BIPARTISAN PROGRAM FOR NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS November 30 – December 3, 2010 The Charles Hotel Institute of Politics One Bennett Street John F. Kennedy School of Government Cambridge, MA 02138 79 John F. Kennedy Street Phone: 617/864-1200 Cambridge, MA 02138 Facsimile: 617/864-5715 Phone: 617/495-1360 Tuesday, November 30, 2010 5:00 p.m. RECEPTION Nye Conference Center Taubman Building 6:00p.m. OPENING DINNER New England Clambake Self Introductions 8:00 p.m. PUBLIC FORUM John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum The National Interest, Africa and The African Diaspora: Littauer Building Does U.S. Foreign Policy Connect the Dots? The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; U.S. Secretary of State (2005-09) Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Joseph S. Nye Conference Center Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. BREAKFAST 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. PROSPECTS FOR THE ECONOMY Robert Barro, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Harvard University Brigitte Madrian, Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair, Harvard Kennedy School Greg Mankiw, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Chairman, Council of Economic Advisor (2003-2005) Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, Harvard University David Ellwood (moderator), Dean, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services (1993-1995) 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. BREAK 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. A DISCUSSION WITH: The Honorable Shaun Donovan, US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development David Gergen (moderator), Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. BUDGETING, APPROPRIATIONS, REVENUES AND SPENDING Linda Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Commerce (1999-2001) Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Austin Smythe, Republican Staff Director, House Budget Committee 12:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. LUNCH 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. FOREIGN POLICY Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy and Plans (1993-1994) Meghan O’Sullivan, Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Fellow, Institute of Politics (Fall 2007); Special Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan (2004-2007) The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; U.S. Secretary of State (2005-09) 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. BREAK 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. HEALTH CARE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Stuart Butler, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Center for Policy Innovation, The Heritage Foundation; Fellow, Institute of Politics (Fall 2002) The Honorable Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance, Kansas Diane Rowland, Executive Vice President, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Alan Weil, Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy Sheila Burke (moderator), Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Faculty Research Fellow, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Chief of Staff, Senator Bob Dole (1985-1996) 5:30 p.m. OPTIONAL EVENT John F. Kennedy Library DEPART FOR THE KENNEDY LIBRARY and Museum 6:15 p.m. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM TOUR AND RECEPTION 7:30 p.m. DINNER Presentation of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award Caroline Kennedy, Interim Chair, Institute of Politics Senior Advisory Committee; President, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation The Honorable Paul Kirk, United States Senator (D-MA, 2009-2010); Chairman Emeritus, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation 10:00 p.m. ARRIVE BACK AT CHARLES HOTEL Thursday, December 2, 2010 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Joseph S. Nye Conference Center Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS The Honorable Andy Card, Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush (2001- 2006); US Secretary of Transportation (1992-1993) Dan Meyer, Senior Vice President, The Duberstein Group; Chair, Congressional Institute; Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (2007-2008); Chief of Staff, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (1989-1996) John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress; Chief of Staff, President Bill Clinton (1998-2001) Dan Turton, White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Ken Duberstein (moderator), Chairman and CEO, The Duberstein Group, Inc.; Member, Institute of Politics Senior Advisory Committee, Chief of Staff, President Ronald Reagan (1988-1989) 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. A DISCUSSION WITH: The Honorable Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy Robert Stavins (moderator), Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Chairman, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, Harvard Kennedy School 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. A DISCUSSION WITH: The Honorable Larry Summers, Director, National Economic Council (2009–present); President, Harvard University (2001-2006); US Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001) David Ellwood (moderator), Dean, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services (1993-1995) 12:30 p.m. LUNCH 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. WELCOME TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY Drew Faust, President, Harvard University David Ellwood (moderator), Dean, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services (1993-1995) 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. LESSONS YOU CAN USE The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, 24th US Secretary of Labor (2001-2009); Fox News Contributor The Honorable William Delahunt, Member, US House of Representative (MA-10, D) The Honorable Jared Polis, Member, US House of Representative (CO-2, D) The Honorable Ernest Istook (Moderator), Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation; Fellow, Institute of Politics (Spring 2010) Member, US House of Representative (1993-2007) 3:15 p.m. GROUP PHOTO 3:30 p.m. RECEPTION WITH HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL STUDENTS 7:00 p.m. RECEPTION AND DINNER WITH HARVARD FACULTY Loeb House Welcome to the District 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge The Honorable Michael Capuano, Member, US House of Representatives (MA-08, D) Friday, December 3, 2010 Joseph S. Nye Conference Center Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. EDUCATION The Honorable Deval Patrick, Governor, Massachusetts invited Michelle Rhee, former Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools The Honorable Margaret Spellings, Fellow, Institute of Politics; US Secretary of Education (2005-2009) Kathleen McCartney (moderator), Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education This session is open to the press and will be broadcast on C-Span 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. BREAK 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS Adam Conner, Associate Manager for Privacy and Global Public Policy, Facebook Susan Milligan, Fellow, Institute of Politics (Fall 2010); White House and National Political Correspondent, The Boston Globe Nick Schaper, Director of Digital Media for Speaker-designate John Boehner Nancy Scola, Associate Editor, techPresident Nicco Mele (moderator), Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Fellow, Institute of Politics (Fall 2008); Founder, EccoDitto; Internet Operations Director, Howard Dean for President 12:00 p.m. LUNCH PRACTICAL CIVILITY The Honorable Diana DeGette, Member, US House of Representatives (CO-1st, D) Charlie Gibson, Reidy Fellow, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School; Anchor, World News with Charlie Gibson David King (moderator), Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School OPTIONAL EVENT 2010 John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards Caroline Kennedy will present the seventh annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to Hector Balderas, New Mexico State Auditor, and Lateefah Simon, Executive Director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights at a special dinner on December 1, 2010. Participants in the Bipartisan Program for Newly Elected Members of Congress are welcome and encouraged to attend the dinner and awards at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. A bus will leave The Charles Hotel at 5:30 p.m. that evening. You will have an opportunity to tour the Museum prior to awards ceremony with a group of Harvard College students. The John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and Harvard’s Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service. The awards are presented annually to two exceptional individuals whose contributions in elective office, community service, or advocacy demonstrate the impact and the value of public service in the spirit of John F. Kennedy. One of the New Frontier Awards honors an elected official whose work demonstrates the importance of elective service as a way to address a public challenge or challenges. This award, called the Fenn Award, is presented to a young elected official in honor of Dan Fenn, the Kennedy Library’s first director and a former member of President Kennedy’s staff. The other New Frontier Award honors an individual whose contributions in the realm of community service, advocacy or grassroots activism have had a positive impact on a broad public policy issue or challenge. The New Frontier Awards are named after President Kennedy's bold challenge to Americans given in his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention on July 15, 1960: We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier…a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils -- a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises -- it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them.