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SUNDAY,
JULY 22
7:00
a.m. Registration opens at the DECC and will remain open throughout the day
until 5 p.m.
8:30
a.m. Community Development Society Committee Meetings
National Rural Development Partnership Meetings
Noon
Community Development Society New Member Orientations
National Rural Development Partnership New Member Orientations
1:30
p.m. Opening Session Lake Superior Ballroom
Welcome
to the Joint International Community and Rural Development Summit and
Duluth
Jane
Leonard, Host Committee Chair, Chair of Minnesota Rural Partners
and President,
Community Technology Advisors
Corporation
John
Kuester, Program Committee Chair, Vice President of the Community Development
Society
and Principal, JLKuester Community Development Services
Marcie
McLaughlin, Rural Summit Committee Chair, Executive Director of
Minnesota Rural Partners
The
Honorable James L. Oberstar, Member of Congress - Minnesota’s 8th
District
Wanda
Leonard, President, Community Development Society
Dennis
Engelke, National Rural Development Partnership and Partners for
Rural
America
Board Member
Michael
Cotter, Minnesota Storyteller
3:30
p.m. First Concurrent Sessions
5:00
p.m. Reception and Harbor Cruises
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TUESDAY,
JULY 24
7:00
a.m. Registration opens at the DECC and will remain open throughout the day
until 5 p.m.
7:30
a.m. Continental Breakfast and Music
Michael
Monroe, MisTree Studio
8:00
a.m. Announcements
8:30
a.m. Second Concurrent Sessions
10:30
a.m. Third Concurrent Sessions
Noon
Luncheon Lake Superior Ballroom
1:00
p.m. Plenary Session
The
Future: What It Is and How to Use It
Natalie
Schoch, Manager of Product Development, Market Research and Trends,
Kellogg
Company
2:15
p.m. Fourth Concurrent Sessions
4:00
p.m. Community Development Society Business Meeting
National Rural Development Partnership
Dialogue Harbor Side Room 305
5:00
p.m. Exhibit Supper, Soapbox and Great Lakes Aquarium Tour
Aquarium
open until 9:00 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY,
JULY 25
7:00
a.m. Breakfast and Registration opens at the DECC
8:00
a.m. Addressing Poverty in Rural America Panel Presentation
Cornelia
Bulter Flora, University of Iowa
Elsie
Meeks, First Nations Oweesta Corporation
Bonnie
Braun, University of Maryland
Diane
McSwain, United States Department of Health and Human Services
9:30
a.m. Learning Stations
12:30
p.m. Luncheon Lake Superior Ballroom
The
Honorable Jesse Ventura, Governor, State of Minnesota (invited)
2:00
p.m. Summit Policy Discussion
Rebecca
Yanisch, Commissioner Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic
Development
Kate
O’Dubhchair, European Union Rural Leader, University of Ulster,
Northern Ireland
Colleen
Landkamer, Commissioner Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Chair of National
Association
of Counties Rural Action Caucus
Tommy
Thompson, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human
Services
(invited)
Results of the ruralpolicyforum.org
and next steps
5:00
p.m. Adjourn
6:00
p.m. Community Development Society Awards Dinner and Dance Holiday Inn Ballroom
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