One Minnesota. Our State. Our Future.

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Cowles Auditorium Humphrey Center 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis

8:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Interactive technology displays of process improvements in state government

9:00 a.m. WELCOME
J. Brian Atwood, dean, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

9:15 a.m. INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW    Audio *
Representative Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives

9:30 a.m. SESSION ONE: Minnesota’s Place in the Global Economy
Introduction of speakers by Representative Margaret Anderson Kelliher

Content: How is the global economy affecting Minnesota’s economy and driving change in Minnesota?

Presenters:

• Peter Harkness, Editor, Governing Magazine    Audio *
  
• Janet Dolan, former CEO of Tennant Company    Audio *
  
• Bob Senkler, Chair and CEO, Securian Financial Group    Audio *
  
• Q & A    Audio Part I *    Audio Part II *

10:30 a.m. BREAK
Interactive technology displays of process improvements in state government

11:00 a.m. SESSION TWO: Minnesota’s Changing Demographics and the Impact on the Economy

Audio Part I *    Audio Part II *    Audio Part III *

Introduction of speakers by Senator Geoff Michel

Content:

• Overall U.S. population shifts and the impact on Minnesota
  
• Demographic changes in Minnesota
  
• Impact of changing demographics on demand for public services
  
• Regional economic centers, rural/urban split, characteristics of Minnesota’s regions
  

Presenters:

• Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota State Demographer
  
• Tom Stinson, Minnesota State Economist

12:15 p.m. BREAK

12:30 p.m. Interactive technology displays of process improvements in state government

12:30 p.m. LUNCH: Carlson School of Management Atrium

The Changing Role of State Legislatures    Audio *

Introduction of speakers by Senator Larry Pogemiller, Majority Leader

Presenters:

• Governor Arne Carlson
  
• Governor Al Quie
  
• Governor Wendy Anderson
  
• Congressman Martin Sabo
  
• Moderated by Professor Lawrence Jacobs, director, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  

2:00 p.m. BREAK

2:15 p.m. Interactive technology displays of process improvements in state government

2:15 p.m. SESSION THREE: Technology and the Global Economy   Audio Part I *    Audio Part II *

Introduction of speakers by Representative Marty Seifert, Minority Leader

Content:

• Broad overview of technology and its impact on government
  
• Challenges in the public sector, and becoming a technology savvy state
  

Presenters:

• Jerry Mechling, director, E-Government Executive Education Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  
• Vance Opperman, president and CEO, Key Investment
  
• Gopal Khanna, Minnesota State Chief Information Officer
  

3:30 p.m. EXHIBITS AND RECEPTION: HUMPHREY INSTITUTE ATRIUM

5:00 p.m. Interactive Shubert Theater Arts Education Demonstration (3:45 - 4:15 p.m.)

Poster presentations by legislative working groups:
Overview of working groups

• 2020 Conference
  
• Civic Life Legislative Caucus
  
• Early Childhood Caucus
  
• Health Care Hot Topics
  
• I-90 Group
  
• Mental Health Caucus
  
• Minnesota Legislative Sports Caucus
  

About the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance and the Humphrey Institute

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One Minnesota. Our State. Our Future.

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Cowles Auditorium Humphrey Center 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis

Suggested Reading

Some conference speakers noted suggested reading. These are listed below, with links to the full text when possible. (Some links may only work within the Capitol Complex.)

**Legislators and staff: To borrow cited books, or for copies of articles, contact the Legislative Reference Library at 296-8310 or by email.

Peter Harkness, Editor, Governing magazine

• He recommended two articles in the January, 2007, issue of Governing magazine:
  Swope, Christopher, " Unloading Assets: Cities and states are selling off bits and pieces of infrastructure. Is it a sweet deal or a mistake? " and Ellen Perlman, "’Stat’ Fever: The practice of collecting data to monitor and improve performance continues to gain momentum and evolve."
  
• Lawrence Downes. " Middle School Girls Gone Wild ." New York Times, December 29, 2006, p. A24.
  
• When asked for recommended reading on issues of the global economy, he suggested The Economist and the New York Times, noting that, "It’s better than it’s ever been."

Janet Dolan, former CEO of Tennant, Minnesota. When asked for recommended reading on issues of the global economy, she noted:

• Gibon, Edward. The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (originally pulished in 1777).
• Friedman, Tom. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c.2006.
  
• She reads Asian business newspapers and the Wall Street Journal Asia .

Bob Senkler, Chair and CEO, Securian Financial Group

• He read that even the CEO of Shell Oil is taking global warming seriously. (Here is a link to a WCCO interview with the CEO, John Hofmeister, Project Energy: Shell Oil President On Fuel Prices.")
  

Governor Arne Carlson

• He mentioned CORE reports. For a description and links to full text, see: "Resources on Minnesota Issues--CORE: Minnesota Commission on Reform and Efficiency."
  

Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota State Demographer, and Tom Stinson, Minnesota State Economist.
The speakers noted that interesting demographic information, including much of the information in their presentation, was published in The Rural Minnesota Journal.

• Gillaspy, Dr. R. Thomas. "The Demographics of Ruralplexes," Rural Minnesota Journal, January, 2006, p. 33-40.
  
• McMurry, Martha and Barbara Ronningen. "Rural Education in Minnesota," Rural Minnesota Journal, September, 2006, p. 1-19.
  
• Stinson, Dr. Thomas F. and Dr. R. Thomas Gillaspy, "Spatially Separated Neighborhoods and Ruralplexes or Rural Minnesota is not Lake Wobegone!" Rural Minnesota Journal, January, 2006, p. 11-17.
  
• Stinson, Dr. Thomas F. "The Economics of Minnesota’s Ruralplex," Rural Minnesota Journal, January, 2006, p. 19-32.
  
• Tom Stinson also mentioned a recent article by Mike Meyer in the Star Tribune that he felt had not received enough attention. "The R&D Gap: Although the University of Minnesota's research budget has grown over the years, it hasn't kept pace with what many of its academic peers across the nation are spending." January 6, 2007.

**Legislators and staff: To borrow cited books, or for copies of articles, contact the Legislative Reference Library at 296-8310 or by email.