The 2008 Texas Lyceum Public Conference aims to move beyond the traditional panel discussions and into active engagement of the audience to establish public policy priorities for transportation infrastructure across the state. During this interactive one-day public conference, attendees will hear from four diverse panels and, after each one, participate in an interactive facilitation exercise. At the conclusion of the conference, the most urgent priorities as established by these four sessions will be assimilated into the Journal, the Lyceum’s annual publication. The results of this conference will include not just an audience with a better understanding of the issues, but an objective assessment of the priorities identified by the diverse body present at the Texas Lyceum’s Public Conference.
As a non-partisan forum, the Texas Lyceum is dedicated to leadership development and exploring consensus approaches to important issues that affect the future of Texas. Our 2008 Public Conference is an opportunity for the Lyceum Directors, its alumni and the public to interact with policy makers, policy advocates and each other and actively engage in the discussion. This conference will employ innovative facilitation techniques, led by Margaret Vaughn Robinson, to extract from the audience actionable priorities for policy makers to consider in