Saturday, July 8
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 to 6 p.m. | Registration & Information Desk |
| 1 to 5 p.m. | MLC Chair’s Initiative on Food Security: Site Visit to Eastern Market Learn more about the tour. Space is limited. Sign up when you register for the meeting or contact Tim Anderson at tanderson@csg.org. |
Sunday, July 9
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Registration & Information Desk |
| 10 to 11:30 a.m. | MLC Policy Committee Meetings | Concurrent Sessions Open to All Attendees |
| 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. | MLC Executive Committee Meeting Lunch will be provided for Executive Committee members |
| 12 to 1:30 p.m. | MLC Policy Committees’ Lunch |
| 3 to 4:30 p.m. | MLC Policy Committee Meetings | Concurrent Sessions Open to All Attendees |
| 4:30 to 5 p.m. | Newcomers Orientation |
| 5 to 6 p.m. | BILLD Alumni Reception Invitation Only |
| 5 to 6 p.m. | Newcomers Reception Invitation Only |
| 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Opening Night Reception at The Detroit Institute of the Arts Attendees, Spouses and Adult Guests |
Monday, July 10
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Registration & Information Desk |
| 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9 to 10:30 a.m. | Opening and Keynote Session The Midwest’s Policy Landscape: A Look at What Surveys of Public Opinion – and Legislators Themselves – Tell Us Reid Wilson, Founder and Editor, Pluribus News |
| 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. | Plenary Session Midwestern Legislatures in the 21st Century |
| 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. | Luncheon and Featured Presentation Where Good Ideas Come From: The Patterns of Innovation Steven Johnson, best-selling author and expert on the history of innovation |
| 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. | Book signing and sale |
| 2 to 3:30 p.m. | MLC Committee-Sponsored Sessions |
| 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. | Professional Development Session Finding Common Ground: A Road Map for Good-Faith Debates over Policy, Science and Innovation Dietram Scheufele, John E. Ross Professor in Science Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Family Night at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation Casual Attire |
Tuesday, July 11
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Registration & Information Desk |
| 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9 to 10:30 a.m. | Plenary Session MLC Chair’s Initiative—Food Security: Feeding the Future |
| 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. | Plenary Session Urban Revitalization Pete Saunders, Editor and Publisher, Corner Side Yard |
| 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. | Luncheon and Featured Presentation Why Place Matters: A Path for Building Healthier People and Communities Shannon Wilson, Population Health & Health Equity, Priority Health |
| 2 to 3:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions Midwestern Fiscal Leaders Forum MLC Committee-Sponsored Policy Sessions |
| 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. | Plenary Session U.S.-Canada Federal Relations and their Importance to the Midwest (presented by the MLC Midwest-Canada Relations Committee) |
| 5 to 6 p.m. | Contributors Reception Invitation Only |
| 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. | Ohio 2024 Reception |
| 7 to 10 p.m. | State Dinner at the Eastern Market |
Wednesday, July 12
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 to 10 a.m. | Breakfast and MLC Business Session |
| 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Site Visits |