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Ensuring Wisconsin's Environmental Quality through
Regulatory Reform and Innovation
December 15, 2003
Monona Terrace Convention Center
10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Agenda
10:30am Welcome and
Opening Remarks
10:45am Kickoff
Address – Scott Hassett, Secretary, Department of Natural
Resources
11:00am Panel
Roundtable: "Policy Innovation and Regulatory Reform --What
Really Needs to Happen?" Moderated by Tom Still,
President, Wisconsin Technology Council
Panel members include:
- Senator Neal Kedzie, Chair,
Environment and Natural Resources Committee
- Representative Mark Miller,
Natural Resources Committee
- Jerry Deschane, Government
Affairs Director, Wisconsin Builders Association
- George Meyer, Executive
Director, WI Wildlife Federation
- Steve Hiniker, Executive
Director, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
- Jeff Schoepke, Environmental
Policy Director, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
12:20pm Lunch and
Keynote Presentation:
Introduction by Don Kettl, UW Madison, La Follette School of
Public Affairs
Performance – Focused, Information – Driven Environmental
Protection: Shelley Metzenbaum, Senior Research Scholar
and Executive Director, Environmental Compliance Consortium
- 1:30pm Working Groups
(theme specific1) "In what
ways might we achieve better environmental outcomes while improving the
State’s economy? Working groups will identify innovative ideas and
demonstration projects which support Wisconsin's economic and
environmental goals.
- 3:10pm
Reconvene: Large Forum Sharing of Ideas
- 3:50pm Closing and
"Next Steps"
- 4:00pm Reception
Group themes include: (1) Shore land Issues; (2) Green
Development/ Smart Growth; (3) Agricultural Stewardship; (4) Innovative
Business Practices; (5) Energy; (6) Air Non-Attainment Issues; and (7)
Water Quantity and Quality.
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