4 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010 5:00 pm 6:15 pm WELCOME RECEPTION 6:30 pm 9:00 pm OPENING DINNER AND SESSION Ballroom Opening Remarks: Robert Thomson Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones & Company Managing Editor, Lawrence H. Summers Director, National Economic Council Assistant to the President for Economic Policy John McCain U.S. Senator (R., Ariz.) Alan Murray Executive Editor, Online Respondents: Evan Bayh U.S. Senator (D., Ind.) Jim Cooper U.S. Representative (D., Tenn.) Chuck Grassley U.S. Senator (R., Iowa) Carolyn B. Maloney U.S. Representative (D., N.Y.) John Thune U.S. Senator (R., S.D.) Ernesto Zedillo Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Former Mexican President Zhu Min Special Advisor to the Managing Director International Monetary Fund 9:00 pm COFFEE AND CORDIALS
7:15 am 8:00 am BREAKFAST 8:00 am 10:00 am OPENING MORNING SESSION Ballroom Key government officials and distinguished experts will focus on the issues, setting the agenda for the task force sessions to follow. The Economy and Finance Timothy F. Geithner U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Gerard Baker Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Dow Jones & Company Security Robert M. Gates U.S. Secretary of Defense Gerald F. Seib Assistant Managing Editor Executive Washington Editor Business and America Peter D. Hart Peter D. Hart Research Associates Bill McInturff Partner Public Opinion Strategies Matt Murray 5
The Deficit Douglas Holtz-Eakin President, American Action Forum Former Director, Congressional Budget Office Alice M. Rivlin Senior Fellow Brookings Institution David Wessel Economics Editor 10:00 am 10:30 am BREAK 10:30 am 12:30 pm CONCURRENT TASK FORCE SESSIONS CEO Council will divide into five task forces to debate and frame the priorities, risks and opportunities facing business, government and the economy. Subject experts will offer short (10-minute) points to open the discussions. Task Force: Fresh Approaches to Energy and the Environment Dumbarton Room Jeffrey Ball Environment Editor Daniel Yergin IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates Task Force: The Future of Global Finance Ballroom A David Wessel Economics Editor 6
Roger C. Altman Evercore Partners Inc. Task Force: Creating Sustainable Jobs Algonquin Room Gerald F. Seib Assistant Managing Editor Executive Washington Editor Mark Zandi Chief Economist Moody s Analytics Task Force: Restoring Confidence in Business Smithson Room John Bussey Washington Bureau Chief Bill George Professor of Management Practice Harvard Business School Task Force: Next Steps for Health Care Bourbon Steak (Lobby Level) Laura Landro Assistant Managing Editor Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D. President and CEO Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 7
12:30 pm 1:40 pm LUNCHEON AND DISCUSSION The Seasons Restaurant (Mezzanine Level) Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor, New York City Paul Gigot Editorial Page Editor Vice President 1:40 pm 2:00 pm BREAK 2:00 pm 2:40 pm AFTERNOON SESSIONS Ballroom Education Arne Duncan U.S. Secretary of Education Rebecca Blumenstein International Editor 2:45 pm 4:15 pm ACTION REPORTS Results from the morning sessions will be presented by the task force co-chairs for debate and discussion. Action Report: Restoring Confidence in Business Action Report: The Future of Global Finance Action Report: Fresh Approaches to Energy and the Environment Action Report: Next Steps for Health Care Action Report: Creating Sustainable Jobs 8
4:15 pm 4:30 pm STRETCH BREAK 4:30 pm 5:00 pm CONGRESS RESPONDS Guest: Eric Cantor Republican Whip U.S. Representative (R., Va.) Robert Thomson Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones & Company Managing Editor, 5:00 pm 5:20 pm FINAL VOTING AND SUMMATION CEO Council members will vote on the priorities identified by the task forces and debated during the day to establish a final ranking in order of importance. 5:20 pm 6:00 pm THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS Guest: Austan Goolsbee White House Council of Economic Advisers Alan Murray Executive Editor, Online 6:00 pm 7:30 pm CLOSING RECEPTION AND BUFFET 9