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John Engler, President & CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers and Rob Dugger, Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group and Advisory Board Chair, Partnership for America’s Economic Success

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The Partnership's National Conference convened March 10-11, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. This conference was attended by business, finance and economics leaders, advocates, policy-makers and philanthropists interested in advancing early childhood investment.

Conference keynotes and breakout sessions provided tools and information on how to develop statewide coalitions of business leaders advocating for increased investments in early childhood. Please click here for conference presentations.

The 2010 National Conference was made possible in part by generous funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Agenda

Click here to see the agenda (PDF).

Speakers

The Honorable John Spratt, U.S. Congressman, State of South Carolina

The Honorable John Engler, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Manufacturers, former Governor, State of Michigan.

Larry Kellner, former Chief Executive Officer, Continental Airlines

Susan Kellner, School Board Trustee, Spring Branch Independent School District, Houston, TX

Lon O'Neil, CEO, Society for Human Resource Management

Michael Mandel, former Chief Economist, BusinessWeek

For the complete list of speakers, please see the agenda.

Presentations

March 10, 2010
Intensive Training for Building Business Leaders for Early Childhood Development Presentations

Plenary Panel: Putting Business Leaders to Work

Concurrent Group Training Sessions

Closing Session


March 11, 2010
National Economic Forum on Early Childhood Investment Presentations

Morning Session Presentation

Afternoon Breakout Presentations