2014 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum

5th Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum

Theme: “Tearing Down Walls” (25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall)

Date: Friday, September 19, 2014

Location: Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel

2450 Galleria Parkway; Atlanta, GA  30339

Time: 7:30-8 a.m. Coffee/Breakfast | 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Program

Lunch included

AGENDA

7:30-8:00 – Continental Breakfast

8:00  Welcome – Senator Hunter Hill

8:20 – 8:55 Breakfast Keynote: Clint Bolick, Director, Goldwater Institute’s Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation

9:00 – 10:15 Session One: Tearing Down the Wall to Education Opportunity and Choice

• Sajan George – Founder and CEO, Matchbook Learning
• Gerard Robinson – former Secretary of Education in Virginia and Commissioner of Education in Florida
• Moderator: Kyle Wingfield – Atlanta Journal-Constitution

10:20 – 11:40 Session Two: Tearing Down the Wall to Economic Growth

• Liz Malm – Economist, Tax Foundation (Link to presentation)
• North Carolina State Senator Thom Goolsby
• Moderator: Kelly McCutchen – Georgia Public Policy Foundation

12:00 – 1:40 Lunch

• Fall of the Berlin Wall: The 25th Anniversary
  • Tom Harrold, Chuck Clay and Hans Rueffert
• Principles Award presentation by the Conservative Policy Leadership Institute
• Luncheon Keynote: Herman Cain

1:45 – 3:00 Session Three: Tearing Down the Wall Between Doctors and Patients

• Dr. Josh Umbehr – Founder, AtlasMD
• Jimmy Childre, Jr. – CEO, Washington County Regional Medical Center
• Moderator: Dr. Brian Hill – Urology Specialists of Atlanta

Videos from this event

Program and Speaker Bios 

Guide to the Issues

Speakers, pictures and video from previous Legislative Policy Forums: 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010