9:00 – 9:10 a.m. Blueprint Video

9:10 - 9:15 a.m. Welcome:

Strobe Talbott (Presentation), President, Brookings Institution

9:15– 9:30 a.m. Introduction:

James A. Johnson (Presentation), Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Presentation of “The Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation”

Bruce Katz (Speech), Vice President and Director, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program

Audience Q/A

10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Panel Discussion

Moderator

Neal Peirce – Citistates Group and Washington Post Writers Group

Panelists

Mark Ernst, Chairman, President and CEO, H&R Block

The Honorable AC Wharton Jr., Mayor, Shelby County

Nancy Zimpher, President of University of Cincinnati

Ralph Smith, Senior Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Rey Ramsey, Founder & CEO, One Economy Corporation

Audience Q/A

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. The Honorable Henry Cisneros (Speech), Chairman, CityView, and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Closing Remarks