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
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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)
- Health Care
- Entrepreneurial Development
- Asset-Based Economic Development
- 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
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