Crowne Plaza, Springfield

8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Registration
Continental Breakfast provided

8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Peter M. Murphy, Esq., IAPD President/CEO and Don Andersen, Chairman, IAPD Board of Trustees

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Advanced Grass Root Advocacy:  Strategies to Penetrate the Avalanche of Information Inundating Legislators
Joel Blackwell, The Grass Roots Guy

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Developing a Relationship with Your Legislator
Panel of Legislators: Senator Kirk Dillard, Senator John Mulroe, Representative Linda Chapa LaVia and Representative Ron Sandack

10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Break

10:55 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Legislative Update on Hot Issues at the Capitol
Jason Anselment, IAPD Legal/Legislative Counsel

11:20 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Rotation to Track #1

11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. - Track #1

12:00 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. - Rotation to Track #2

12:10 p.m. - 12:40 p.m. Track #2

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch - Served in the Emerald Meeting Room

Tracks 1 & 2 Choose from the following Breakout Sessions:

Honing Your Advocacy Skills
Maximizing Your Dollars through Joint Purchasing and other Cost Saving Programs
Getting Green to Go Green:  Energy Efficiency Grant Opportunities to Benefit Your Agency