FRIDAY, JULY 13

Opening News Conference
Govs. Heineman, Markell and McDonnell
 
Opening Session
Defining Great Leadership
Introduction
Govs. Heineman, Markell and McDonnell
 
Jim Collins, Author and Management Educator
 
Q + A Session
Govs. Heineman, Markell and McDonnell
 
Corporate Fellows Tenure Awards
 
Education & Workforce Committee Session
The Road to Reauthorize ESEA
Introduction
Governor Haslam
 
Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
 
Margaret Spellings, President and CEO, Margaret Spellings
and Company and former U.S. Department of Education
Secretary
 
Q + A Session
Governor Haslam
 

SATURDAY, JULY 14

Economic Development & Commerce Committee Session
Agricultural Trade: The Other Export
Introduction
Governor Nixon
 
Devry Boughner Vorwerk, Director, International Business Relations, Cargill, Incorporated
 
Kevin Kimle, Director, Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative, and Rastetter Chair of Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Iowa State University
 
Q + A Session I
Governor Nixon
 
Health & Human Services Committee Session
Innovative Strategies for Lowering Medicaid Costs
Introduction
Gov. Branstad and Quinn
 
Jeffrey Brenner, MD, Founder and Executive Director, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
 
David H. Vellinga, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Medical Center
 
Jennifer DeCubellis, Director, Hennepin County Health
 
Q + A Session
Govs. Branstad and Quinn
 
Natural Resources Committee Session
States' Role in Creating the Modern Electric Grid
Introduction
Govs. Malloy and Daugaard
 
Paul Peterson, Senior Associate, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.
 
Q + A Session
Govs. Malloy and Daugaard
 
Special Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety Session
Serving the Nation's Veterans: Governors' Roundtable Discussion
Introduction
Govs. O'Malley and Mead

Rountable Discussion
 
Ali S. Khan, M.D., Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 
Q + A Session
Ali S. Khan

Committee Discussion
 

SUNDAY, JULY 15

 
Closing Plenary Session
Growing the Next Big Idea
Introduction
Gov. Heineman
 
Steve Blank, Author of the Startup Owner's Manual, Consulting Professor Stanford and U.C. Berkeley
 
Q + A Session
Steve Blank, Author of the Startup Owner's Manual, Consulting Professor Stanford and U.C. Berkeley
 
Closing Remarks
Govs. Heineman and Markell
 

Video Interviews from the Annual Meeting

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy 1
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Kentucky Gov. Steven L. Beshear 1 | 2
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley 1 | 2
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon 1 | 2
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman 1 | 2 | 3
New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie 1 | 2
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue 1 | 2
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin 1 | 2
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett 1 | 2
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee 1 | 2| 3
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam 1 | 2
Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert 1 | 2 | 3
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker 1 | 2 | 3
Wyoming Gov. Matthew Mead 1