WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19

4:30 p.m. New Board Members Orientation

6:00 p.m. Opening Reception

7:00 p.m. Opening Dinner

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

7:00 a.m. Buffet Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Public Affairs Council Business Meeting - Part I

• Chairman's Report
• Financial Outlook
• Strategic Plan
• Board Elections

9:30 a.m. Survey results presentation by G. Evans Witt, CEO of Princeton Survey Research Associates International

10:45 a.m. Global Negotiation: The New Rules, a presentation by John L. Graham, Ph.D.

12:15 p.m. Networking Luncheon, Volunteer of the Year Award

1:30 p.m. Crisis Management Panel featuring board member Lester Bagley of the Minnesota Vikings, Bill Plummer of Huawei Technologies, and John Himle of Himle Hormer Corporation

2:45 p.m. Adjournment

6:00 p.m. Reception

7:00 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. 2012 Presidential Election Outlook by Bill Nichols of POLITICO

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

7:30 a.m. Buffet Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Public Affairs Council Business Meeting - Part II

• New Chairman's Remarks
• Strategic Plan Continued and Voting

9:30 a.m. Changes in the Workforce, a presentation by Jason Dorsey, author of "Y-Size Your Business"