Public Administration Conference, 2008

The Changing Face of Public Administration:

Innovation in Government

The changing face of public administration necessitates innovation in government.  The Second Annual Public Administration Conference at the University of Central Florida will provide a forum to highlight professional experiences and research in many topic areas, including emergent technology and public management, managing emergencies and crises, and public service for profit.  Distinguished speakers from academia, government, and the community will present and discuss innovative approaches to public administration.  Please join us for this very special conference on Friday, March 28, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the University of Central Florida Orlando Campus. 

The keynote speaker for the conference is Dr. Stephen Goldsmith of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.  Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program.  He is also the Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service. He previously served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, America's 12th largest city.  As mayor, he reduced government spending, cut the city's bureaucracy, held the line on taxes, eliminated counterproductive regulations, and identified more than $400 million in savings.  He reinvested the savings by leading a transformation of downtown Indianapolis that has been held up as a national model.  Goldsmith was the chief domestic policy advisor to the George W. Bush campaign in 2000 and was district attorney for Marion County, Indiana, from 1979 to 1990.  His publications include: Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector; Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship; and The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America.

More information regarding conference registration will be available in December 2007 and linked below at that time.  Please click on “PA Conference 2007” for information regarding last year’s conference.

Registration Information

2008  PA Conference Call for Papers & Panel Proposals

2008 PA Conference Call for Student Poster Proposals

2008 PA Conference Program and Panels

PA Conference 2007:  Financing the Future

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