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Agenda Revealed for Solutions Summit 2022: The Comeback
There’s still time to reserve your spot at Solutions Summit 2022: The Comeback. This year’s summit will be held on March 7th at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center. You can sign up here to reserve tickets.
At the Solutions Summit, attendees will get the chance to hear from some of the great minds from around our state and the country about Louisiana’s most pressing issues and how we solve them.
Check out our agenda for the event:
8:00 am–9:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 am–10:30 am
Welcome & Policy Main Stage Event: An Opportunity Agenda for All Louisianans
Moderated by:
- Daniel J. Erspamer, CEO, Pelican Institute
- Raheem Williams, Director, Kevin Kane Center for Opportunity Policy
- Erin Bendily, VP for Policy and Strategy, Pelican Institute
- Keynote Speaker: Kevin Roberts, President, The Heritage Foundation
- Panel Discussion:
- Vance Ginn, Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Buzz Brockway, Georgia Center for Opportunity
10:30 am–10:45 am
Networking Break
10:45 am–11:45 am
A School that Fits for Every Louisiana Child
- Senator Patricia Rucker, West Virginia
- Senator Justin Wayne, Nebraska
- Moderator: Erin Bendily, VP for Policy & Strategy, Pelican Institute
A Roadmap from Poverty to Opportunity
- Buzz Brockway, Georgia Center for Opportunity
- Leslie Ford, Alliance for Opportunity
- Vance Ginn, Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Moderator: Raheem Williams, Director, Kevin Kane Center for Opportunity
Strangling Louisiana: Red Tape and Lawsuits
- Senator Heather Cloud, Louisiana
- Representative Jean-Paul Coussan, Louisiana
- Representative Mark Wright, Louisiana
- James Baehr, Special Counsel, Pelican Institute
- Moderator: John Kay, Senior Vice President, Pelican Institute
12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch Plenary: Leaders of Louisiana’s Future
- Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser
- Treasurer John Schroder
- Senator Sharon Hewitt, Louisiana
- Senator Mike Reese, Louisiana
- Senator Rick Ward, Louisiana
- Representative Richard Nelson, Louisiana
- Representative Mark Wright, Louisiana
- Moderator: Daniel Erspamer, CEO, Pelican Institute
2:15 pm–3:15 pm
A Principled Pathway to a Model Louisiana Constitution
- Jeremy Alford, LA Politics
- Dr. Steven Procopio, Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana
- Senator Franklin Foil, Louisiana
- Representative Neil Riser, Louisiana
- Moderator: Sarah Harbison, Director, Pelican Center for Justice and Accountability
Grading Justice: How Does Louisiana Stack Up?
- Russ Latino, Empower Mississippi
- Scott Peyton, Right on Crime
- Nathalie Simon, Laitram
- Moderator: Raheem Williams, Director, Kevin Kane Center for Opportunity
Sandboxes: Spurring Innovation in Louisiana
- Lucy Ricca, Stanford Center on the Legal Profession
- Michael Watkins, River Financial
- Moderator: Eric Peterson, Pelican Center for Technology and Innovation Policy
3:15 pm–3:30 pm
Networking Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Louisiana’s Fiscal Future: Tax & Budget Next Step
- Senator Bret Allain, Louisiana
- Speaker Clay Schexnayder, Louisiana
- Joe Bishop-Henchman, National Taxpayers Union Foundation
- Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
- Moderator: Erin Bendily, VP for Policy and Strategy, Pelican Institute
BlockChain Bayou: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
- Rob Lalka, Tulane University
- Stephen Lupien, Wyoming University
- Trystine Payfer, SATS Center
- Eric Peterson, Director, Center for Tech and Innovation Policy
4:30 pm–6:30 pm
Satire on the Rocks
Cocktail Reception and Toast to Freedom with Seth Dillon, CEO of the Babylon Bee
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