2006 Pittsburgh Convention Reports

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HOMELAND SECURITY, Friday, September 15, 8:15 - 9:15 a.m.

Michael Allswede, Emergency Medicine Residency, Conemaugh Health System Department of Emergency Medicine

The Role of Medical Systems in Homeland Defense

In the Aftermath of a Disaster, The Creation of New Surge Capacity


FOREVER IN DEBT, Friday, September 15, 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Isabelle Sawhill, senior fellow, Brookings Institution
Why Worry About the Deficit? (and What Can We Do About It?)

David Walker, U.S. Comptroller general, General Accountabilty Office
Saving our Future requires tough choices today

Stuart Butler, vice president, Heritage Foundation
The US Fiscal Situation: Tough Choices Ahead

THE NEW PHILANTHROPY: America's Answer to the Domestic Policy Deficit, Saturday, September 16, 12:15 - 2 p.m.

Teresa Heinz Kerry, chairman of the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies

Remarks of Teresa Heinz

FACING THE FUTURE (Part 1): Is Your Opinion Operation Ready? Friday, September 15, Noon - 1:30 p.m.

John Oppedahl, media consultant and former publisher

Oppedahl's presentation

THE POLITICS OF FOOD, Thursday, September 14, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Ruth Reichl, author, critic and editor of Gourmet magazine

Ruth Reichl's remarks

CONVENTION-INSPIRED COLUMNS BY NCEW MEMBERS

Linda Seebach, Editorial Writer, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO
on Spellings and Rendell:
http://ww2.scripps.com/cgi-bin/archives/denver.pl?DBLIST=rm06&DOCNUM=21404

on the deficit panel:
http://ww2.scripps.com/cgi-bin/archives/denver.pl?DBLIST=rm06&DOCNUM=21960

Pete Wasson, Opinion Editor, Wausau Daily Herald, Wausau, WI
on Ruth Reichl's Politics of Food session:
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/WDH06/609220388/1636

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060921/WDH06/609210401/1636

J.R. Labbe, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX
on Paul O'Neill's healthcare session:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/jr_labbe/15591366.htm

Linda Campbell, Editorial Writer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX
on deficit panel:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/linda_campbell/15571569.htm

Paul Greenberg, Editorial Page Editor, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, AR
on Fallingwater and Shanksville, PA
http://epaper.ardemgaz.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_ARKANSASA&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin&Path=ArDemocrat/2006/09/24&ID=Ar10101