TENTATIVE AGENDA
(Schedule will be updated as additional speakers are confirmed)

Monday, May 16, 2005

3:00 - 5:30 pm

Early Bird Registration
Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Welcome Reception – Capitol Hill
325 Russell Senate Office Building
Host: U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Guest Speaker: Harriet Miers, Counsel to the President
(Shuttle buses to/from Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel provided)

Tuesday, May 17, 2005
(All events occur at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel at 999 9th Street, N.W.)

7:30 am

Registration

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Welcome to the Summit
Opening Remarks - U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Invocation - Rev. E. Terri LaVelle, Washington DC
Pledge of Allegiance - Gloria O'Neill, Anchorage, Alaska

Senate Briefing:
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)  Summit Senate Chair
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (KY)

9:20 am

“Successful Women: Blueprints for the 21st Century” 
The Honorable Gale Norton, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Bernadine Healy, M.D., Columnist, U.S. News & World Report
Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Chairman, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Honorable Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor

10:30 am

“Economic Growth: Strengthening Our Financial Security”
Cheryl Mills, Associate Deputy Administrator, Office Of Entrepreneurial Development, Small Business Administration
Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Lurita Doan, President & CEO, New Technology Management, Inc.

11:25 am

Break/Transition to Lunch

11:40 pm

Networking Luncheon
Blessing - Helen Chang, Houston, Texas

12:30 pm

Transition to General Session

12:45 pm

Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education

1:25 pm

“Education: Ensuring a Successful Future” 
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) 
Mary Evans Sias, Ph.D., President, Kentucky State University
Kati Haycock, Director, The Education Trust
Judith J. Pickens, Senior Vice President for Program Services, Boys & Girls Clubs of America

2:35 pm

“Health Care: Achieving Affordable Solutions”
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (ME)
Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health
Suzanne Haynes, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, Department of Health & Human Services, Office on Women’s Health
Marie Savard, M.D., Author and Patient’s Rights Advocate

3:45 pm

Summit Wrap-Up/Adjournment
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)