KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
 With the Democratic presidential candidate winning in three Southern states that historically vote Republican in presidential elections, and with Republicans winning control of three additional legislative chambers in Southern states, what do these changes mean for the direction of politics in the South? Join Professor Merle Black at Thursday's general session.
 Dr. Julie Gerberding, executive director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will speak at Friday's general session breakfast.
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 Saturday's general session:
I've been an oil man all my life,” says T. Boone Pickens. But now he’s launched a campaign to build a network of renewable energy, intended “to break the country’s addiction to foreign oil.” Mr. Pickens will talk about how governments at all levels can move the U.S. “toward cleaner, cheaper and domestic sources of energy.”
 David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's, will give an economic forecast on state budgets and discuss the proposed second economic recovery/stimulus package proposed by congressional leaders.
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