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Sunday , November 23rd , 2008

2007 Regional Government Affairs Conferences

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Shifting Gears: Driving the Business Agenda

The U.S. Chamber's regional government affairs conferences will provide the information, tools, and resources that you need to harness your political and advocacy potential and to take your government affairs program to the next level of effectiveness.

Learn from the experts about cutting-edge issues confronting businesses nationwide and how chambers are addressing them.
Discover the latest government affairs practices and trends - from government affairs 101 to advanced activities for the political veteran.
Network with colleagues and share best practices.
All of this and much more.

Chamber executives, government affairs staff, board members, and government and legislative affairs committee members - don't miss out. Register today!

Past participants agree - you should not miss the U.S. Chamber's Regional Government Affairs Conferences! Last year's attendees noted that:

"The U.S. Chamber continues to demonstrate real-time, real world value and return on investment to its constituent members when it brings conferences like this to the local and regional level. Governmental Affairs and Public Policy initiatives bring real sizzle to local chambers and the US Chamber lights the match!"

"The conference was a great balance of skills enhancement, knowledge sharing and general GA insight."

"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Government Affairs Conference provides me a wonderful opportunity to gain knowledge from experts, and learn from the experience of my chamber colleagues. It has been a beneficial investment of my time every year."

"It is reviving to annually convene with other like-minded professionals to appreciate each others challenges and successes, connect on a personal level, as well as take away best practices to employ in the government affairs program of your own chamber. This conference is a great way to remind ourselves the value of why we do what we do for the benefit of our communities by engaging members in advocacy."

"I thought this was a superb conference! Great networking tied together with thought provoking experts."

"I love the mix of policy, politics and practice."

Dates and Locations

Southwest / South Central Regional Conference
September 5-7
Dallas, Texas
Fairmont Dallas

Great Lakes / Midwest Regional Conference
September 12-14
Chicago, Illinois
InterContinental Chicago

Eastern Regional Conference

September 26-28
Boston, Massachusetts
Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston

Southeastern Regional Conference
October 3-5
Atlanta, Georgia
Renaissance Concourse Hotel

Western / Northwest Regional Conference

November 7-9
San Francisco, California
Sir Francis Drake Hotel

Registration

Member rate for first attendee: $225
Member rate for each additional attendee: $175
Non-member rate: $325

Contact

Melanie Bassett
mbassett@uschamber.com
Phone: 312-983-7120

Scholarships

IACCE offers a scholarship to this conference. Apply today if you are a member in good standing in IACCE at www.iacce.org/scholarships.php.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with the Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives to offer a new joint scholarship to this year's Great Lakes/Midwest Government Affairs Conference. The U.S. Chamber will put forward $250, which will be matched by IACCE . Combined, the $500 in scholarship money will cover registration as well as two nights of accommodations in Chicago .

Thanks to this partnership, we are able to offer more professional development opportunities to more people. In addition to this one joint scholarship, the U.S. Chamber will continue to offer stand alone scholarships directly for the conference.

This year's conference promises to offer excellent network opportunities with chambers that are actively building their public policy and government affairs programming. Last year over 70 chamber professionals from across 12 states participated in the three day conference.

*For more information, please contact IACCE President, Elizabeth Fiala at 217-522-5512 x 223 or via e-mail at Liz@iacce.org.

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