*Agenda is tentative and subject to change.
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. | Welcome
Kate Shanks, SVP Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber
David Huyck, Sr. Director - Operations, Region 3, Westlake
8:45 a.m. | Workforce of the Future
Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong
Rep. Samara Heavrin
Rep. Matthew Koch
Sen. Stephen West
Moderator: Ryan Quarles, President, Kentucky Community and Technical College System
9:30 a.m. | Planning for Emerging Technologies
Rep. Josh Bray
Jordan Harris, Client Relationship Executive, Deloitte Consulting
Rep. Derek Lewis
Sen. Brandon Storm
Moderator: Ellen Call, Associate Vice President, State Government Affairs, Charter Communications
10:15 a.m. | Break
10:30 a.m. | Budget and Revenue
Sen. Christian McDaniel
Rep. Jason Petrie
Moderator: Dr. Charles Aull, Executive Director, Kentucky Chamber Center for Policy and Research
11:15 a.m. | Energy and Environment
Rep. Jared Bauman
Rep. Chris Freeland
Sen. Robby Mills
Sen. Robin Webb
Moderator: Ryan Watts, Executive Director, Kentucky Oil and Gas Association
12:00 p.m. | Luncheon Keynote: Lessons in Leadership
Introduction: Talley Russell, Director, Government Affairs, Humana
Nick Mingione, Head Baseball Coach, University of Kentucky
Coach Mingione went from having no head coaching experience to landing that position at an SEC school. He most recently took the University of Kentucky baseball program to their first ever appearance at the College World Series.
12:55 p.m. | Break
1:15 p.m. | Healthy Workforce
Sen. Donald Douglas
Sen. Stephen Meredith
Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Rep. Amy Neighbors
Moderator: Mark Marsh, President and CEO, Owensboro Health
2:00 p.m. | Future Member
Hear from newly elected members of the Kentucky General Assembly.
Rep.-Elect Anne Gay Donworth
Rep. Peyton Griffee
Rep.-Elect J.T. Payne
Sen.-Elect Craig Richardson
Moderator: Rep. Michael Meredith
2:45 p.m. | Break
3:00 p.m. | 2024 Election Analysis: Recapping the 2024 Election Results
Neil Chatterjee, Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Eric Hyers, Partner, Outperform Strategies
Moderator: Les Fugate Vice President Director, Public Affairs, U.S. State and Local, Canada, & Latin America, Brown-Forman Corporation
3:45 p.m. | Legislative Leaders
Senate President Robert Stivers
Speaker of the House David Osborne
Moderator: Ashli Watts, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber
4:30 p.m. | 2025 Kentucky Legislative Preview Conference concludes