2022 Annual Meeting Agenda – Text Format

2022 Annual Meeting Agenda

Manchester, New Hampshire | August 14-17

Saturday, August 13

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Budget Committee Meeting
For members of the Budget Committee only

4 – 5 p.m.
Strategic Planning Meeting

6 p.m.
Depart for the Executive Committee dinner

6:30– 9:30 p.m.
Executive Committee Dinner at the LaBelle Winery
By invitation only

Sunday, August 14

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
Annual Meeting Committee Meeting

9:45 a.m. – noon
Executive Committee Meeting

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Executive Committee Luncheon

2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Nominations Committee

2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Council on Communities of Color Meeting
Topic: Race in the Statehouse: Equitable Governance

4:30 – 5:15 p.m.
Adult Guest Reception

5 – 6 p.m.
ELA/Toll Reception (for graduates of the Eastern Leadership Academy and Toll Fellows only)

6 p.m.
Depart for opening dinner

6:15 – 9:00 p.m.
Opening Dinner at the McIntyre Ski Area

Monday, August 15

7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
General Breakfast

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Policy Committee Breakfast Meetings:

Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Health – Roundtable updates from member states and provinces
Transportation – Exploring Current State and Federal Transportation Issues
Territorial Relations
Education and Workforce Development

9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Opening Keynote

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
2022 Midterm Elections Preview
Speaker: David Wasserman, U.S. House editor and senior election analyst for the non-partisan newsletter, The Cook Political Report

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Plenary Luncheon: The Ona Judge Story
Speaker: Erica Dunbar Armstrong, author, historian, and Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University

2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:

Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Council on Communities of Color — Hidden in Plain Sight: Exploring the future of inclusive K-12 education
Transportation — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: What it Means for the States

5 – 6 p.m.
CSG National Associates reception

6 – 7 p.m.
Friends of Canada Reception

7 p.m.
Dinner on your own

9 – 10 p.m.
SGAC reception in the Penstock

Tuesday, August 16

7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
General Breakfast

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Policy Committee Breakfast Meetings:

Ag & Rural Affairs Committee meeting (starts at 7:30)
Energy and Environment
Health – The Impact of Covid-19 on Medicaid and State Health Policy
Military Veterans Affairs
Canada-U.S. Relations – Bilateral Relations and the U.S. Canadian-Border: Putting the pieces back together post-COVID

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Plenary Session: Harm Reduction and Substance Abuse

12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Plenary Luncheon: COVID-19 and Challenges in Workforce Development and Education

2 – 5 p.m.
Off-site Policy Tours

Ag and Rural Affairs
Education and Workforce Development tour of the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)

2:15 – 4:15 p.m.
Fiscal Roundtable

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Ontario 2023 Reception

6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
New Hampshire State Dinner

Wednesday, August 17

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Executive Committee Closing Business Session

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Closing Brunch Plenary

10:30 a.m. – noon
Education and Workforce Development seminar panel

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Education and Workforce Development seminar working lunch