CSG-WEST 65th Annual Meeting DAILY FORUM | MONDAY

Monday, July 23 Forecasting the Nation’s Political Climate 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. » Early Bird Walk | lobby of Donna Brazile and Rich Galen don’t agree on much, but Westin in this presidential election year, they do agree on one thing: the issues being talked about in national politics 7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. » Registration aren’t the big ones. 7:00 a.m.-7:45 a.m. » Buffet Breakfast | Ballroom Brazile, a Democratic political strategist, and Galen, a Republican political analyst, will discuss the 2012 political 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. » Internet Cafe | Chairman scene Monday during the CSG-WEST lunch plenary Room Donna Brazile session. Rich Galen 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. » Education Committee | “My friends, this is an opportunity for us, I believe, in Devonian Room this presidential season to raise the big issues and not begin to lull back into all the small conversations we like to have in American politics,” Brazile said during the CSG-Midwest 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. » International Trade Annual Meeting last week. “As I’ve often said, I’ve talked more about sex on TV over the Committee | Strathcona Room, Westin Lobby Level last six months than I’ve had an opportunity to read Fifty Shades of Gray or go out and 11:00 a.m.-Noon | Lunch Served | Ballroom find. That’s because we often talk about the small issues. We’re not talking about the large 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. » Lunch Pleary Session | issues, like unfunded pension liabilities or our infrastructure needs.” Galen called the issues in the campaign “so complex that even those of us who think Ballroom we understand a lot of it, it’s just mind-numbing. When you throw in not just what’s going 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. » Alberta Legislature on in the United States, but what’s going on in the eurozone, what’s going on with the Building Tour | Meet in Westin Lobby economy in China, … these are not things any president has control over.” 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m » Executive Committee | Hear Brazile and Galen talk about these and other issues, and offer their opinions on who will win the 2012 presidential election, during the lunch plenary session. Lunch will Wedgewood Room, Lobby Level, Fairmont Hotel be served starting at 11 a.m. Plenary session begins at 11:30 a.m. Macdonald 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. » Taste of Alberta | Empire Ballroom, Lobby Level, Fairmont Hotel Macdonald Around the CSG-WEST 65th Annual Meeting 9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. » Hospitality Suite | Crown Suite 2009, 20th Floor

Thank You to Our Hosts CSG-WEST would like to thank the Alberta Legislature Hosts for the policy tours, evening events and networking opportunities they provided during the 65th Annual Meeting.

Dave Rodney, above, who has climbed Mount Everest not once but twice, used his experiences climbing to the top of the world to offer lessons in leadership to help legislators “Climb Beyond Your Next ‘Everest.’” At left, Alaska Rep. Craig Johnson, the CSG-WEST 2012 vice chair, chaired the Water and Environment Committee Sunday afternoon. CSG-WEST 65th ANNUAL MEETING THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS | WWW.CSGWEST.ORG

Customizing Education Get A Taste of Alberta at Closing Event » A decade ago, creating a customized education for America’s 55 The region has million students was just a dream. Today, thanks to emerging developed an eclectic culinary and technologies, that dream is moving closer to reality. restaurant scene as the city has The Education Committee, which will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. developed through the different Monday, will feature a panel discussion of how technology is being cultures that have found their integrated into instruction for the 21st century student, including way here. Celebrate the diverse a review of national education technology policies and teacher culinary treats that Alberta has training. The session also will explore how states are leading the way to offer During a Taste of Alberta Alison Redford with innovative digital learning programs and an example of a state at the Empire Ballroom of the excelling in technology innovation in K-12 and higher education. elegant Fairmont Hotel Macdonald from 6 to 9 p.m. Attendees also will hear how the Edmonton Public Schools have Monday. The Honorable Alison Redford, Premier earned top honors from around the world with regard to technology. of the Province of Alberta, will join CSG-WEST for the event. Premier Redford was elected MLA for Making State Investment Dollars Work the constituency of -Elbow in 2008 and A World Bank study shows that for every dollar spent on export named Minister of Justice and Attorney General promotion, governments see a $40 return on that investment. the same year, where she led the Safe Communities The International Trade Committee, which meets from 8 to 11 Secretariat. In 2010, Premier Redford was named a.m. Monday, will examine how states are working to make those political minister for Calgary and on Oct. 7, 2011, she investment dollars work for them through export promotion and the was sworn in as Alberta’s 14th premier. effect federal programs and policies, like the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership and the State Trade and Export Promotion program, will have on Western states. Executive Committee Open to Everyone » Also on the agenda are discussions of the impact of each state’s Attendees are invited to attend the CSG-WEST unique trucking industry regulations have on interstate commerce. Executive Committee meeting, set for 1:30 to 4:30 The committee also will consider the opportunities and challenges p.m. Monday in the Wedgewood Room on the Lobby that come with expanding the Panama Canal, particularly the effect Level of the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, one block that expansion would have on Western ports. from the Westin. Among the issues discussed and programs reviewed, the Executive Committee will consider Women in Politics policy positions for the organization and elect 2013 officers. Early Morning Walks » Early birds will enjoy morning walks from 6 to 7 a.m. each day of the conference. Meet in the Westin lobby area a few minutes prior to the walk.

Hospitality Suite » Take one last chance to say goodbye to your fellow conference attendees during the Hospitality Suite from 9 to 11 p.m. Monday in the Westin’s Crown Suite, 2009 on the 20th Floor.

Make Plans for CSG-WEST’s 66th Annual Meeting » Washington Rep. Sherry Appleton Mark your calendars for the CSG- presented former Government of WEST 66th Annual Meeting to be Alberta Cabinet Minister held July 30-Aug. 2, 2013, in Las with irises following her presentation Vegas, Nev. Stop by the Las Vegas at the Women in Politics session. table to get more information CSG-WEST Chair Wyoming Rep. Rosie about what the city has to offer. Berger talked with Alberta MLA at the session.