Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for American Progress Action Fund

The Obama Presidency: An Early Progress Report

April 15, 2009, 10:00am – 4:30pm

About This Event

The University of Southern California's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics invites you to a one-day conference where several of our very own experts from the Center for American Progress Action Fund weigh in on the first months of the Obama administration.

Panel discussions will examine the primary policy challenges facing the new president and Congress: economic and job creation issues, foreign policy and national security issues, and energy and environmental matters.

10-11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion: "Fixing a Broken Economy"

  • Tom Campbell, former U.S. Congressman and California State Budget Director
  • Matt Miller, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund; and former senior economic adviser to President Bill Clinton
  • Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications, Center for American Progress Action Fund

12-1:15 p.m. Lunch Discussion: "Political Organizing in the Internet Age"

  • Adam Mendelsohn, Partner, Mercury Public Affairs
  • Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications, Center for American Progress Action Fund
  • Jon Fleischman, Publisher, The FlashReport Website on California Politics

1:45-3 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Foreign Policy and National Security"

  • David Demarest, Former White House communications director
  • Jerrold Green, President and CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Nina Hachigian, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund
  • Mickey Kantor, Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative
  • Farah Pandith, U.S. Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

3-4:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Energy and the Environment"

  • Bob Hertzberg, Former California State Assembly Speaker
  • Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, Center for American Progress Action Fund
  • Joe Sparano, President, Western States Petroleum Association
  • Brooke Coleman, Executive Director, New Fuels Alliance

 

The morning and afternoon panels will be held in the Davidson Conference Center and lunch will be at the Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Midtown at USC.

Other co-sponsors include: California Chamber of Commerce, Declare Yourself (a nonpartisan youth voter registration and empowerment organization dedicated to national service and activism), Gen Next (a bipartisan organization of young entrepreneurs and executives dedicated to policy reform and issue advancement), HealthNet (a Southern California-based health care provider) and the USC Political Student Assembly.

Location

University of Southern California
Davidson Conference Center
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007