The Public Manager and ASPA's 2008 Annual Conference

The issues facing today’s public manager are complex, interrelated, and far-reaching. The exchange of information and ideas among professionals is invaluable to practitioners coping with these issues. The Public Manager, a unique public management journal, and The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), one of the largest and most prominent professional associations in public administration, announce the launch of a groundbreaking conference that offers you the knowledge needed to advance your practice—Transforming Bureaucratic Cultures: Challenges and Solutions for Public Management Practitioners—at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, July 28-29, 2008.

 

Who Should Attend?

Federal, state, and local managers and executives; public-service and nonprofit professionals; students in public service or nonprofit fields; and private-sector workers who contract with federal, state, or local governments.

 

Why Should I Attend?

For practical information from veteran practitioners and fresh opportunities for the open exchange of ideas among all levels, from students to senior professionals.

 

What Is the Objective?

To engage managers, professionals, and students from a range of fields connected to public service in a collaborative, audience-driven conference offering “expert” give-and-take, presenting case illustrations from experienced agency practitioners, and including publication, as appropriate, of relevant materials and proceedings.

 

Join transformational leaders from across the public sector in a unique, new conference this summer in Baltimore while earning 1.4 CEU’s.

Keynote Speaker, Monday Luncheon, The Honorable Sheila Dixon, Mayor of Baltimore

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator, Plenary Session 2, Jenna Dorn, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration

 

 

 

Hotel and Travel Information

The conference will be held at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, four-diamond accommodations among popular Inner Harbor attractions, including the National Aquarium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

 

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
202 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202
410-547-1200 or 1-800-HOTELS-1 (1-800-468-3571)

 

Select rooms are still available at the government/conference rate of $175.93 per night ($155 rate + 13.5% tax), for Sunday, July 27 through Tuesday, July 29, on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register here or call the hotel at 1-800-HOTELS-1 by 6 p.m. on July 14, 2008, to receive this rate (group code TRATRAA).