Great Lakes Regional Economic Initiative
Date & time
Mar 14, 2005-Aug 16, 2024,
12:00 am-9:22 pm EDT
Location
Schedule
Day 1: Monday, March 14, 2005Location: University of Michigan Business School, Executive Education Center
Time Description 1:30pm Registration 2:15 Welcome
Bruce Katz, The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
Elisabeth Gerber, University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy
Michael Schmidt, Ford Motor Company Fund 2:30 The Great Lakes Meta-Region: Introducing the Framework
Bruce Katz, The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
John Austin, Vice-President, Michigan State Board of Education 3:20 Break
3:30 General Response to the Framework
5:00 Adjourn 6:00 Reception 7:00 Dinner
Guest speaker: Randall Kempner, Vice-President, The Council on Competitiveness
Day 2: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Location: University of Michigan Business School, Phelps Lounge
Time Description 7:45am Registration and Breakfast 8:30 Welcome - Review and Revise the Day's Agenda
Bruce Katz, The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program 8:45 How Do We Operationalize a Multi-year Great Lakes Project?
10:20 Break
10:30 What Should Be the Major Activities/products of the Project?
12:30pm Lunch
1:00 What is the End Game?
2:00 Next Steps
3:20 Wrap-up and Concluding Remarks
Bruce Katz, The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
3:30 Adjourn