Upcoming State Chamber Events

2010 State Chamber Summer Conference
February 3 & 4
Utah State Capitol

For those of you who have attended this conference before know that it is very informational. It gives us some new ideas and gets us all excited about the legislative and public policy issues facing our chambers.

Click here for the conference agenda in pdf format: 2010_State Chamber Winter Agenda

Conference Agenda:

Feb 3: (Multipurpose Room- Utah State Capitol)

1:00 pm  Welcome from the Chair/ Introductions

1:30 pm State of Business in Utah- Lane Beattie

o A presentation on What’s Right with Utah

2:00 pm Healthcare Reform in Utah- Speaker Clark

o Utah Health Exchange/ Small Business Market Reform

2:30 Education Reform in Utah- Mark Bouchard, Managing Director of CB Richard Ellis

o Innovate, Invest, Build Trust

3:15 pm US Chamber of Commerce- Dick Castner Practices & Membership Development Brainstorming/ Panel Discussion

o National Healthcare Reform
o Job creation/ Free Enterprise Campaign
o Climate Change
o Financial Services Regulation
o Immigration

4:15 Group Discussion/ Brainstorming- Engaging Your Members in Public Policy

o Rating Business Friendly Candidates
o VoterVoice/ legislative software
o Utah State Chamber Mondays at the Capitol

6:00 pm Annual Legislative Reception- Hosted by the Salt Lake Chamber and co-sponsored by the Utah State Chamber of Commerce

o  Joseph Smith Memorial Building, 6-8 pm

February 4 (Spruce Room- Utah State Capitol)

8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:30 am Ethics Reform- Kirk Jowers

o House Proposal
o Utahns for Ethical Government

9:30 am Utah’s Economy- Natalie Gochnour

10:15 am Budget/ Taxation-

o Sales Tax Vendor Discount
o Tobacco Tax
o Motor Vehicle User Fee