2006 Forum Agenda ...

April 11, 2006
The Oklahoma Academy Information Forum
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:30am – 3:30pm
Oklahoma History Center and Museum Oklahoma City
Out of the Past ~ Into the Future
Program Agenda

Morning Session – 8:30 am
Larry Rice, Academy Chairman, Executive Assistant to the President, The University of Tulsa

Welcome and Introduction of Forum Co-Chairs
Kay Goebel, Roy Peters and Bob Blackburn, Forum Co-Chairs

Special Introductions and Forum Objective
Children or Youth Choir – “Oklahoma”

Introduction of Morning Speaker
Kay Goebel, Ph.D., Kay Goebel Psychologist, Oklahoma City

The Honorable Robert Henry, Circuit Judge, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals

Oklahoma:  Artists and Culture

Introduction of Speaker
Steve Kreidler, Executive Vice President, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond 

Bob Blackburn, Ph.D., Executive Director, Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma: Challenges and Opportunities

Break

Oklahoma Themes:  A Panel Presentation (15 minute presentations each)
Moderated by Phyllis Worley, President, ONG, Oklahoma City

Oil and Gas:  Yesteryear and Today
Dewey Bartlett, Jr., President, Keener Oil & Gas Company, Tulsa

Science and Agriculture
Michael Cawley, President, The Noble Foundation

Industry and Entrepreneurs
Bill Swisher, Founder President, The CMI Company

Communications:  Print and Electronic
David A. Thompson, Publisher, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
Jeff Cloud, Chairman, Oklahoma Corporation Commission  Invited

Audience A – 15 minutes

Luncheon Session

Introduction of Luncheon Speaker
Roy Peters, Ph. D., President, Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence, Tulsa
Danny Goble, Ph.D., Professor of Letters, University of Oklahoma, Norman

Oklahoma: Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Crystal Ball Perspectives:  Panel of Our Tribal Leaders
Moderated by Karen Langdon, Legal Aid of Oklahoma, Tulsa

Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chad Smith 

Chief of the Seminole Nation, Kelly Haney

Chief of the Osage Nation, Jim Gray Invited

Chief of the Creek Nation, A.D. Ellis

Crystal Ball Perspectives: Panel of Our Oklahoma Governors
Moderated by Jerome Holmes, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City

The Honorable George Nigh

The Honorable Henry Bellmon - Invited

The Honorable David Boren - Invited

The Honorable David Walters

The Honorable Brad Henry - Invited

Audience A moderated by Jerome Holmes

UCO Black Ebony Gospel Choir - Invited

Closing Remarks
Larry Rice, Academy Chairman