Midwest Policy Workshop: Detroit

Midwest Roosevelt Institute Campus Network
2009 Fall Policy Workshop

Who: Students with Progressive Ideas for Changing the Midwest, Public Policy-Makers, Stakeholders
Where: Michigan State University Detroit Center: 3408 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
When: November 13-14, 2009 (Attend One or Both Days)

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The 2009 Midwest Fall Policy Workshop brings students from across the region together for an exciting day of creativity, learning, networking, and innovative ideas. Held at the Michigan State University Detroit Center, the Midwest’s fall event will give Roosevelt Institute Campus Network members the opportunity to take the next step in policy development toward the regional initiative: Midwest v2.0: New Innovations, Re-energized Workforce, Sustainable Future.

Experts in the new economy public policy field will join students this November to answer questions such as: What will it take to avoid a “brain drain” of students leaving the Midwest after pursuing higher education? How can cities and urban centers cope with chronic unemployment? What jobs can replace the thousands lost with the decline of industrial centers? And ultimately, how can we make the Midwest a place our generation wants and is able to live in?

Keynote Speakers:
Representative Ed Clemente (MI-14)
Elected to the Michigan House in 2004, Ed Clemente has extensive experience in local, county and state government. He is dedicated to transforming Michigan and the Midwest, and as the chair of the House New Economy and Quality of Life Committee, he authored a bill to increase grants given by the Michigan Economic Growth Authority. Clemente served on President Clinton’s White House Council on Small Businesses, spent years as a teacher in Michigan, and is a former President of Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The Representative holds a BA in Public Administration from Ferris State University, a BA in Education from Michigan State University, and has completed fellowships with John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Michigan Political Leadership Program.

Rob Johnson, Director of the Financial Reform Initiative for the Roosevelt Institute

Rob Johnson is the Director of the Economic Policy Initiative at the Frankil and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and is a regular contributor to the Institute’s blog, NewDeal2.0. He serves on the UN Commission of Experts on Finance and International Monetary Reform.

Previously, Dr. Johnson was a Managing Director at Soros Fund Management where he managed a global currency, bond and equity portfolio specializing in emerging markets. He was also a Managing Director at the Bankers Trust Company. Dr. Johnson has served as Chief Economist of the US Senate Banking Committee under the leadership of Chairman William Proxmire and was Senior Economist of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee under the leadership of Chairman Pete Domenici. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Economic Policy Institute and the Institute for America’s Future.

Dr. Johnson received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Princeton University and a B.S. in both Electrical Engineering and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

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The event is free, but please register at www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org/events by November 10th.
With questions, contact Midwest Regional Coordinator, Monika Johnson: mjohnson@rooseveltinstitute.org

Friday, November 13
1:00-2:30:
Detroit City Tours
2:30-5:00:
Documentary: Faces of Detroit:
Taking Back the City

November 14, 2009:
9:00-9:30:
Breakfast and Registration

9:30 – 10:30:
Welcome and Keynote: Representative Ed Clemente (MI-14)

10:30 – 11:30: Workshops
A: Entrepreneurship and Industry: Talent Retention and Job Loss in the 21st Century Economy
     Held by Wayne State University's TechTown
B: Innovation and Society: Michigan’s Cool Cities Project
     Held by the Knight Foundation's Detroit Soul of the Community Project

11:30 - 12:30:
Keynote II: Rob Johnson, Director of the Economic Policy Initiative: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

12:30 - 1:30:
Networking Lunch

1:30 - 2:30:
Policy Expert and Stakeholder Panel
     Detroit WIRED
     Michigan Economic Development Corporation
     Great Lakes Urban Exchange
     Michigan Primary Care Association
     Michigan Cool Cities Project
    

2:30 - 3:30:
Breakout and Brainstorm Sessions

3:30 – 4:15:
Legislature and You-- Think Impact Panel
     Cory Connolly, Roosevelt Institute Student Advisory Board
     Millennial Mayor's Congress
     Progress Michigan
     Detroit Mayor's Office- Legislative Affairs
     Aruna Fonseka, Legislative Assistant to Rep. Ed Clemente (MI-14)

4:15 – 4:30:
Closing and Networking
 

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