XIV Border Legislative Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
December 7-9, 2006

Agenda

Summary of Actions

Adopted Panel Recommendations on Economic Development

Speaker Presentations

Facing the Global Challenge: enhancing the border's global competitiveness through regional economic strategies, trade facilitation, and work force development

Bruce Wright                      
Associate Vice President for Economic Development
University of Arizona

Carlos Tercero Romero
Director, Regional Economic Integration Program of the Northeast and its Linkage with Texas
State of Nuevo Leon

Luis E. Ramirez Thomas

President, Ramirez Advisors Inter-National

Border Trade Alliance

Water Solutions and Best Practices for a Sustainable Border Region

Gregg Garfin
Program Manager, Climate Assessment

Southwest University of Arizona, Tucson

Tom Carr
Assistant Director, Statewide Water and Conservation Strategic Planning
Arizona Department of Water Resources

Renato Ulloa
Director, State Water Commission & Co-Chair Water Worktable, Border Governors Conference

State of Sonora

Daniel Chacon

General Manager

Border Environment Cooperation Commission

Border Health Issues: Cross Border Blood Drive Safety Efforts

Dr. Guillermo Mendoza
Program Officer, Alliance for a Health Border

Pan American Health Organization

Dr. Xochitl Teran Toledo
Director of Standardization
Mexico National Health Ministry

Border 2012 Environmental Program Update

Laura Yoshii

Deputy Regional Administrator

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Bill Luthans

Deputy Director, Air and Waste Division

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6

Energy Sustainability: Best Practices and the Need for Border-Wide and Regional Approaches

Rick Van Schoick
Managing Director
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy