Agenda at a Glance

Day 1: Wednesday, January 11, 2017

10:30AM
12:00-1:15PM

REGISTRATION OPENS

OPENING KEYNOTE LUNCHEON

1:30-2:00PM

PRIVATE VISIONARIES MEETING WITH KEYNOTE

1:30-2:45PM

CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS I

Policing In Texas: Successes, Shortcomings, And A Path Forward
What Should Texas Do With A Medicaid Block Grant?
Building On Success: A Second Conservative Texas Budget?

3:00-3:30PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM TEXAS COMPTROLLER GLENN HEGAR

3:45-5:00PM

CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS II

Tuition Set-Asides for Low-Income Students: Who Should Foot The Bill?
Time To Slam The Brakes On Local Ridesharing Regulations?
Red River Property Rights: Who Is The Public That Public Lands Belong To?

5:15-6:15PM

PLENARY SESSION: WOMEN AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

6:30-9:00PM

PRIVATE VISIONARIES DINNER WITH U.S. SENATOR

JOHN CORNYN - INVITED

Capitol Ballroom
Creekside

Capitol View Terrace North

Ballroom FG
Capitol View Terrace South

Capitol View Terrace North

Ballroom FG
Capitol View Terrace South

Capitol Ballroom

McCombs Event Center - TPPF

Day 2: Thursday, January 12, 2017

7:00AM
8:00-9:15AM

REGISTRATION OPENS
KEYNOTE BREAKFAST WITH JOHN STOSSEL

9:30-10:00AM

PRIVATE VISIONARIES MEETING WITH JOHN STOSSEL

9:30-10:45AM

CONCURRENT POLICY PANELS III

Special Feature - Lone Star Tomorrow: What Do Texass Changing Demographics
Tell Us About The Future Of State Policymaking?
Workers Compensation In Texas: Non-Subscribing From Federal Orthodoxy
Education Savings Accounts: The Solution Texas Needs?

11:00AM12:15PM

Capitol Ballroom
Creekside

Capitol View Terrace North

Ballroom FG
Capitol View Terrace South

CONCURRENT PANEL SESSIONS IV

Time For A Convention Of The States?
Controlling Costs And Correcting Criminals
Franchise Tax Relief In A Tight Budget Session
Change for Children: Reforming Texass Child-Welfare System

Capitol View Terrace North

Ballroom FG
Capitol View Terrace South
Creekside

Day 2: Thursday, January 12, 2017 (continued)

12:30-1:45PM

KEYNOTE LUNCHEON

Capitol Ballroom

2:00-2:30PM

PRIVATE VISIONARIES MEETING WITH KEYNOTE

2:00-3:15PM

CONCURRENT PANEL SESSIONS V

Creekside

Regulation At Any Cost?! How Small Business Can Work Together To Challenge
Regulatory Overreach

Capitol View Terrace North

Web Of Denial: Climate Intimidation and the Chilling of Climate Science

Ballroom FG

Outcomes-Based Funding And Education Excellence

3:30-4:45PM

Capitol View Terrace South

CONCURRENT PANEL SESSIONS VI

The Californiazation of Texas: Plastic Bag Bans

Capitol View Terrace North

Texas And The Rush To Renewables

Ballroom FG

Telehealth: Promise And Problems

Capitol View Terrace South

5:00-6:00PM

PLENARY SESSION: WHAT MAKES ETHICS ETHICAL?

6:30-8:30PM

PRIVATE VISIONARIES DINNER WITH U.S. SENATOR BEN SASSE INVITED

Capitol Ballroom

The University of Texas Club

Day 3: Friday, January 13, 2017

7:00AM
8:00-9:15AM

REGISTRATION
KEYNOTE BREAKFAST: U.S. SENATOR TED CRUZ

Capitol Ballroom

9:30-10:00AM

PRIVATE VISIONARIES MEETING WITH U.S. SENATOR TED CRUZ

9:30-10:45AM

CONCURRENT PANEL SESSIONS VII

Whats An Appropriate Limit On Government Spending?

Capitol View Terrace North

Combating Overcriminalization

Ballroom FG

Invisible Government: Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones In Houston

11:00AM12:15PM

Capitol View Terrace South

Not Quite There Yet: Meeting the Rising Demand for Water in Texas
Competition and Stability in the Texas Title Insurance Market

2:00-2:30PM

Capitol View Terrace South

CONCURRENT PANEL SESSIONS VIII

School Finance: In Search Of Fairness And Transparency

12:30-1:45PM

Creekside

CLOSING KEYNOTE LUNCHEON: GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT

PRIVATE VISIONARIES MEETING WITH GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT

LEGEND
Center for the American Future

Center for Health Care Policy

Center for Effective Justice

Center for Economic Freedom

Center for Higher Education

Center for Energy & Environment

Center for Education Freedom

Center for Local Governance

Center for Fiscal Policy

Ballroom FG
Capitol View Terrace North

Capitol Ballroom
Creekside
Center for Families
& Children
Center for Tenth
Amendment Action
Fueling Freedom Project
Special Feature Panel

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