Events

Tentative Agenda - all times and appearances are subject to change:

8:30 am - Registration opens on the 2nd floor foyer, outside of the main ballroom

9:00 am – 10:15 am – Capitol Ballroom A, Panel 1 – “Poverty and Its Causes”

A Discussion on the causes of poverty and examples of how human behavior is coerced by incentives, both practical and perverse.

o      Alan Graham - Mobile Loaves and Fishes

o      Sandy Schultz - WorkFaith Connection

o      Richard Alm - O'Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom at SMU

o      The Honorable Chuck DeVore (Moderator) - Texas Public Policy Foundation

10:15 am – 10:30 am – 2nd floor foyer, Coffee Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am – Capitol Ballroom A, Panel 2 – “From Poverty to Prosperity”

A Discussion of proven policy initiatives which lay out practical solutions for the impoverished to raise themselves up by their boot straps through private charity and effective governing.

o     Marvin Olasky - Author, Professor, and Editor-in-Chief of WORLD Magazine

o     Jeff Rowes – Institute for Justice, Texas

o     The Honorable Chuck DeVore - Texas Public Policy Foundation

o     The Honorable James White (Moderator) - Member, Texas House of Representatives

11:45 am – 12:20 pm – 2nd floor foyer, Coffee Break 

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – LUNCH – Capitol Ballroom AB

o     Introduction and Welcome Remarks - Brooke Rollins, President of the Texas Public Policy Foundation

o     Keynote lunch with Reverend Robert Sirico, President of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty

2:00 pm - End