2014 REAP Legislative Policy Summit 

 

Please join us for the 2014 REAP Legislative Policy Summit

Friday, December 5th at Botanica!

Preliminary Agenda

Updated as speakers are confirmed

11:00 a.m.: Registration Opens

11:30 a.m.: Welcome and Opening Remarks ~ Lunch is served

• Harvey County Commissioner Chip Westfall, REAP Legislative Chair
• Representative Jim Howell, Kansas District 81, South Central Kansas Legislative Delegation Chair

12:00 p.m.: Keynote Presentation: Importance of Regional Economies

• President John Bardo, Wichita State University

12:30 p.m.: Dessert Break

1:00 p.m.: Fact of Fiction: The Skills Gap in South Central Kansas

• Moderated by Wichita Council Member Jeff Longwell, Chief Elected Official

• Panelists: Rod Blackburn, Local Workforce Invesrment Board Chair; Dr. Blake Flanders, Kansas Board of Regents; Jason Cox, Cox Machine; Chris Robinson, Global Parts

1:55 p.m.: Break

2:05 p.m.:  State Budget Presentation and Panel Response

• Moderated by Sedgwick County Commissioner Dave Unruh, REAP Chair
• Presentation by J.G. Scott, Chief Fiscal Analyst, Kansas Legislative Research Department
• Response by: Dr. Nancy McCarthy Snyder, WSU, Kansas Revenue Estimation Group

2:50 p.m.: Break

3:15 p.m.: Transportation Infrastructure and Job Creation

• Moderated by Harvey County Commissioner Chip Westfall, REAP Legislative Chair
• Presentations by: Lynn Nichols, Chairman/CEO , Yingling Aviation, on Kansas Affordable Airfares ; Michael Johnston, Economic Lifelines; Union Pacific Railroad

4:15 p.m.: Next Steps and Closing Remarks

• Sedgwick County Commissioner Dave Unruh, REAP Chair
• Keith Lawing, REAP

4:30 p.m.: Reception

5:00 p.m.: Holiday Illuminations opens for REAP 

Each year Botanica showcases their 17 acres of gardens with over 1 million holiday lights in an event called "Illuminations".  Illuminations opens to the public at 5:30 p.m., so this is an opportunitiy for attendees to exclusively enjoy the gardens! 

For more information on Illumations, please click here.

Please note during the registration process if you will be brining guest(s) to Illuminations at 5 p.m. Preregistration for Illuminations is required. 

There is no cost to attend the Summit or Illuminations!

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