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The Changing of Appalachia: The People, the Workforce, and the Economy


A Development District Association of Appalachia Conference
February 24-26, 2008

Arlington, Virginia

Updated December 10, 2007

Sunday, February 24, 2008

8:00 am-5:00 pm Registration Desk Open
10:30 am-11:30 am DDAA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
11:30am-1:00 pm DDAA LUNCH AND ANNUAL MEETING
Remarks: Thomas M. Hunter, Executive Director, Appalachian Regional Commission

DDAA Business Meeting with Election of Officers for 2008-2009

Nomination of DDAA Executive Board for 2008-2009
1:15 pm-2:30 pm

Opening Plenary Session
The Changing Workforce of Appalachia

2:45 pm-4:00 pm Plenary Session
Changes in Leadership in your LDD
4:30 pm-5:30 pm Welcome Reception
Hosted by DDAA Board Members and Officers

Monday, February 25, 2008

7:30 am-3:00 pm Registration Desk Open
7:30 am-8:30 am BREAKFAST BUFFET
(Breakfast seating available at one of four Topical Breakfast Sessions)
8:00 am-9:00 am Topical Breakfast Sessions
(Please indicate your choice of topic when you register)
  1. Health Care
  2. Entrepreneurial Development
  3. Asset-Based Economic Development
  4. Energy Development
9:15 am-10:30 am

PLENARY SESSION
New Markets Tax Credits: From A to Z

10:40 am-11:50 am

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • The Impact of the Appalachian Automotive Corridor
  • Appalachia's Assets: How do we tell the World?
Noon-1:30 pm LUNCH
Award Presentations: John D. Whisman Vision Award; Humanitarian Award; Congressional Award

1:45 pm-3:15 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • The Region's Drug Crisis: Community Responses
  • Entrepreneurial Development
  • The Future Workforce
3:15 pm-5:30 pm Free Time
5:30 pm-7:00 pm JOINT RECEPTION WITH NADO
7:00 pm-8:30 pm ANNUAL BANQUET
Speaker: Anne B. Pope, Federal Co-Chair, ARC
Entertainment: University of North Alabama Jazz Band

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

7:30 am-8:30 am BREAKFAST
Remarks: Cameron D. Whitman, States' Washington Representative, Appalachian Regional Commission
8:45 am-10:20 am JOINT PLENARY SESSION with NADO
Insights into the Current Federal Landscape and 2008 Election
(Panel with Former Members of Congress)
10:30 am-Noon JOINT PLENARY SESSION with NADO
The Future of Federal Infrastructure and Economic Development Programs

Conference Adjourned