EVENT AGENDA: Kalamazoo, MI

Saturday, April 1, 2006 (See media coverage)

Location
Western Michigan University
Fetzer Center - Main Ballroom
Contact: Michael Rader, Regional Director
8:30 AM
Registration
Continental breakfast, access to conference tables in exhibit hall, etc.
9:00 AM
Welcome
  • U.S. Congressman Fred Upton (prepared statement)
  • State Rep. Alexander Lipsey
  • Kalamazoo Mayor Hannah McKinney
  • Tom Z. Collina, Executive Director, 20/20 Vision
  • Michael Rader, Regional Director, 20/20 Vision, WMU
    • 9:30 AM
    Panel Discussion
    Key Problems: Rising Gas Prices, Trouble in the Middle East, Global Warming and Jobs
    Moderator: Tom Collina, 20/20 Vision

    Speakers:
  • Professor Howard Dooley, WMU History Department
  • Walter McManus, Director, Automotive Analysis Division, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
  • Ann Bordetsky, Policy Analyst, Air & Energy Program, NRDC
    • 11:00 AM
    BREAK
    11:15 AM
    Concurrent Workshops #1
    Student Organizing, Media Work and Congress
    A Practical Guide to Media—Ron Zucker, 20/20 Vision, Fetzer 1060
     Messaging 101— Kira Christie, AID, Fetzer 1040/50
    Student Activism    —Sarah Gudorf, 20/20 Vision, Fetzer 2020 
    12:00 PM
    Concurrent Workshops #2
    Student Organizing, Media Work and Congress
    A Practical Guide to Media    —Ron Zucker, 20/20 Vision, Fetzer 1060
     Messaging 101    — Kira Christie, AID, Fetzer 1040/50
    Student Activism    —Sarah Gudorf, 20/20 Vision, Fetzer 2020 
    12:45 PM
    Lunch Served
    Keynote speaker: R. James Woolsey, former CIA director
    2:15 PM
    Panel Discussion
    Promising Solutions: Alternative Fuels, New Automobile Technologies, Fuel Efficiency and Smart Growth
    Moderator: Michael Rader, Regional Director, 20/20 Vision, WMU

    Speakers:
  • Charles Griffith, Auto Project Director, Ecology Center
  • Brad Markell, Research Department, United Auto Workers Union
  • Joanna Schroeder, Communications Director, Ethanol Promotion and Information Council
  • Brad Garmon, Land Programs Director, Michigan Environmental Council
    • 3:45 PM
    BREAK - Snacks Served
    4:15 PM
    Oil Shockwave College Tour Simulation
    Opening remarks by R. James Woolsey, former CIA Director
    4:30 PM
    Oil Shockwave Executive Crisis Simulation
    President: R. James Woolsey
    Cabinet:  Local professors and students
    6:15 PM
    Simulation Discussion/Q&A
    7:00 PM
    Close



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