Leadership Summit 2004:
Charting A Course For Oregon's Economic Future

On December 6, 2004, over 1000 business, elected, and community leaders came together for Leadership Summit 2004--the third annual summit--to help launch the Oregon Business Plan agenda for 2005. Click on any the following links to view highlights from the event.

• Summit Materials & Survey Results
• Remarks & Slides
• News Articles & Media Clips

Summit Materials and Survey Results (PDFs)

• Summit Agenda and Initiative Guide (637K)
• 2005 Competitive Index (699K)
• Summit Survey Results (41K)

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Remarks (HTML) & Slides (PDF)

• William D. Thorndike: Opening Remarks and Slides
• Steven R. Grant: Remarks and Slides (1.8MB)
• Joe Cortright & Fred Furlong: Slides
• Ronald C. Parker: Remarks and Slides
• Michael R. Nelson: Remarks
• Judy Peppler: Remarks
• Steven J. Clark: Remarks
• Randolph L. Miller & Debby Kennedy: Remarks
• Governor Ted Kulongoski: Remarks
• State House Speaker Karen Minnis: Remarks
• Allen Alley: Slides (PowerPoint-2.7MB)
• David Chen: Slides
• Rick Jacobson: Slides
• Walter Van Valkenburg: Slides
• Education Panel: Slides or Summary
• Healthcare Panel: Slides

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News Articles and Media Clips:

• "Oregon Business Plan Provides Map To Future" -- Corvallis Gazette-Times, Commentary, Patricia Mulder (12/13/04)
• "Economic Summit in Portland" -- KTVZ-TV Bend (12/7/04)
• "Summit Singles Out Education" -- The Oregonian (12/7/04)
• Video! "Oregon's Economy Needs A Kick Start" -- KATU News, Commentary: Ron Saxton (12/7/04)
• "Officials Call For Better Schools, Roads, Technology" -- Associated Press (12/6/04)
• "Business Summit Held" -- KATU News (12/6/04)
• Audio! "Summit Takes Broad Look At Oregon's Economic Future" -- Oregon Public Broadcasting (12/6/04)
• "Sen. Wyden On Finance Committee" -- KTVZ-TV Bend (12/6/04)
• "Governor Calls For Federal Marshall Plan For Education" -- Oregon Public Broadcasting (12/6/04)
• "Economic Summit" -- KGW News (12/6/04)
• "Oregon Economic Summit Held Today" -- KGW News (12/6/04)
• "Economist: Need To Reinvent Oregon's Economy" -- Oregon Public Broadcasting (12/6/04)
• "Economic Summit Scheduled In Portland" -- The East Oregonian (12/5/04)
• "Leaders Will Update Economy Rx" -- The Oregonian (12/5/04)
• "Oregon Leaders Set To Attend Annual Summit" -- The Bend Bugle (12/3/04)
• "Oregon Business Plan To Host Third Summit" -- The Business Journal of Portland (12/3/04)
• "Paging 'Disturbers Of The Peace'" -- The Oregonian, Editorial (11/20/04)

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Thank You to the 2004-2005 Oregon Business Plan Sponsors:

Interested in sponsoring the Oregon Business Plan for 2005? Email us and we will send you sponsorship info.

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