BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240910T131500Z DTEND:20240910T213000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:2024 Policy Summit DESCRIPTION:GNDC invites you to attend the 2024 Policy Summit on Tuesday\, September 10\, in Bismarck. This annual event brings together business and government leaders to discuss policies impacting North Dakota's business climate and address issues impacting our state's future growth.\n\n\n\nThis premier public policy forum is a non-partisan event open to members and non-members of the Greater North Dakota Chamber. Attendees have cited that the event's success is due to GNDC's commitment to ensuring various views are represented on the presented issues. \n\n\n\n\n\nCURRENT agenda description\, details\, and speaker bios\nAGENDA\n8:15 am: REGISTRATION OPENS \n\n\n\n9:15 am: WELCOME\n\n\n\n9:20 am: LEADERSHIP REMARKS\n\n[sponsored by Midco]\n\n\n Nicole Kivisto (MDU Resources Group)\n Arik Spencer (GNDC)\n bios\n\n10:00 am: PANEL: Navigating the Global Stage: Foreign Investment and Trade\n\n\n MODERATOR: Drew Combs (ND Trade Office)\n Commissioner Doug Goehring (ND Dept of Ag)\n Allan Edwards (Consulate General of Canada)\n James Sweeney (Weather Modification\, Inc)\n BUSINESS RESPONSE: Peter Matthaei (DakotaMB)\n bios\n\n10:45 am: BREAK\n\n\n\n11:00 am: BALLOT BRIEF: Recreational Marijuana Measure (M5)\n\n\n IN FAVOR: Steve Bakken (New Economic Frontier)\n OPPOSE: Molly Barnes (Northern Improvement Co)\n bios \n\n11:15 am: KEYNOTE: Innovation Over Regulation: Reflections from a Retired Director of Dept of Mineral Resources\n\n\n Lynn Helms\n BUSINESS RESPONSE: Richard Glynn\, Emily O'Brien (Bioscience Assoc. of North Dakota)\n bio\n\n12:00 pm: LUNCH\n\n[sponsored by HealthPartners]\n\n\n\n1:15 pm: ND CHAMBER PAC\n\n\n\n1:20 pm: BALLOT BRIEF: Constitutional Change Measure (M2)\n\n\n IN FAVOR: Sen. Janne Myrdal\n OPPOSE: Robert Harms (The Harms Group)\n bios\n\n1:35 pm: PANEL: The Ongoing Tax Discussion for ND\n\n\n MODERATOR: Andrea Pfennig (GNDC)\n Tony Grindberg (Xcel Energy)\n Rep. Vicky Steiner\n Sen. Brad Bekkedahl\n BUSINESS RESPONSE: Daneen Dressler (Stone Mill)\n bios\n\n2:15 pm: NETWORKING BREAK\n\n\n\n2:35 pm: PANEL: Childcare Solutions: Assessing Impacts on North Dakota's Workforce\n\n\n MODERATOR: Anna Nelson (Williston Economic Development)\n Sen. Kathy Hogan\n Cindy Griffin (Harvestone Low Carbon Partners/ND Workforce Development Council)\n Emily Klym (Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation)\n BUSINESS RESPONSE: Andy Reierson (Flint Group)\n bios\n\n3:20 pm: MINI PANEL: Occupation Licensure +/- Workforce\n\n\n MODERATOR: Sen. Kristin Roers\n Commissioner Nathan Svihovec (ND Dept of Labor and Human Rights)\n LTC Jay Sheldon (ND National Guard)\n bios\n\n3:55 pm: FINAL KEYNOTE: National Political Possibilities from the US Chamber Perspective\n\n[sponsored by Altria]\n\n\n John Kirchner (U.S. Chamber)\n bio \n\n\n4:30 pm: CLOSE\n\n\n\n4:33 pm: ND CHAMBER PAC PARTY for PAC contributors [Accepting members now]\n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event. Attend in person\, virtually\, or both - we'll leave it up to you. \n\n Refund policy and other event policies X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nGNDC invites you to attend the 2024 Policy Summit on Tuesday\, September 10\, \;in Bismarck. This annual event brings together business and government leaders to discuss policies impacting North Dakota'\;s business climate and address issues impacting our state'\;s future growth.
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\nThis premier public policy forum is a non-partisan event open to members and non-members of the Greater North Dakota Chamber. Attendees have cited that the event'\;s success is due to GNDC'\;s commitment to ensuring various views are represented on the presented issues. \; \;
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\nCURRENT agenda description\, details\, and speaker bios\n

AGENDA

\n8:15 am: REGISTRATION OPENS \;
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\n9:15 am: WELCOME
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\n9:20 am: LEADERSHIP REMARKS
\n[sponsored by Midco]\n\n\n10:00 am: PANEL: Navigating the Global Stage: Foreign Investment and Trade\n\n\n10:45 am: BREAK
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\n11:00 am: BALLOT BRIEF: Recreational Marijuana Measure (M5)\n\n\n11:15 am: \;KEYNOTE: \;Innovation Over Regulation: Reflections from a Retired Director of Dept of Mineral Resources\n\n\n12:00 pm: LUNCH
\n[sponsored by HealthPartners]
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\n1:15 pm: ND CHAMBER PAC
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\n1:20 pm: BALLOT BRIEF: Constitutional Change Measure (M2)\n\n\n1:35 pm: PANEL: \;The Ongoing Tax Discussion for ND\n\n\n2:15 pm: NETWORKING BREAK
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\n2:35 pm: PANEL: \;Childcare Solutions: Assessing Impacts on North Dakota'\;s Workforce\n\n\n3:20 pm: MINI PANEL: Occupation Licensure +/- Workforce\n\n\n3:55 pm: FINAL KEYNOTE: National Political Possibilities from the US Chamber Perspective
\n[sponsored by Altria]\n\n\n\n

4:30 pm: CLOSE
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\n4:33 pm: ND CHAMBER PAC PARTY for PAC contributors \;[Accepting members now]
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\nThis is a hybrid event. Attend in person\, virtually\, or both - we'\;ll leave it up to you. \;

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\n LOCATION:HYBRID EVENT - Online or in-person Bismarck Event Center (new location) UID:e.2286.329 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260406T000256Z URL:http://business.ndchamber.com/events/details/2024-policy-summit-329 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR