Capital Conference

Registration

Agenda At A Glance

Events/Receptions

Pre-Conference Programs

General Information

Housing

Students

Spring Expo

Agenda At A Glance

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

10:00 am–1:00 pm
MML Board of Trustees Meeting & Lunch at League’s Capital Office

Noon–6:00 pm
Conference Registration

2:00–4:00 pm
Legislative Governance Committee Meeting

4:00–5:00 pm
Capital Conference Welcome
Keynote Speaker: Rob Riggle

5:00–7:30 pm
Capital Conference Kick Off Party

Pre-Conference Workshops

9:00 am–Noon
Parliamentary Procedure
Open Meetings Act
Basic Planning & Zoning
Grant Writing

9:00 am–5:00 pm
Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys (MAMA) 22nd Annual Advanced Institute

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

6:45 am
Conference Registration Open

7:30–9:00 am
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
Michigan Women in Municipal Government Eggs & Issues Breakfast

7:45–8:45 am
Legislative Director’s Breakfast

7:30 am–3:15 pm
Spring Expo Open

9:00–10:00 am
General Session

10:00–10:15 am
Break

10:15–11:30 am
Concurrent Sessions

• Brownfields: How To Use Them, How They Have Changed, and How They Affect You

• To Move PEG or Not to Move PEG - That is the Question

• Moving the People, Getting the Jobs - Examples of How Transit Can Work in Michigan

11:30–12:00 pm
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
Michigan Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials Meeting

12:00 pm–1:15 pm
Luncheon

1:30–2:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions

• Go Green? Go Blue?
  The Impact on Recycling and Water Diversion Legislation on Michigan's Communities

• If Not Now, When? Funding Transportation in Michigan

• Thieves in the Temple: Local Funding and Legislatures Across the Country

2:45–3:15 pm
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30–4:30 pm
State & Federal Affairs Update

4:30–7:00 pm
Reception & Open House at League’s Capital Office