The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 15th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature enters its second day TODAY, January 12, 2017 with keynotes by Emmy-winning journalist John Stossel and Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett. It also includes panels discussing Education Savings Accounts, workers’ compensation, the child-welfare system, criminal justice reform, franchise tax relief, a Convention of the States, the rush to renewable energy, climate intimidation and more.
Keynote and plenary sessions will be live streamed at: http://txpo.li/TPPFlive
To view the complete agenda, visit: http://txpo.li/2hOkNGZ
For over fourteen years, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Orientation has been one of the nation’s top policy conferences, selling out each year while bringing together lawmakers, policy experts, and engaged citizens from across the political spectrum to discuss critical issues facing the Lone Star State and America.
Media can register at https://tppf-po2017.eventbrite.com
Or contact Caroline Espinosa at [email protected] or 512-472-2700 or Elizabeth Lincicome at [email protected] or 919-744-8087.
WHO: Texas Public Policy Foundation
WHAT: 15th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature
WHEN: January 11-13, 2017
WHERE: Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol
701 East 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701
AGENDA:
The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 15th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature
Day 2: Thursday, January 12, 2017
8:00 am
BREAKFAST KEYNOTE
Emmy-winning Journalist John Stossel
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
12:30 pm
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON
Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett
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 Paxton
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
5:00 pm
PLENARY SESSION:
What Makes Ethics Ethical?
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