Conference Program (Word)

Conference Papers and Powerpoint Presentations

WELCOME MESSAGE
By the conference co-chairs, Taco Brandsen, Associate Professor, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) & Marc Holzer, Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A

SPEAKERS
The keynote speakers are Rudolph Penner, Senior Fellow (The Urban Institute, U.S.A), Jonathan D. Breul, Executive Director (IBM Center for The Business of Government, U.S.A.) and plenary speaker, Anthony Smallwood, Press and Cultural Counselor (European Commission Washington Delegation, U.S.A).

THE WORKSHOPS (Papers and Powerpoint Presentations Now Available)
Workshop 1
Can the public Sector reestablish its legitimacy?
Co-Chairs: Jed Kee, George Washington University, U.S.A., (jedkee@gwu.edu) and Steven van de Walle, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, (vandewalle@fsw.eur.nl)

Workshop 2
Financing Governance: Managing Commitments over the long Term
Co-Chairs: Philip Joyce, George Washington University, U.S.A., (pgjoyce@gwu.edu) and Jan-Kees helderman, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, (j.helderman@fm.ru.nl)

Workshop 3
The Contribution of other Disciplines to the Debate on Governance
Co-Chairs: Meredith Newman, Florida International University, (newmanm@fiu.edu)
and Wim van de Donk, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, (donk@wrr.nl)

Workshop 4
Transparency and accountability in Governance: Evolving Concepts of accountability for Governmental and non-Governmental actors
Co-Chairs: Suzanne Piotrowski, Rutgers University-Campus at Newark, U.S.A., (spiotrow@rutgers.edu) and Sarabajaya Kumar, Oxford University, UK, (sarabajaya.kumar@sbs.ox.ac.uk)

Workshop 5
How will Emerging Technologies Transform Governance: Emergent Forms of public Deliberation and Collaboration
Co-Chairs: Priscilla Regan, George Mason University, U.S.A., (pregan@gmu.edu) and Albert Meijer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, (a.j.meijer@uu.nl)

Workshop 6
Collaboration, hybrid Governance and networking
Co-Chairs: Alan Abramson, George Mason University, U.S.A., (aabramso@gmu.edu)
and Chris Skelcher, Birmingham University, UK, (C.K.Skelcher@bham.ac.uk)

THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
*The conference will be held at the Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, 800 21st Street, NW Washington, DC.*

Wednesday, June 10
4:00pm                        Co-Chairs Meeting

5:30- 7:30pm               Welcome Reception (held at Tonic Restaurant, 2036 G St., NW, Washington, DC, 20052)         

Thursday, June 11
8:00-9:00am                Registration (held in room 307)
9:30-11:15am              Keynote Speaker Rudolph Penner; The Urban Institute, U.S.A.
11:15-11:45am            Break
11:45 am-1:15pm        First workshop sessions
1:15-2:30pm                Lunch
2:30-4:00pm                Second workshop sessions
4:00-4:15pm                Break
4:15-5:30pm                Third workshop sessions
6:30pm                        Dinner (held at the City View Room, 7th Floor, 1957 E. St., NW)

Friday, June 12
9:00-10:45 am             Fourth workshop sessions
10:45-11:00am                        Break
11:00am-12:30pm       Fifth workshop sessions
12:30-2:15 pm             Lunch
Keynote Speaker Jonathan D. Breul; IBM Center for The Business of Government, U.S.A.
“New Administration's Management Agenda”
2:15-4:00pm                Sixth workshop sessions
4:00-4:15pm                Break
4:15-5:30pm                Plenary Speaker Anthony Smallwood; European Commission Washington Delegation, U.S.A  & Roundtable on the Conference Theme: The Future of Governance in Europe and the U.S.
6:15pm                        Bus will leave for the Reception
6:30pm                        GWU Reception at The Botanical Gardens
                                    (held at 100 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, D.C.)
Saturday, June 13
9:00am-10:15am         Seventh workshop sessions
10:30am-12:00pm       Closing plenary session/reports by workshop chairs
12:00-1:00pm              Closing Speeches
(to be announced)        Lunch

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Geert Bouckaert (President of EGPA, Director Public Management Institute) – University of Leuven, Belgium
Taco Brandsen (Conference Co-chair)-Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Marc Holzer (Conference Co-chair)-Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Julianne Mahler (Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair)-George Washington University, U.S.A.
Albert Meijer (European Organizing Committee Co-Chair)-Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Kathy Newcomer (Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair)-George Washington University, U.S.A.
Paul Posner (Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair)-George Mason University, U.S.A.

For more information, contact Dean Marc Holzer.

The TransAtlantic Dialogues are organized jointly by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the European Group of Public Administratration (EGPA) under the ASPA-EGPA Memorandum of Understanding administered by the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University- campus at Newark.

Previous Dialogues have taken place at K.U. Leuven, Belgium (2005 and 2006), the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (2007) and the University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy (2008).