact the Tax Debate in Your State" tax & budget workshop Salon E Chris Atkins, Tax Foundation; Beth Cooley, COST; Scott Moody, Maine Heritage Policy Center; David Hansen, Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions; Kelly McCutchen, Georgia Public Policy Foundation; Alan Cobb, Americans for Prosperity; Lewis Uhler, National Tax Limitation Committee
4:30pm	Buses depart for ferry
6:00pm	Reception Aboard Ferry
7:00pm	Maine Heritage Policy Center Dinner
Friday, October 12, 2007
6:30am	Fourth Annual Pound the Pavement for Policy 5k Hotel lobby Hosted by Michael Quinn Sullivan, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
7:00am	Registration Technology Innovation Lab & Resource Room Salons A, B & C
8:00 - 9:15am	Concurrent Sessions: Health Care Policy Breakfast Salon D Mary Katherine Stout, Texas Public Policy Foundation; Michael Cannon, CATO Institute; John Graham, Pacific Research Institute; Christie Raniszewski Herrera, ALEC; Tarren Bragdon, Maine Heritage Policy Center Position Networking: Development Directors Salon E (Breakfast) Facilitator: Lynn Harsh, Evergreen Freedom Foundation
9:30 - 11:30am	Concurrent Sessions: Labor Policy Workshop Salon D Lynn Harsh & Mike Reitz, Evergreen Freedom Foundation and Paul Kersey, Mackinac Center for Public Policy Climate Change Workshop Portland & S. Portland Myron Ebell and Julie Walsh, Competitive Enterprise Institute and James Taylor, Heartland Institute The New Wave of Privatization Workshop Casco Bay Ballroom Adrian Moore and Leonard Gilroy, Reason Foundation
9:30 - 11:30am	Concurrent Sessions (continued): Advanced Technology Workshop Salon E Using Wiki-Technology to Refine Ideas and Reach More People Leslie Graves, Lucy Burns Institute and William Wnekowicz, Debatepedia Build Your Website for a Handheld Computer Nicole Williams, State Policy Network Michael Toguchi, eResources Web 3.0, What is just around the corner Richard Lorenc, Sam Adams Alliance Joe Weaver, Independence Institute Dusty Gulleson, eResources
12:00 - 1:30pm	Closing Lunch: "Transparency in Government - The Next Big Thing" Casco Bay Ballroom Sandra Fabry, Americans for Tax Reform; Brooke Rollins, Texas Public Policy Foundation; Michael Sullivan, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility; the Honorable State Representative Scott Lansley; Kristina Rasmussen, National Taxpayers Union
2:00 - 5:00pm	Concurrent Sessions: Higher Ed Policy Workshop Salon D Richard Vedder and Bryan O'Keefe, Center for College Affordability and Productivity Leadership Institute Grassroots Communications Workshop Salon E Developing a Persuasive Message Richard Arnakis Public Speaking Chris Malagisi Public Relations & Earned Media Richard Arnakis Using New Media Chris Malagisi The Grassroots Communications Workshop provides an in-depth look at how conservatives should view and improve their organization's communications. Attendees will learn to develop a consistent and compelling message and successfully deliver it to increase visibility, supporters and volunteers. Ideal attendees for a Grassroots Communications Workshop are current organization leaders, communications directors, press secretaries, spokespeople, public policy organization staff, and anyone with an interest in presenting conservative ideas in a user-friendly manner.