University of New Mexico students Julie Kimsal and Mario Ortiz will join other students from universities around the state to take part in the inaugural Domenici Public Policy Conference at New Mexico State University Aug. 20 – 22.
“We are very fortunate to have support and participation from other universities in this statewide effort to honor Senator Domenici’s contributions to New Mexico,” said Garrey Carruthers, NMSU vice president for economic development and chair of the Pete V. Domenici Legacy.
Students from NMSU, Dona Ana Community College, New Mexico Tech, the University of New Mexico, Eastern New Mexico University and Western New Mexico University will have a chance to review academic papers written by presenters and ask questions of their research.
NMSU announced this week that U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate Chris Dodd would join a prominent list of speakers at the conference. NMSU will also waive conference registration fees until Aug. 1, the conference registration deadline.
Former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, former U.S. Representative Manuel Lujan, Jr. and U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman have all agreed to speak during the event, along with a host of other local and national leaders. The conference will close with a free picnic and free concert performed by Randy Travis.
Registration is available online at the conference Web site:
Domenici Public Policy Conference.
Registration is required for most conference events. The opening ceremony Thursday morning, Chris Dodd’s speech Thursday evening, the picnic Friday morning and the Randy Travis concert Friday afternoon are free and open to the public.
A complete conference agenda can be found on the Domenici Conference Web site, where the public is encouraged to sign up for public events.
The Domenici Conference is part of the Pete V. Domenici Legacy, a statewide effort to celebrate the senator’s historic tenure in the U.S. Senate. Domenici will retire this year as the longest serving senator in New Mexico history.
Domenici Conference sessions will focus on topics important to the senator during his time in office, including behavioral health, national security, the federal budget and nuclear nonproliferation.
Other confirmed conference speakers include Paul Robinson, former ambassador and president emeritus of Sandia National Laboratories; Michael J. Fitzpatrick, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness; William Hoagland, a former member of Domenici’s staff; and Siegfried Hecker, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation.
Media Contacts: Justin Bannister, (575) 646-5981; email: jbannist@nmsu.edu or Christina Chavez Kelley, (575) 646-1729; email: ckelley@nmsu.edu
Posted by kwentworth at July 23, 2008 11:20 AM