8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Lobby

9:00 a.m.
Conference Welcome:
Patrick Harker, President, University of Delaware
Room 128

9:10 a.m.
Ruth Ann Minner, Governor State of Delaware
The Foundations of Livable Delaware:
Room 128

9:30 a.m.
Keynote Speaker:
William B. Chandler III, Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
“Posing the Challenge of Creating a Livable Delaware”
Room 128

10:15 a.m.
Break

10:30 am.
Responses to the Keynote Speaker
Room 128

Moderator:
John Taylor, Executive Director, Delaware Public Policy Institute

Respondents:

• Thomas Morr, President and CEO, Select Greater Philadelphia

• Michael Scuse, Secretary, Delaware Department of Agriculture

• Michael Riska, Executive Director, Delaware Nature Society

• Preston Schell, President, Ocean Atlantic Companies

• Richard Heffron, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce

11:30 a.m.
Audience Response and Discussion Period

12:00 p.m.
Luncheon

Room 101 Creating a Healthy Delaware

Introduction of Speaker:
Dick Christopher, Vice Chairman, Nemours Foundation Board of Directors

Speaker:
Richard E. Killingsworth, Executive Director, The Harvest Foundation

Responses to the Luncheon Speaker

Moderator:
Gwen Angelet, Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Program Integration, Nemours Health and Prevention Services

Respondents:
• Jaime (Gus) Rivera, Director, Division of Public Health, Delaware Department of Health & Social Services

• Marianne Carter, Director, Delaware Center for Health Promotion, University of Delaware

• Karyl Rattay, Senior Policy and Program Analyst, Nemours Health and Prevention Services

2:00 p.m.
Break

2:15 p.m.
Panel A: Strengthening Local Economies (Concurrent with Panel B)
Room 128

Moderator:
James Baker, Mayor, City of Wilmington

Presentation by:
Jesse L. White, Jr., Director, Office of Economic and Business Development, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Panel Discussion:
• Joseph DiPinto, Director, Wilmington Office of Economic Development

• James Hutchison, Assistant Vice President, Commerce Bank

• Judy McKinney-Cherry, Director, Delaware Economic Development Office

3:15 p.m.
Audience Response and Discussion Period

2:15 p.m.
Panel B: Enhancing Delaware’s Heritage (Concurrent with Panel A)
Room 125

Moderator:
Nancy Targett, Dean, College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware

Participants:
• David Ames, Director, Center for Historic Architecture and Design, University of Delaware

• Ed Kee, Extension Specialist, Cooperative Extension, University of Delaware

• Laura Scanlan, Former Director, Delaware Division of the Arts

• Constance Holland, Director, Office of State Planning Coordination

• Dennis Forney, Publisher, Cape Gazette, and Chairman, Greater Lewes Foundation

3:15 p.m.
Audience Response and Discussion Period

3:45 p.m.
Break
Lobby

4:00 p.m.
Panel C: Building and Financing Delaware’s Infrastructure
Room 125

Moderator:
Allen Sessoms, President, Delaware State University

Participants:
• Sue McNeil, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware

• Jeffrey Bullock, Chief Administrative Officer, New Castle County, Delaware

• Carolann Wicks, Secretary, Delaware Department of Transportation

• Mike Jackson, Director, Budget Development, Planning and Administration, Delaware Office of Management and Budget

• Jeff Bross, President and Chairman, Duffield Associates

5:00 p.m.
Audience Response and Discussion Period

5:30 p.m.
Reception
Lobby

The Georgetown Connection
This conference will be broadcast live at the Carvel Research and Education Center, 16483 County Seat Highway, Georgetown. The event is free; lunch will be available for $15.

Click here for directions to the Carvel Research and Education Center.