2008

April 18: Roundtable..Alternative Energies, Myth or Magic?
Featuring LIPA CEO Kevin Law, Dowling Professor Dr. Nic Mauro, Congressman Steve Israel, and Andrea Lohneiss, Long Island Director of the Empire State Development Corporation. Newsletter

Feb. 15: The Recession is Here: How to Survive It
Featuring Irwin Kellner, Economist North Fork Bank and MarketWatch.com, Newsday Columnist Raymond J. Keating, Dowling Economics Department Chair Dr. Ed Gullason, former Staff Economist for President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers.
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Jan. 25: "Prelude to Super Tuesday" Presidential Primary 2008
Surrogates for Guilliani....Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine
Romney....Commissioner of Jurors and Former Suffolk County Legislator Mike O'Donoho
Obama.....Suffolk County Legislator and Democratic Majority Leader Jon Cooper

2007

Nov. 9: Manufactured Gas Plants..A Long Island Legacy of Environmental Injustice

Oct. 26: Aging on Long Island...Health Issues and the Law
Location: Newsday Offices, Melville, Long Island.
Speakers: Nassau County Surrogate Judge John Riordon
Newsday Act II Two Editor Noel Rubinton
White Paper: The Aging Of Long Island: A Crisis In Its Infancy
Newsday article

Sept. 28: The Economic Impact of Undocumented Immigration..a 120 Year Old Issue
Location: Dowling College Fortunoff Hall
Speakers: Ray Keating, Newsday Columnist and Chief Economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
John Durso, President of Long Island AFL-CIO
Luis Valenzuela, Executive Director, Long Island Immigrant Alliance

May 4 - Topic: Preparing Long Island's Next Workforce: Status of No Child Left Behind
Featured Speakers: Congressman Tim Bishop
Click here for event's White Paper: High-Stakes Testing and No Child Left Behind: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations

March 30 - Topic: Brownfield Remediation, State Laws and Economic Benefits
Featured Speakers: Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy
Click here for event's White Paper: A Case Study in Brownfield Redevelopment
The Waterfront in Glen Cove, New York

March 9 - Topic: Replace Residential Property Tax with Income Tax
Featured Speaker: Nassau Assessor Harvey Levinson
Special Guests: Town Supervisors and Town Assessors
Click here for event's White Paper: Structural Reform in Funding Education in New York State: A Paradigm Shift Providing Lasting Property Tax Relief.

February 9 - Topic: Economic Benefits of Diversity and the Untapped Economic Potential in Long Island's Black Community
Featured Speaker: Theresa Sanders, Urban League/Regional Planning Board
Click here for event's White Paper: Economic Benefits of Diversity: Untapping the Potential of Long Island's Black Community.

January 12 - Topic: Racial Higher Education Attainment Gap
Featured Speaker: Roger Tilles
Special Guests: Long Island School Superintendents
Click here for event's White Paper: Long Island's Racial Divide: The Education Attainment Gap.