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Note: this schedule will be updated as more speakers are added.
Friday, April 18th
9:00 – 5:00pm - Grassroots School provided by the Leadership Institute (lunch provided)
5:00 – 5:45pm - Conference Registration
6:00 – 7:30pm - Gubernatorial Debate (Radio Broadcast by Curtis Media)
Candidates for Governor:
Bill Graham
Mayor Pat McCrory
Senator Fred Smith
Justice Bob Orr
8:00 – 9:30pm - Dinner
Speakers: Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) and Congressman Howard Coble (R-N.C.)
Saturday, April 19th
8:00 – 9:15am - Breakfast
Speaker: Steven Lonegan (N.J. - Director of Americans for Prosperity)
9:30 – 10:40am Issue Forum I
- Budget & Taxes - Dr. Michael Walden (NCSU) Brian Balfour (Civitas Institute)
- Education - Dr. Robert Luebke (Civitas Institute)
- Public Corruption - Don Carrington (John Locke Foundation) on the Randy Parton Theater
- Transportation - Dr. David Hartgen (Emeritus Professor - UNCC), Max Borders (Civitas Institute)
11:00 – 12:10pm Issue Forum II
- Budget & Taxes - Dr. Michael Walden (NCSU), Brian Balfour (Civitas Institute)
- Healthcare - Joe Coletti (John Locke Foundation), Max Borders (Civitas Institute)
- Protecting Children (featuring Kevin Blaine on fetal homicide), Chloe Gossage (Civitas Institute)
- Growth - Dr. Michael Sanera (John Locke Foundation), Paul Wilms (N.C. Home Builders Assn.)
12:30 – 2:00pm Lunch
Speaker: John Allison (Chairman & CEO BB&T)
2:15 – 3:25pm Issue Forum III
- Transportation - Dr. David Hartgen (Emeritus Professor - UNCC), Max Borders (Civitas Institute)
- Education - Dr. Robert Luebke (Civitas Institute)
- Healthcare - Joe Coletti (John Locke Foundation), Brian Balfour (Civitas Institute)
- Family Issues - David Prentice (Family Research Council), Mike Long on Abstinence Education Leader,
John Rustin (NC Family Policy Council), Bill Brooks, Moderator (NC Family Policy Council)
3:45 – 5:15pm Plenary Session
- Illegal Immigration - Garrett Roe (Immigration Reform Law Institute), Daniel Beck (Sheriff of Allen County, Ohio), Dr. Jameson Taylor (Civitas Institute)
5:15 – 6:15pm Reception