2023 Conference Schedule*
* This is the tentative conference schedule, which will be updated as the COGEL Program Committee finalizes this year’s plenary and breakout sessions. Sessions are subject to change.
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Sunday, December 3rd |
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| 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Conference Registration |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Kay Williams First Timers & Conference Preview |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Concurrent sessions |
| Building Relationships for Better Outcomes: Interactions with the Regulated Community | |
| Come Together: Legislative Change, We Can Work It Out | |
| Embracing Innovation: Top 10 Training Upgrades for Ethics Commissions by Ethics Commissions | |
| Make it Make Sense: Effective Investigative Report Writing | |
| Pay-to-Play Laws: Developments, Trends, and Enforcement | |
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| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Deep Fakes- Seeing Isn't Believing. Understand the Technology and its Impact on Political Campaigns and Elections. |
| Enforcement Update 2023: Trends, Challenges and Charges in Enforcements and Investigations | |
| E-levate your E-Learning with E-ffective E-Tools! | |
| Increasing voter turnout: Can we move the needle? | |
| Unlocking Synergy: Transforming Public Service with Academic Collaboration | |
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| 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Team Huddle |
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| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Opening Reception |
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| 6:30 PM | Dinner - On Your Own or Join a COGEL Dine-Around |
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Monday, December 4th |
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Breakfast - Table Topics |
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Plenary Session: The 5’3 General: An Insider’s Perspective on Power and Influence 2023 Outstanding Service Award Presentation |
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| 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM | Concurrent sessions |
| Campaign Finance Update I | |
| Hot Topics in FOI | |
| How to build confidence in public institutions and programs | |
| When Everyone Knows Everybody - Managing Influence Risks at the Local Level | |
| Preparing the Case I: Best Practices in Writing Complaints; Gathering Evidence; Interviewing Witnesses; and Drafting Settlement Agreements. | |
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| 12:00 PM - 1:40 PM |
Plenary Session: A First Person Perspective on U.S. democracy, elections, and threats to voting access from a Veteran and Former Missouri Secretary of State 2023 COGEL Award Presentation |
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| 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM | Concurrent sessions |
| Developing and Executing an Agency Blueprint: Tips for Organizational Resilience, Sustainability and Success | |
| Elections Under Threat | |
| Ethics Update | |
| The Fight for Access to Public Records: An Insider's View of How Major News Stories Come to Light | |
| Here today, Gone Tomorrow: The Promise of Digital Political Ad Archives | |
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| 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM | Concurrent sessions |
| Cutting Through the Noise: Best Practices in FOI Compliance | |
| Training & Outreach Roundtable | |
| Lobbying Update: U.S. and Canadian Federal, State, Provincial, and Local Lobbying Laws | |
| Preparing the Case II | |
| Who Needs Winks and Nods When You’ve Got Twitter? Regulating Coordinated Spending in the Social Media Era | |
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| 6:30 PM | Dinner - On Your Own or Join a COGEL Dine-Around |
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Tuesday, December 5th |
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| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Breakfast - Table Topics |
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| 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM |
Plenary Session: Quotes, Deadlines, and News Cycles: Political News and Powerful Players |
| 10:20 AM - 11:50 AM | Concurrent sessions |
| Catch and Release: A Discussion on Early Intervention and Compliance Efforts | |
| Elections Update | |
| Prioritizing Your Mental Health: Tips for a Better You | |
| Pursuing Political Transparency in Furtherance of the First Amendment: Tips from the Trenches | |
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch - On Your Own or join a COGEL Dine-Around |
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent sessions |
| USE THE SPACE! An acting workshop for COGEL Professionals | |
| Gifts Galore: Tips for Navigating Ethics Issues with Big Ticket Events | |
| FOI Legislation and Litigation Update | |
| Creating the Most User-Friendly Lobbying Reporting System Ever | |
| Campaign Finance Update II: Legislative and Regulatory Update | |
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary Session: #Livebetter: From Politics to Prison and Finding Purpose |
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| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Mix and Mingle Reception |
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| 6:30 PM | Dinner - On Your Own |
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Wednesday, December 6th |
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| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Breakfast & Annual COGEL Business Meeting |
| 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Concurrent sessions |
| Boots on the Ground: The Tricky Laws with Grassroots and Procurement Lobbying | |
| Unlocking the Power of Data and Generative AI: Transforming Analysis to maximize communications and problem solving | |
| Don’t Be Afraid of Strategic Planning | |
| FOI Roundtable | |
| Roadmaps & Pitfalls of Public Financing Programs | |
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| 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Concurrent sessions |
| Small Fish, Big Fish, and Owning the Pond: Building Effective Enforcement Strategies | |
| Flipping the script on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) | |
| Deconstructing ethics: Where we have been, where we are going | |
| Personal Piggy Bank? Case Studies and Grey Areas with the Personal Use of Campaign Funds | |
| Transformational or terrifying? Will AI help or hinder election administrators? | |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch - On Your Own or join a COGEL Dine-Around |
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| 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Steering Committee Meeting |
The Program Committee is finalizing the content for the 2023 Conference. Information will be updated as it becomes available.