Business Leadership and Public Policy:

"Inventing a More  Sustainable Economy"

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Capitol Visitor Center, Room 215
U.S. Capitol Building
Washington, DC

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Agenda

9:00 - 10:00	Registration, Coffee and Networking Reception
10:00 – 10:30	Welcome and Call to Action Thomas Dretler, PBLN President & CEO, Eduventures, Inc. & Andrew Tarsy, PBLN Executive Director
10:30 – 11:45	“Pricing Carbon for Competitiveness, Growth and Jobs” (Presented together with the Progressive Policy Institute’s E3 Initiative) Remarks by Chair, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) Moderator: Mitch Tyson, CEO, Advanced Electron Beams Panelists: Will Marshall, President, Progressive Policy Institute Melanie Nakagawa, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
11:45 - 12:15	Networking Break
12:15	Beginning of Lunch Session
12:15 – 12:45	Keynote Presentation, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) Introduction: David Belluck, General Partner, Riverside Partners LLC
12:45 – 2:00	Lunch Session - “The Role of Business in the Healthcare Reform Debate and Innovation Opportunities in Implementation” Introduction: Joshua Boger, Founder & former CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Moderator: Shailagh Murray, National Politics Reporter, Washington Post Panelists: Maria Ghazal, Director of Public Policy & Counsel, Business Roundtable Neera Tanden, COO, Center for American Progress Paul Egerman, Former CEO, eScription, Member US Department of Health & Human Services Health IT Policy Committee Respondent: Jim Roosevelt, CEO, Tufts Health Plan
2:15 – 3:15	“How School Reform Can Help Drive Growth and Opportunity” Moderator: Gloria Larson, President, Bentley University Panelists: Peter Cunningham, Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai Technologies Lindsay Hunsicker, Senior Education Policy Advisor for Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) Respondent: Tom Dretler, President & CEO, Eduventures, Inc.
3:15 – 3:30	Coffee/Networking Break
3:30 – 4:15	“Financial Market Regulation After the Financial Crisis – Protecting Access to Capital and the Future of Innovation” Moderator: Diane Hessan, CEO, Communispace House Financial Services Chair U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) U.S. Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
4:15 – 5:15	Briefing with Senior White House Policy Advisors “Calibrating the Role of Government to Support Job Growth” Introduction: Jim Matheson, General Partner, Flagship Ventures Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden Terrell McSweeny, Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden
5:15 - 5:20	Closing Remarks Andrew Tarsy, Executive Director, PBLN
5:30 - 6:45	Reception – Cannon House Office Building, Room 122 Introduction: Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners Remarks by Special Guests U.S. Rep Paul Hodes (D-NH) and U.S. Rep Jim Langevin (D-RI)
7:00	Dinner at Charlie Palmer Steakhouse

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Member Spotlight

Diane Hessan, President & CEO - Communispace
According to Advertising Age Communispace is one of the fastest growing marketing and technology companies in the country, with a Blue Chip client list that would make a Madison Avenue giant jealous. A pioneer in creating online communities to help marketers deeply engage customers, Diane helped found Communispace in 1999 and hasn't looked back.