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The Heartland Institutes

Seventh Emerging Issues Forum

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Schedule last updated October 10, 2011

7:30-8:30 am Registration and breakfast

8:30-8:40 am Welcome and introduction of keynote speaker

Joseph Bast, president, and John Nothdurft, government relations director

The Heartland Institute

8:40-9:10 am Keynote speaker: Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL)

9:10-9:20 am Q&A

9:20-9:35 am Brian Fojtik, Brownstone CommunicationsTopic: Can Tobacco Cure Smoking?

9:35-10:05am Panel 1 - Global Warming and Energy Fears: End Of A Delusion?

Events in 2009 and 2010, including publication ofClimate Change

Reconsideredby the NIPCC, Climategate, and a significant swing in

public opinion, have shown the global warming skeptics were more right than wrong. But will global warming alarmists simply admit defeat

and go away? Probably not. Whats next? What is the future of energy

policy in America?

Moderator: James M. Taylor, managing editor,Environment & ClimateNews, columnist for Forbes.com

Speakers:Craig Idso, coauthor ofClimate Change Reconsideredand

chairman of the Center on Carbon Dioxide and Global Change; Rich

Trzupek, Heartland policy advisor and author ofRegulators Gone Wild:

How the EPA is Ruining American Industry; Eli Lehrer, vice president of

Washington, DC operations for Heartland

10:05-10:15 am Q&A

10:20-10:55 am Panel 2 - Budgets and Taxes: Big Changes on the HorizonThe Tea Party movement and the 2010 elections moved cutting taxes,

reducing spending, and managing government debt to the top of the

legislative agenda at both the federal and state levels. Who is doing the

best job at the state level? Who has the best plan for the federal

government? Is the federal entitlement crisis set to explode sooner than

thought? What needs to be done?


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Moderator:John Nothdurft, director of government relations, The

Heartland Institute

Speakers:Peter Ferrara, Heartland senior fellow and author of

Americas Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb; Ted Dabrowski, vice president ofpolicy, Illinois Policy Institute; Wisconsin state Sen. Frank Lasee

10:55-11:15 am Q&A

11:15-11:30 am Jay Lehr, Science Director, The Heartland Institute

Topic: There Will Be Oil

11:35-12:30 pm Lunch

12:30-1:00 pm Keynote speaker: David Boaz, executive VP, Cato Institute

Topic: Bridging the Gap Between Philosophy and Public Policy

1:00-1:20 pm Q&A

1:20-2:05 pm Panel 3 - Finally: Opportunities to Transform K-12 Education

K-12 education in the U.S. has been under-performing and over-spending

for decades. American students perform poorly compared to their

counterparts in other countries, despite the fact that per-pupil spending in

the U.S. is far higher. The budget crises facing many states are finally

forcing state legislators to consider reforms that promise to transform, not

merely reform, schools while actually saving taxpayers money. Coming

up: More school choice, the Parent Trigger, and digital learning.

Moderator:Joy Pullmann, Heartland research fellow for education

policy, managing editor, School Reform News

Speakers:Marc Oestreich, legislative specialist for education policy,

The Heartland Institute; Matthew Wicks, vice president, International

Association for K-12 Online Learning

2:05-2:20 pm Q&A

2:20-3:05 pm Panel 4 - Obamacare: Repeal, Replace, Reform

The movement to repeal, replace, and/or reform Obamacare started well

before the legislation was signed by the president. The legislation

threatens to bankrupt states and the nation, violates the constitution, willlead to rationing by bureaucrats, and does nothing to bring health care

spending under control. Thankfully, there are many things national and

state legislators can do to, from blocking funding of the laws

implementation, to refusing to create state insurance exchanges, to

proposing better ways to reduce unnecessary spending.


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Moderator:Benjamin Domenech, Heartland research fellow, managing

editor ofHealth Care News, and editor ofThe New Ledger

Speakers:Avik Roy, Heartland policy advisor; Richard Dolinar, M.D.,

Heartland senior fellow

3:05-3:20 pm Q&A

3:20-3:30 pm Wrap up and adjourn

5:30-9:00 pm The Heartland Institutes 27th Anniversary Benefit Dinner

Hilton Chicago Hotel

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