Public Policy Meets Private Sector: A Crossroads for the Healthcare Industry
Dec. 5, 2011
Hyatt Regency Chicago
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Healthcare lawyers and consultants must keep up with a dizzying array of changes in the healthcare system to best serve their clients. Inside the Beltway, major budget cuts, regulatory overhauls and reform efforts are moving forward at unprecedented speeds, producing widespread, inevitable and rapid changes to the U.S. health care marketplace. This policy conference, a precursor to the Payors, Plans and Managed Care Law Institute on December 6-7, laid out the groundwork for business decisions and legal analysis around health industry transformation-both nationwide and local-and offer essential insights from experienced Congressional and policy experts.
Conversations on Civility: Making Our Democracy Work, Roundtable IV
Dec. 2, 2011
The Aspen Institute
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A Roundtable Series Presented by The Aspen Institute and the Bipartisan Policy Center
Andy Kohut
President, Pew Research Center
Ruth Marcus
Columnist and Editorial Writer, The Washington Post
Frank Sesno
Director, School of Media and Public Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University; Former Special Correspondent, CNN
Cynthia Tucker
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, Univ. of Georgia; former Editorial Page Editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BPC's Third Annual Political Summit: Taking the Poison Out of Partisanship
Nov. 15 - 16, 2011
Tulane University (Freeman Auditorium & the Kendall Cram Room, Lavin-Bernick Center)
Just weeks before the 2012 presidential caucuses and primaries heat up an already polarized political environment, the Bipartisan Policy Center headed back to New Orleans for its third Annual Political Summit, Taking the Poison out of Partisanship, on November 15 and 16.
"On Leadership" Speaker Series: John W. Rowe
Nov. 9, 2011
Bipartisan Policy Center
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Launching BPC’s new speaker series “On Leadership” was Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe, the nation’s longest-serving chief executive in the rapidly changing utility industry. Rowe, who plans to retire in early 2012, looked back on his nearly three decades as a key voice on energy and environmental policy and shared his insights on leading a Fortune 200 company through a time of economic and regulatory uncertainty.
Nov. 3, 2011
Rayburn House Office Building
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As development of unconventional gas resources expands in the Marcellus Shale Basin, the Members discussed how the regulatory framework in the states of New York and Pennsylvania has evolved to keep pace with technological advances and what this indicates for similar efforts nationwide.
Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY)
Congressman Mark Critz (D-PA)
Oct. 27, 2011
515 15th St. NW
Presented by The National Cyber Security Alliance and Sophos
"October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. Of course, we know that staying ahead of the curve with the latest security trends doesn’t stop at the end of the month. The state of cyber security is ever-changing with new and better threats emerging every day.
"Remain up to speed. Come join us for a cocktail with an exceptional panel of speakers at our event, The State of Cyber Security, presented by The National Cyber Security Alliance and Sophos. We will discuss the latest happenings in IT and cyber security, and what’s being done from both public and private sector viewpoints to fight cybercrimes as they surface."
The Buttonwood Gathering: A World Unbalanced
Oct. 27, 2011
National Museum of the American Indian
What happens when a global bank fails?
An Economist simulation Sponsored by Allianz Global Investors
"Three years ago, with Lehman Brothers’ collapse and the precipitous deepening of the financial crisis, the outlook for the global economy was dire. Today, the huge global imbalances that were the backdrop to the financial crisis in 2008 are arguably worse than ever. Countries from America to Japan sag under the weight of enormous debts which, since the crisis, have only grown bigger. In Europe, tension between highly indebted “peripheral” countries and the big European economies that are expected to rescue them threaten the future of the euro itself.
Launch of the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission
Oct. 26, 2011
Bipartisan Policy Center
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Read more about the Housing Commission here.
Henry Cisneros
Former Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mel Martinez
Former U.S. Senator
Former Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kit Bond
Former U.S. Senator
George Mitchell
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
Co-founder, Bipartisan Policy Center
Julia Stasch
Vice President, U.S. Programs, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Rick Lazio
Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Conversations on Civility: Making Our Democracy Work, Roundtable III
Oct. 25, 2011
Bipartisan Policy Center
As the 2012 campaign heats up, BPC and The Aspen Institute held a conversation about the growing impact of the Internet, social media and viral marketing on the direction of our political debates. At a time when issues are debated in a 140 character bursts and rumors spread in seconds, campaigns are becoming adept to the new challenges presented by social media. How do these rapid changes contribute to our political discourse? How can we harness the positive aspects of social media for more substantive and serious issues-based conversation?
Overhauling Energy Subsidies: Confronting the New Fiscal Reality
Oct. 24, 2011
Bipartisan Policy Center
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Energy subsidies and tax expenditures have become key issues in debates over the federal debt and our nation's energy policy. BPC held two discussions exploring these topics. The first panel examined the likelihood for near-term action on energy subsidies and tax expenditures, including identifying targeted programs and discussing potential Joint Select Committee action. The second panel focused on the need for a broad evaluation of current energy subsidies, evaluating their effectiveness across sectors.
Oct. 20, 2011
Bipartisan Policy Center
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As Congress prepares for another round of budget battles, and as the Super Committee works to tame our growing deficits and debt, BPC held a Bridge-Builder Breakfast on the relationship between jumpstarting job creation, the need for increased infrastructure investments and the politics of fiscal austerity.
Looking Ahead: The Future Health Professional Workforce
Oct. 18, 2011
Bipartisan Policy Center
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As job creation dominates debate on both sides of the aisle, BPC's Health Project hosted an engaging conversation with federal leaders, providers, and policy experts around the future of the health professional workforce.
BPC released a study in collaboration with the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions that examines the current and future supply of 13 health professions integral to the delivery of health care.
Egypt in Transition: Public Diplomacy, Economics and the Prospects for Democracy
Oct. 12, 2011
Bipartisan Policy Center
While Egypt did not ignite the popular unrest that swept through the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, it is the most important country to have undergone a revolution. Yet, the democratic hope that met Hosni Mubarak's resignation has now dimmed. The outcome of this unfinished revolution will have long-lasting repercussions for the U.S.-Egyptian relationship, security in the Middle East and U.S. interests in the region. BPC released two papers that consider the problems facing Egypt today and how U.S. policymakers can help Egyptians find solutions.
Healthy Ideas Showcase: Changing the Way Health Care is Delivered
Oct. 7, 2011
Seton Healthcare Family Administration Offices
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The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), in collaboration with Seton Healthcare Family, hosted a policy conference entitled “Healthy Ideas Showcase: Changing the Way Health Care is Delivered” in Austin, Texas. The conference featured national and local health care leaders highlighting significant progress in health professional workforce development and new models of care enabled by health information technology in the state of Texas. Keynote speakers included former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, and president and chief operating officer of Seton Healthcare Family, Charles Barnett.
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