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Economic Summit and Annual Meeting
July 28-29 • Louisville Marriott Downtown |
Political pundits Donna Brazile and Tucker Carlson will be the featured keynotes of the Kentucky Chamber's Annual Meeting at 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 29, offering a lively discussion of the 2008 presidential election.
Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN’s Inside Politics and American Morning. For more than 30 years, she has been both a behind-the-scenes player and an on-air voice for the Democratic Party. She serves as chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Voting Rights Institute and is founder and managing director of Brazile and Associates. In 2000, she lead the Gore-Lieberman campaign – the first African-American to lead a major presidential campaign.
Carlson is now a senior campaign correspondent for MSNBC. Since October 2000, he has taken the role of the “conservative voice” on numerous cable television news outlets. From The Spin Room, to Crossfire, to Tucker, Carlson has been weighing in, with a conservative edge, on issues ranging from the Florida Recount to the War in Iraq. His first book, Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News, was published in the fall of 2003.
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Economic Summit to focus on '5 Goals'
The third Economic Summit, Monday, July 28, and Tuesday, July 29, will focus on “Five Goals to Transform Kentucky.”  | 1. Preparing Kentucky to successfully compete in the global marketplace.
2. Improving the education attainment of Kentuckians at all levels.
3. Expanding Kentucky's role as an energy leader.
4. Promoting wellness and healthy Kentuckians.
5. Modernizing government at all levels. |
State and national experts in globalization, education, energy, health care and government will discuss each of these topics during the summit. Click here for a full agenda. To register, click here.
Schedule of Events
| Noon | Welcome and overview – Jude Thompson, Chairman, Kentucky Chamber | | 12:05 p.m. | Keynote Luncheon: Globalization – Ted Fishman, best-selling author of China Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World | | 2 p.m. | Globalization and Opportunities for Kentucky – Bob Lekites, President, UPS Airlines, UPS, Louisville, Ky. | | 3 p.m. | The State of Kentucky's Health and Wellness – James W. Holsinger, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Wethington Endowed Chair in the Health Sciences, UK College of Public Health and Chancellor-Emeritus, UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Ky. | | 4 p.m. | Day one Economic Summit adjourns | | 5 p.m. | Taste of Kentucky networking reception | | 7 p.m. | Day one adjourns | | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Economic Summit day two opens with keynote presentation: Closing the Expectations Gap – Alignment in Education – Dave S. Spence, Ph.D., President, Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, Ga. | | 10 a.m. | Improving the Education Attainment of Kentuckians at All Levels (panel discussion) | | 11:30 a.m. | Lunch with keynote presentation: Energy, Agriculture and Education – Opportunities for Kentucky – Pearse Lyons, Ph.D., President and Founder, Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, Ky. | | 1:30 p.m. | Kentucky’s Role in the Future of Energy – Victor Staffieri, Chairman, President and CEO, E.ON U.S., Louisville, Ky. | | 3 p.m. | Modernizing Government – Crit Luallen, Kentucky State Auditor, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky. | | 4 p.m. | Economic Summit adjourns | | 5 p.m. | Reception | | 6:30 p.m. | Annual Dinner and Keynote Presentation: A Spirited Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Election – Donna Brazile and Tucker Carlson | | 9 p.m. | Annual Dinner adjourns | | |
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