Second Annual "Real State of the Union" Welcoming Remarks and Panel One

The American Economy: What Lies Ahead?

Schedule for the Conference

8:30am REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00am WELCOMING REMARKS

Ted Halstead and John Fox Sullivan

9:10am SESSION I: THE AMERICAN ECONOMY: WHAT LIES AHEAD?

The Hon. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Michael Lind, The Hon. Martin Baily, Maya MacGuineas, and Sherle Schwenninger; Moderator: Slan Murray

11:00am SESSION II: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AFTER IRAQ: HAS AMERICA OVER-REACHED?

James Fallows, Francis Fukuyama,Kenneth Pollack, Paul Glastris, and Martin Walker; Moderator: Kathryn Kross

12:30pm LUNCHEON PROGRAM: AMERICAN POLITICS: BLUE VS. RED AMERICA

The Hon. John Breaux, The Hon. Harold E. Ford, Jr. Charlie Cook, Ted Halstead, Paul Starobin; Moderator: Brian Kelly

2:00pm SESSION III: THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE & EDUCATION

Shannon Brownlee, Laurie Rubiner, Karen Kornbluh and Jennifer Washburn; Moderator: Susan Dentzer

3:00pm CLOSING COMMENTARY

TIMES AND SPEAKERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Senate Caucus Room

Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC

Martin Baily
Former Chair, Council of Economic Advisors and Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Director, Congressional Budget Office and Chief Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisors
Michael Lind
Whitehead Senior Fellow, New America Foundation and Author of What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President
Maya MacGuineas
Fellow and Co-Director, Retirement Security Program, New America Foundation
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program
Alan Murray
Washington Bureau Chief, CNBC and co-host, Capitol Report