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Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008

(All presentations are saved as PowerPoint files, unless otherwise noted.)

7 a.m. REGISTRATION AND FULL BUFFET NETWORKING BREAKFAST

8:15 a.m. WELCOMING REMARKS
John Rathgeber,(bio) President and CEO, CBIA

Oz Griebel, (bio) President and CEO, MetroHartford Alliance

8:30 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. P. Christopher Earley,(bio) Dean, University of Connecticut School of Business

9 a.m. BUSINESS ISSUES AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE
Moderator: Thomas Monahan, (bio) Chief Political Correspondent, WVIT-TV Channel 30
John Rathgeber, President and CEO, CBIA
Oz Griebel, President and CEO, MetroHartford Alliance
James Amann,(bio) Speaker of the House, Connecticut General Assembly
Larry Cafero, (bio) House Republican Leader, Connecticut General Assembly
John McKinney, (bio) Senate Minority Leader, Connecticut General Assembly
Donald Williams, (bio) Senate President Pro Tempore, Connecticut General Assembly

9:35 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nariman Behravesh, (bio) Chief Economist and Executive Vice President, Global Insight

10:20 a.m. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Nick Perna,(bio) Economic Advisor to Webster Financial Corporation

10:35 a.m. BREAK

10:50 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Eric Rosengren, (bio) President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

11:20 a.m. TELECOMMUTE CT
Jean Taylor Stimolo, (bio) Project Manager, Telecommute CT

11:30 a.m. CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Outlooks for the finance, insurance and real estate industries
Moderator: Oz Griebel, President and CEO, MetroHartford Alliance
William Wrang,(bio) Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate, Webster Bank
Thomas Shields, (bio) Managing Director, Shields & Company Inc.
George Palms, (bio) Senior Vice President, Advisory Services, PrudentialRetirement

Heath care innovations
Moderator: Eric George, (bio) Associate Counsel, CBIA
Christopher Dadlez,(bio) President and CEO, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Robert Scherrer, (bio) Vice President and CFO, Genomas Inc.
Robert Mead, (bio) Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Communications, Aetna Inc.

International trade
Moderator: Scott Heaney, (bio) Board of Directors member, World Affairs Council of CT
Ambassador Charles Shapiro,(bio) U.S. State Department
Subhash Jain, (bio) Professor of Marketing, University of Connecticut School of Business
L. Scott Frantz, (bio) Chairman, Bradley International Airport Board of Directors

Family business issues
Moderator: John Shemo, (bio) Vice President and Director of Economic Development,
MetroHartford Alliance
Carl Johnson, (bio) Managing Partner, Blum Shapiro & Company PC
Priscilla Cale, (bio) Director, Family Business Program, University of Connecticut
School of Business
Scott Livingston,(bio) President and CEO, Horst Engineering & Manufacturing Co.

12:30 p.m. ADJOURN

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