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Laura Bush, Honorary Chair
Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, and Transportation; U.S. General Services Administration; National Endowment for the Humanities; President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Institute of Museum and Library Services; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality.

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2006 Schedule

Wednesday, October 18—Travel and Arrival Day
1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration Opens (New Orleans Marriott)
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Issue Area Co-Chair & Staff Orientation
(New Orleans Marriott)
4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Youth Summit Briefing & Dinner (New Orleans Marriott)
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception (Historic New Orleans Collection)
   
Thursday, October 19—Preserve America Summit Day 1
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast (U.S. Custom House)
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Opening Plenary Session (U.S. Custom House)

Speakers:

  • Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu, State of Louisiana
  • Chairman John L. Nau III, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
  • Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
  • Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett, U.S. Department of the Interior
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Youth Summit (U.S. Custom House)
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. First Issue Area Session (New Orleans Marriott Preservation Hall)
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (New Orleans Marriott)

Speaker:

  • Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Second Issue Area Sessions
(New Orleans Marriott Preservation Hall)
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Third Issue Area Session (Mariott Preservation Hall)
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Fourth Issue Area Session (Marriott Preservation Hall)
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Reception (Old Ursuline's Convent)
 
Friday, October 20—Preserve America Summit Day 2
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (U.S. Custom House)
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Closing Plenary Session (U.S. Custom House)

Speakers:

  • Chairman John L. Nau III, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
  • Administrator Lurita A. Doan, General Services Administration
  • Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Ms. Anna Maria Farias, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • U.S. Congressman Michael R. Turner, Ohio Third District
  • Regional Director Bob Young, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Student Kaitlin Guerin, Lusher High School and Jerry Reese, Marist High School
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Closing Lunch (U.S. Custom House)

Speaker:

  • Federal Coordinator Donald E. Powell, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, U.S. Department of Homeland Security