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For the past two years our organization has escorted business leaders from our area to the Telluride Summit. The experience has helped them reach a higher level of commitment to early childhood...Exposure to national experts and other high level decision makers has inspired them to explore new ways to support the issue. It has allowed us the opportunity to groom sophisticated, high-level champions in our region.
Rob Bradham
Senior Vice President, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
2008 Summit Participant
 

 

The Third Annual Telluride Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment took place on Sept. 20-22, 2009 in Telluride, CO. This event was attended by business, economic, finance, philanthropy and policy leaders, and was co-hosted by the Telluride Foundation.

The Telluride Summit focused on making sure we have the workforce we need to succeed as a nation in the coming decades and that our state and federal budget resources, as limited they are, are spent wisely.

We are in urgent times and the Telluride Summit schedule is organized accordingly. The agenda was thorough and rigorous. It was focused on the need to build an effective national business leader coalition quickly to make early childhood investment an integral part of rebuilding our economy to achieve workforce conpetitiveness and fiscal sustainability. Outstanding speakers and hands-on practical discussions started the process of teaching all of us how to do what we need to do and how to work together to succeed.

Agenda

For the agenda please click here(DOC).

Keynote Speakers

Below is the list of keynote speakers, for all individuals presenting, please consult the agenda.

The Honorable Michael Bennet, United States Senator, Colorado

The Honorable Jared Polis, United States Congressman, Colorado 2nd District

Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, BusinessWeek

Doug Baker, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, EcoLab; Chairman, Minnesota Business Partnership

Presentations

"Return on Investment from Quality Early Childhood Education." (PPT)
Representative Jared Polis from Colorado.

"Evidence & Economics in State Capitals. Going 'Retail' in the States." (PPT)
Steve Aos

"Increasing Government Effectiveness Through Rigorous Evidence About 'What Works'." (PDF)
Jon Baron

"Engaging Economic Development Authorities: A New Champion for Early Childhood Investment." (PPT)
Commissioner John Richardson

"The Economic Case for Manufacturers' Investment in Early Childhood Development." (PDF)
Jennifer McNelly and John Burnett

Keynote Speech (DOC)
Michael Mandel

"Engaging Policymakers on Early Childhood: Effective Strategies and Opportunities." (PPT)
Representative Nora Slawik and Stephanie Rubin

Media Coverage

Barbara O'Brien. "Today's preschoolers will become your best employees in 2025." The Pueblo Chieftan. October 18, 2009

Martinique Davis. "Fixing Our Broken Economy." Telluride Watch. September 24, 2009.

Joel Dresang. "Business leaders support early childhood development." Milwaukee Journal Sentinal. September 20, 2009.

Larry Avila. "Jon Stellmacher, Thrivent executive, to give presentation at Telluride Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment." The Post-Crescent. September 20, 2009.

"Business Leaders Eye Early Childhood to Move America Toward Economic Recovery." Reuters. September 16, 2009.

Michael Mandel. "Telluride Summit on Early Childhood Investment." Economics Unbound (Business Week Blog). September 16, 2009.