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Paying for America—A Fiscal Policy Summit, presented a unique opportunity for students and community leaders to spend a day on the University of Denver campus learning about America’s fiscal condition from leading national experts and considering ways to restore solvency and stability to our governmental system. National authorities provided an intensive look at the financial dangers that confront our nation and what actions need to be taken to avoid disaster.

Presented by
The Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver

Sponsored by
 The Concord Coalition, Washington, D.C.

The Program

Session One
 9:00 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.

The Causes

 

 

Moderator:
Hon. Richard D. Lamm
 University Professor, Co-Director, The Institute for Public Policty Studies
The University of Denver
Former Three-Term Governor, State of Colorado

Robert Bixby
 Executive Director, The Concord Coalition

Isabel Sawhill
 Director of the Budgeting for National Priorities Project
 Senior Fellow in Economic Studies
Brookings Institution

Brian Riedl
 Grover Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs
The Heritage Foundation                  

Joseph Minarik
 Senior Vice President and Director of Research
The Committee for Economic Development

Session Two
 10:30 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.

The Consequences

 

William Gale
 Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Brookings Institution

Donald Marron
 Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute
 President, Marron Economics, LLC
 Founder, Lightyear Capital

Diane Lim Rogers
 Chief Economist
The Concord Coalition

 

Session Three
 12:15 – 2:00 P.M.
(Lunch Provided)

The Cures

           

Introduction:
Robert D. Coombe
 Chancellor
 The University of Denver

David Walker
 President and CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
 Former Comptroller General of the United States

Audience Participation

Session Four
 2:15 P.M.  – 4:00 P.M.

Moving the Debate Ahead
 The Challenge to America’s Next Generation of Leaders

 

Moderator:
Richard A. Caldwell
 Director, Graduate and Undergraduate Programs in Public Policy &
Co-Director, The Institute for Public Policy Studies
The University of Denver

Heidi Gantwerk
 Vice President, Viewpoint Learning

Patrick Creadon
 Writer/Director, "I.O.U.S.A." (2008), "I.O.U.S.A--Solutions" (2010)

Martin Serna
 Founder and Executive Director, Concerned Youth of America

David Burstein
 Founder and Executive Director, "18 in 08"
Independent Filmmaker

Student Panels:
Brooke Depenbusch, Alexandra Moore, Jennifer Armstrong
 B.A. Candidates in Public Policy
The University of Denver

Emma Dubach Donahue, Gabriel Reed, Brian Stofka
 Masters Degree Candidates (M.P.P) in Public Policy
The University of Denver

Discussant:
Eric Butz
 Software Entrepreneur
Oracle Corporation
M.P.P., The University of Denver