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AGENDA
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TENTATIVE
AGENDA
(Schedule will be updated as additional speakers are confirmed) |
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Tuesday,
September 27, 2005 |
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3:00
- 5:30 pm |
Early
Registration/Optional Networking
Coffee - Capitol Hill
ROOM CHANGE: 216 Hart Senate
Building |
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5:30
- 7:00 pm |
Welcome Reception –
Capitol Hill
ROOM CHANGE:
325 Russell Senate Building
Guest Speaker: Senate Majority Leader William Frist,
M.D. (TN) |
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Wednesday,
September 28, 2005
(All events occur at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel at 999 9th Street, N.W.) |
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7:30
am |
Registration |
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8:00
am |
Continental
Networking Breakfast |
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8:30
am |
"Welcome
to the Summit - Congressional Briefing"
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (FL)
U.S. Representative Henry Bonilla (TX) |
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9:20
am |
"Education:
Closing the Achievement Gap"
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (UT)
Kathleen Leos, Associate
Assistant Deputy and Senior Policy Advisor, Office of English
Language Acquisition, U.S. Department of Education
Octavio Visiedo,
Chairman, Imagine Schools
Antonio Flores, Ph.D., President,
Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) |
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10:30
am |
"Immigration
Reform: Balancing Border Security and the American Dream"
U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (AZ)
Michael Barrera, President & CEO, U.S. Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce
Prakash I. Khatri, Ombudsman, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Jose Gomez, Senior Director of
Diversity,
Chili's Grill & Bar |
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11:40
pm |
Break/Transition
to Lunch |
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12:00
pm |
Luncheon
with Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez,
U.S. Secretary of Commerce |
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1:15
pm |
Transition
to General Session |
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1:25 pm |
"Economic
Growth: Creating Jobs and Financial Security"
Hector Barreto, Adminstrator,
Small Business Administration
Alan Castillo, President, Castillo
Technologies, LLC
Karl Miller-Lugo, Co-Owner, Keen
Intuitions, LLC
Ian Vásquez, Director, The Cato
Institute's Project on Global Economic Liberty
U.S. Senator Peter Domenici (NM) |
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2:40
pm |
“Health Care: Ensuring
Affordable Access and Healthy Solutions”
Keynote: Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona,
M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., U.S. Surgeon General
Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H.,
Dr. P.H., Commissioner, New York State Department of Health
David S. Lopez, President & CEO,
Harris County Hospital District |
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3:45 pm |
Summit Wrap-Up/Adjournment |
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