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2010 Annual Meeting

On to Maryland: The Old Line State

June 16 - 20, 2010 Annapolis, Maryland







This year, the annual meeting of the National Speakers Conference will be held in Annapolis, Maryland, hosted by Speaker Michael Busch, the President of the National Speakers Conference for 2010. Since this is an election year the meeting will be held in June (16-20).

                               
Speaker Busch                              David McCullough

Speaker Busch and his staff are busy working on the schedule and have already landed two “superstars” for the program. On Thursday, June 17, we will be joined at lunch by baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr., longtime infielder for the Baltimore Orioles. During his almost two decade career with the Orioles, Ripken was selected for the All-Star team eighteen times, was the MVP of the All-Star game twice, the 1982 Rookie of the year, and two-time Gold Glove winner at shortstop. He also holds the major league record for the most consecutive games played at 2,632. Following his retirement from Major League Baseball in 2001, Ripken has remained active in public service in the Baltimore area.

On Friday night, following a reception at the Governor’s Mansion, Speakers and other participants will gather in the historic Maryland State House for dinner and a discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian David McCullough. McCullough is internationally recognized as one of the premier students of American history of this or any time. He has won Pulitzer prizes for Truman (1993) and John Adams (2002). McCullough's own voice was heard as the narrator of the John Adams film, of Ken Burns's The Civil War, of The Johnstown Flood, and as host of the public television series The American Experience and Smithsonian World.

On Thursday evening, participants will enjoy a traditional Maryland crab feast, fireworks, and an historical reenactment of the defense of Fort McHenry (the battle that gave us Francis Scott Key’s Star Spangled Banner). In addition, we are considering a trip to the United States Naval Academy and a boat trip on the Chesapeake Bay.

And this is only the beginning. Watch for future announcements about additional panels and featured speakers at sllf.org and in mailings.

Calendar

March 4 - 7, 2010

SLLF Issues Summit
Energy & Environmental Summit of the States
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
Program Schedule (pdf)
Registration Form - Legislative Participants
Registration Form - Corporate Participants
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June 16 - 20, 2010

National Speakers Conference
19th Annual Meeting
Annapolis, Maryland
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April 21, 2010

AC Forum
Roundtable discussion and reception in Washington, DC

July 12 - 15, 2010

Emerging Political Leaders Program
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2010

SLLF Leadership Summit: Appealing to the Modern Voter
University of Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts