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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
ACG Middle-Market Growth Policy Summit
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Washington, D.C. 1615 H St NW
Washington, DC
7:00 a.m. Arrival and Breakfast
7:45 a.m. ACG Welcome
Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO, ACG
7:50 a.m. ACG – Framing the Conversation
Chuck Morton, ACG Chairman of the Board, Partner, Venable LLP
8:00 a.m. View from Senate Democrats
Senator Joe Manchin – West Virginia
Introduction: David Sussman, Duane Morris
8:30 a.m. Guest Speaker: Doug Holtz-Eakin
President
American Action Forum
8:45 a.m. ACG GrowthEconomy.org Update
ACG to unveil the first Congressional Data Sort publication and discuss GrowthEconomy.org
Gary LaBranche (Mark Lange)
9:00 a.m. View from Senate Republicans
Rep. Robert Hurt (R-VA)
Introduction: Arthur E. Flanch, CPA, Tax Services Partner, Baltimore Office Parter-in-Charge
Grant Thornton LLP
9:30 a.m. ACG Public Policy Overview
Review of what ACG’s is doing in Washington, DC and Introduction of Public Policy Agenda
Richard Jaffe and Gretchen Perkins, Co-chairs of the ACG Middle-Market Voice Committee
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Update from PEGCC
Steve Judge, President & CEO, PEGCC
10:45 a.m. Industry Panel – Partnerships Through Collaboration
Steve Judge, President & CEO, PEGCC
Greg Fine, CAE, CEO, Turnaround Management Association
Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO, Association for Corporate Growth
Moderator: Chuck Morton, ACG Chairman of the Board, Partner, Venable LLP
11:15 a.m. U.S. Chamber Policy Priorities
David Hirschmann, President and CEO, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC), President
and CEO, Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC), Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:00 p.m. Bipartisan Discussion – Financial Services Discussion
Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Representative Jim Himes (D-CT)
Moderator: Pam Hendrickson, ACG Chairman-Elect, COO, The Riverside Company
12:45 p.m. Closing Comments
Chuck Morton
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