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2024 Washington Leaders’ Conference Agenda

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Main Agenda

*Please note, this is the current agenda, and additional committee meetings will be added as the conference dates draw closer.  Please check back for updates!*

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

12:00 p.m. – 2:o0 p.m. Welcome Luncheon: Perspectives from the Press gallery

The Willard Intercontinental Hotel
Willard Room
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Welcome Luncheon Panel:

  • Kimberly Atkins Stohr, The Boston Globe
  • Heather Caygle, Punchbowl News
  • Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times
2:00 p.m. – 5:o0 p.m. committee meetings

*See below for meetings confirmed to date*

5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. – CAPITOL HILL RECEPTION

902 Hart Senate Office Building
Please use the North elevator bank in the Hart Building to access this room.

Thursday, May 16, 2024

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Congressional Breakfast

Charlie Palmer Restaurant
101 Constitution Avenue, NW

Speakers:

  • U.S. Representative Gabe Amo (D-RI)
  • U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
  • U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (D-NH)
  • U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)
  • U.S. Representative Richie Neal (D-MA)
10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. COMMITTEE MEETINGS

*See below for meetings confirmed to date*

Committee Meetings

*Please note, all conference participants must register separately for any committee meetings you wish to attend.  Your conference registration only includes the above “Main Agenda” events.*

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Financial Services Committee Meeting

U.S. Capitol Building
Room H-107

Financial Services Committee members will meet with Chris Maneval, Chief of Staff to House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), for a discussion of House Republican Leadership policy priorities as they relate to the financial services industry.  

NEC Staff Contact: Griffin Doherty

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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – healthcare committee meeting

U.S. Capitol Visitors Center – Senate Visitor Center (SVC) – Room 214

Healthcare Committee members will meet with healthcare staffers to several New England Senators. Guests will include Jasmine Masand, Health LA and Policy Advisor to Senator Hassan (D-NH), Tara Wilson, Policy Advisor to Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), and Ally Crha, Health LA to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

NEC Staff Contact: Sean Malone

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2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Higher Education Committee Meeting

Dirksen Senate Office Building – Room SD-B48

Higher Education Committee members will meet with staff to several New England members of the Senate HELP Committee, including Megan Blanco, Legislative Assistant and Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Hassan (D-NH), and Eleni Neyland Legislative Assistant to Senator Ed Markey (D-MA).

NEC Staff Contact: Mariah Healy

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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m – Technology & Innovation Working Group Meeting

Cannon House Office Building – Room 454

Technology & Innovation Working Group members will meet with Ben Press, Foreign Affairs Legislative Assistant for Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA), and Merrilee Rogers, Legislative Assistant for Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), for an update on the Congressmen’s work on the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

NEC Staff Contact: Mariah Healy

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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Financial Services Committee & Trade Working Group JOINT Meeting

Dirksen Senate Office Building – Room 215

Financial Services Committee and Trade Working Group members will meet with several senior Majority staff members on the Senate Finance Committee for an update on Chairman Ron Wyden’s work on key financial services and trade policy matter.  

NEC Staff Contact: Griffin Doherty

register here

Thursday, May 16, 2024

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Technology and Innovation Working Group Meeting with CHIPS office

Nelson Mullins
Potomac Conference Room
101 Constitution Ave. NW 9th floor

Please join the NEC Technology and Innovation Working Group for a meeting with Department of Commerce officials, Sophia Rubio, Public Engagement Specialist at CHIPS for America and Jesse Stoneman, Director of Public Engagement at CHIPS for America.

NEC Staff Contact: Mariah Healy

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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – energy & environment committee meeting with David Diamond, BOEM

National Grid
801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 801

Energy & Environment Committee members will meet with David Diamond, Deputy Chief for Atlantic Operations, Office of Renewable Energy Programs at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

NEC Staff Contact: Sean Malone

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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting with Nate Birnbaum of the Office of Senator Ed Markey (D-MA)

255 Dirksen Senate Office Building (Senator Markey’s Office)

Transportation & Infrastructure Committee members will meet with Nate Birnbaum, transportation staffer to Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation.

NEC Staff Contact: Peter Phipps

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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Healthcare Committee Meeting with Liz Fowler, Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Capitol Counsel LLC
700 13th Street NW, 2nd Floor

Please join the NEC Healthcare Committee for a meeting with Liz Fower, Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)

NEC Staff Contact: Sean Malone

register here

 

 

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