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Our Place in the World 6: Creating Better Futures | May 14 - 15, 2003. Sacramento, California

AT A GLANCE

May 14, 2003 - WEDNESDAY
Time Session Title Room
8:00 AM Registration
Edgewater Foyer
9:00 AM Opening Session

Creating Better Futures: A Special Video Presentation

The Future of the Valley through 2025, Panel
Edgewater AB
10:30 AM BREAK  
10:45 AM Concurrent Sessions  
Sacramento Metro: 2025 302
Workforce Investment: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity 303
North Valley: 2025 304
Cashing in on the 2002 Farm Bill 305
Youth & Gangs: Upstream from the falls 306
Value-Added Data: From Raw to Well-Done 308
San Joaquin Valley: 2025 Petit Palm
NOON LUNCH
Edgewater AB
1:45 PM Concurrent Sessions  
Reaching Out and Reaching In 302
Renewable Energy, an Economic Opportunity in the Central Valley 303
Where will we live? Modeling Urbanization in the San Joaquin Valley 304
The History of the Valley 305
Valley Youth Speak Out!
306
Ad Hoc Regionalism 307
College, What Do You Expect?
308
Smart Growth and Affordable Housing: Building the Connection 309
Partnering for Health: Growers and Farmworkers Petit Palm
3:15 PM BREAK

Conference Plaza Courtyard
3:30 PM Concurrent Sessions  
The Transformation of Highway 99 302
Renewable Energy, the Opportunity Continues in Part II 303
Youth Funders for Youth Projects
304
Fireplace Wars: Views from the Hearth 305
Central Valley Health Indicators 306
Faith-Based Initiatives - Think Locally, Act Locally 307
The Promise of Diversity: Harvesting Community Wisdom 308
Survival Training for Tough Economic Times 309
San Joaquin Valley, Provence of America Petit Palm
5:00 PM HOSTED RECEPTION in the Regional Mall Edgewater CDEF
 
May 15, 2003 - THURSDAY
Time Session Title Room
7:30 AM Valley Caucus Legislative Breakfast
Edgewater B
9:00 AM Morning Plenary Session Edgewater AB
10:30 AM BREAK  
10:45 AM Concurrent Sessions  
Big Water
302
Innovation in the Sacramento Valley 303
City & County Finance Primer 304
SIFE Teen Entrepreneurs 305
Great Valley Books, Literature of the Region 306
State Budget impacts on the Valley 307
Building Community Consensus in Difficult Times 308
Ethanol Production in the Central Valley 309
Citizens Make the Difference Petit Palm
NOON LUNCH Edgewater AB
1:45 PM Concurrent Sessions  
Workforce Magic 302
What is a Fuel Cell and how will it change the world? 303
Active Living Through Design: The Health, Land Use & Transportation Connection 304
You & Me and the Air We Breathe 305
Farming 101: How does it happen down on the farm? 306
Out of Harm's Way Saves Money 307
Urban Runoff
308
The Q-House 309
Viva! El Mariachi Heritage, Youth, and the Arts Petit Palm
3:15 PM SODA BREAK Conference Plaza Courtyard
3:30 PM The Future of Food, Special Taping Event