2009 American Boating Congress Agenda

The 2010 conference agenda will be posting as soon as it is available. The 2009 agenda is listed below for your reference.


Conference agenda subject to change. More details will be posted as they become available.
* Indicates closed/invitational events.


Monday, May 4

8:00 am - 3:00 pm NATM Board of Directors Meeting* Marquette
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm BTMA Board of Directors Meeting* LaSalle
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm BTMA Strategic Planning Meeting* LaSalle
7:00 pm NATM Reception* K&L Gates

Tuesday, May 5

8:30 am - 11:30 am Trailer Round Up* Ballroom A&B
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AMD Board of Directors Meeting*
EMD Board of Directors Meeting*
BMD Board of Directors Meeting* 		Renoir
Degas
Monet 4
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AMI Legislative Committee* Ballroom A&B
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm ABBRA Board of Directors Meeting* Monet
3:15 pm - 6:15 pm NMMA Board of Directors Meeting* Ballroom A&B

Wednesday, May 6

7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast and Marshall Funk Awards Presentation
David Slikkers, Chairman
Thom Dammrich, President
Steve Heese, BoatPAC Chairman 		Ballroom A&B
8:30 am – 9:00 am Insights on Ethanol Policy
Karl Simon, Director of the Compliance and Innovative Strategies Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency
9:00 am – 9:30 am U.S. Economic Outlook—A View from the Hill
Jeffrey Wrase, Ph.D., Republican Chief Economist, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress
9:30 am – 11:35 am Congressional Forum

Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland)
Senate Budget Committee; Environment & Public Works Committee; Small Business Committee

Representative Ron Klein (D-Florida)
House Financial Services Committee

Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina)
Senate Banking Committee; Senate Commerce Committee; Joint Economic Committee

Representative Steven Kagen (D-Wisconsin)
House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

Representative John Shadegg (R-Arizona)
House Energy & Commerce Committee

11:35 am – 11:55 am Making the Most of Your Capitol Hill Visits
Nicholas Calio, Executive Vice-President for Global Government Affairs, Citigroup
12:00 pm – 12:25 pm Legislative Issues Briefing
Mat Dunn, Legislative Director
Jeff Gabriel, Legislative Counsel
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Luncheon
Keynote address by Representative Joe Donnelly (D-Indiana)
House Financial Services Committee		 Solarium
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Individual Capitol Hill Congressional Visits Capitol Hill