2016 Future of Florida Summit | Lobbying and Advocacy

Committee Members
Winning Presentations

• 1st place
• 2nd place
• 3rd place

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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19
4:30pm Registration in Pugh Hall
6:00pm Dinner Served
6:30pm Welcome

+ Former Governor and US Senator Bob Graham
+ Dean David E. Richardson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UF
+ Ricardo Sabater, Student Planning Committee

7:00pm Panel Discussion

+ Students Ricardo Sabater, Wendy Serra, Jennifer Thelusma, Rachel Wise,
Hakeem Hasan, and Sarah Kaiser will discuss their experience as Tallahassee
interns for the Florida Legislature.

8:00pm Group Meetings and Question Writing

Each group will write one question for the morning panel of speakers addressing their specific argument, as well as pick a representative to present the question.
+Groups: Term Limits, Closed/Open Primaries, Restoration of Rights, Professionalization of the Legislature, Redistricting.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
8:30am Breakfast in the Ocora
9:00am Opening Address

+ Former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham

9:30am Group Discussions

Students will address the panel with questions from their policy subject. Each subject will have three questions in 30 minute time increments. A break will be taken after the third round of questions.
Panel
+ Ben Wilcox, Integrity Florida
+ Former Governor and US Senator Bob Graham
+ Dr. David Colburn, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Bob Graham Center
+ Sean Shaw, Merlin Law Group and State of Florida Department of Financial Services
+ Ryan Ray, Florida Politics
+ Ray Seaman, Progress Florida
+ Kartik Krishnaiyer, Florida Democratic Party 2001-2004, Florida Blogger

12:30pm Lunch

+ Provost Joe Glover, UF
+ Wes Jones, Vice-President, Grassroots Campaigns

1:30pm Group Work

+Groups: Term Limits, Closed/Open Primaries, Restoration of Rights, Professionalization of the Legislature, Redistricting.

4:00pm Internal Group Debates

Students will debate three sides of their policy topic within their group. The winner will present in the evening.

5:30pm Keynote Address

+ Dr. Susan MacManus Distinguished Professor, USF

6:00pm Dinner Served
6:30pm Group Presentations
8:30pm Awards

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21

8:30am Breakfast in the Ocora
9:30am Panel Discussion – Is ‘Lobbyist’ a Dirty Word?
+ Kamal Latham, Gainesville Chamber of Commerce
+ Sean Shaw, Merlin Law Group
+ Samantha Sexton, PACE Center for Girls
+ Jeff Schweers, Tampa Tribune Tallahassee Bureau

11:00am Breakout Session One

Bloggers vs. Reporters: The State of Media in Tallahassee

Challenges and Opportunities for Young Professionals in Non-Profit Lobbying

Using Local Ballot Initiatives as an Advocacy Tool

Protests, Demonstrations, and Walk-Outs: Radical Forms of Advocacy and Lobbying

Legislative Politics from the Inside: The Staff Perspective

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm Breakout Session Two

Campaigning as Advocacy: A View from Both Sides

Studying State Politics as an Undergraduate

Bloggers vs. Reporters: The State of Media in Tallahassee

Challenges and Opportunities for Young Professionals in Non-Profit Lobbying

The Business of Lobbying: Professionalism, Lobbying, and Public Policy

3:00pm Breakout Session Three

Legislative Politics from the Inside: The Staff Perspective

Protests, Demonstrations, and Walk-Outs: Radical Forms of Advocacy and Lobbying

Using Local Ballot Initiatives as an Advocacy Tool

Student Activism in Florida Undergraduates