PANEL SESSIONS:
Day 1: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
1:30 pm
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Building on Success: A Second Conservative Texas Budget?
Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst • Chairman Drew Darby • Representative Cecil Bell, Jr
• Representative Four Price • The Honorable Talmadge Heflin
Policing in Texas: Successes, Shortcomings, and a Path Forward
Representative James White • Kevin F. Lawrence • Sheriff (Ret) Currie Myers, PhD, MBA • Randy Petersen
What Should Texas Do with a Medicaid Block Grant?
Dr. Deane Waldman • Mary Katherine Stout • Dr. Vance Ginn • Jamie Dudensing • Representative Stephanie Klick
3:45 pm
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Red River Property Rights: Who is the “Public” that Public Lands Belong To?
The Honorable Rob Henneke • George P. Bush • A. Blair Dunn, Esq. • Representative James Frank • Ann Bright
Time to Slam the Brakes on Local Ridesharing Regulations?
Senator Charles Schwertner • James Quintero • April Mims • Mayor Betsy Price
Tuition Set-Asides for Low-Income Students: Who Should Foot the Bill?
Dr. Richard Vedder • Dr. Ron Trowbridge • John Colyandro • Dr. Tom Lindsay
Day 2: Thursday, January 12, 2017
9:30 am
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Education Savings Accounts: The Solution Texas Needs?
Dr. Patrick Wolf • Thomas Ratliff • Senator Larry Taylor • Dr. Marty Lueken • Stephanie Matthews • Rafa Bejar
Lone Star Tomorrow: What Do Texas’s Changing Demographics Tell Us about the Future of State Policymaking?
Corrie MacLaggan • Daniel Garza • Dr. James Henson • Erica Grieder • Dr. Steve Murdock
Workers’ Compensation in Texas: Non-Subscribing from Orthodoxy
Bruce C. Wood • Jennifer D. Hurless • Commissioner Ryan Brannan • Bill Peacock
11:00 am
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Change for Children: Reforming Texas’s Child-Welfare System
Representative James Frank • Brandon Logan • Andrew C. Brown • Dr. Wayne Carson • Tymothy L. Belseth
Controlling Costs and Correcting Criminals
Bryan Collier • Terry Schuster • Arthur Rizer • Senator Bryan Hughes • Marc Levin
Franchise Tax Relief in a Tight Budget Session
Grover Norquist • Senator Don Huffines • Chairman Jim Murphy • Dr. Vance Ginn
Time for a Convention of the States?
Andrew S. Oldham • Chip Roy • Representative Rick Miller • Mark Meckler
2:00 pm
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Outcomes-Based Funding and Education Excellence
Trevor McGuire • Chairman John M. Zerwas, M.D. • Dr. Richard A. Johnson III • Commissioner Raymund Paredes, Ph.D
“Regulation At Any Cost?!” How Small Business Can Work Together to Challenge Regulatory Overreach
Joseph Rajkovacz • Ted Hadzi-Antich • Skip Brown • Chris Pepper • Billy Howe
“Web Of Denial:” Climate Intimidation and the Chilling of Climate Science
Andrew M. Grossman • The Honorable Doug Domenech • Attorney General Ken
3:00 pm
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Telehealth: Promise and Problems
Dr. Norman L. Sussman• Nora Belcher • Chairman Jodie Laubenberg • Dr. Ray Callas • Dr. Deane Waldman
Texas and the Rush to Renewables
Chairman Donna L. Nelson • Tony Bennett • Jeffrey Clark • Senator Craig Estes • The Honorable Kathleen Hartnett White
The Californiazation of Texas: Plastic Bag Bans
Phil Rozenski • Lia Colabello • James Quintero • Representative Drew Springer • Robin Schneider
Day 3: Friday, January 13, 2017
9:30 am
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Combatting Overcriminalization
Derek Cohen • Vikrant P. Reddy • Representative Matt Rinaldi • Shannon Edmonds • Representative Matt Krause
Invisible Government: Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones in Houston
Charles J. Blain • Bryan Mathew • Jim Bigham • Senator Sylvia R. Garcia • Council Member Larry Green
What’s an Appropriate Limit on Government Spending?
Dr. John Merrifield • Ursula Parks • Representative Mike Schofield • Senator Kelly Hancock • The Honorable Talmadge Heflin • Dr. Vance Ginn
11:00 am
CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS
Competition and Stability in the Texas Title Insurance Market
Aaron Day • Doug Deason • Rod Bordelon • Kent Hance • Bill Peacock
Not Quite There Yet: Meeting the Rising Demand for Water in Texas
Carlos Rubinstein • Representative Paul D. Workman • Bech Bruun • Megan Ingram
School Finance: In Search of Fairness and Transparency
Dr. Wayne Pierce • Dr. Ben Scafidi • Michael Barba • Representative James Frank • Dr. Vance Ginn
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