Conference on Poverty

Agenda:

*The conference portion of the day is now closed. The keynote portion of the day is still open however. Please be sure to note in your comments section that you are attending the keynote.

*If you have reserved your spot for this event, you will recieve an email with full directions, map and agenda in advance of the conference.

Please be sure to carpool or utilize the free College Street Shuttle (http://www.cctaride.org) as parking is limited!

Tentative Schedule

9:30am-9:45am Welcome and Introduction by Mayor Peter Clavelle

9:45am-10:30am State of State; speakers include: Con Hogan, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Social Policy; Jane Knitzer, Director of the Center for Children in Poverty; David Murphey, Senior Policy Analyst for VT Agency of Human Services

10:30am-11:45am State of Innovation, presented by various speakers

11:45am-12:15 Lunch

12:15pm-12:35pm Conference moves to Ira Allen Chapel on UVM Main Campus

12:45pm-1:10pm Keynote address by Sen. John Edwards
*This is an approximate time

Conference retreats to Campus Center Theater

1:30pm-2:15pm Collaboration brainstorm

2:15pm-3:00pm Identification of priority and strategic investments

3:00pm-3:15pm Break

3:15pm-3:45pm Metrics for success by Chuck Lief, Chair of the Board of the Social Enterprise Alliance

3:45pm-4:15pm Commitment for next steps

4:15pm-4:30pm Closing remarks by Sen. Matt Dunne