12:00-

2:00 PM         

SOTV Lunch - OMNI Hotel - Mandatory registration

• Registration: 11:00 AM
• Door Opening: 11:30 AM
• Lunch Starting: 12:00 PM

This lunch is not included in our Dallas Sponsorship Packet

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3:00-

5:00 PM

Leadership Session - The Adolphus Hotel - Upon registration

Workshop #2: Modeling Civility on Social Media

• Jenifer Sarver, Sarver Strategies, Lyceum Class of 2014

Advisory Council Meeting - OMNI Hotel - Invitation only

5:00-

8:00 PM

Welcome Reception - Sixth Floor Museum

• Speaker: The Honorable Laura Miller, Former Mayor of Dallas (2002-2007)

Level Set - Sixth Floor Museum

• Moderator:  Scott Bennett, Mobility Ventures, Lyceum Class of 1980

Speakers: 

• Tony Canales, NBC Universal
• Margot Habiby, George W. Bush Institute
  
• John Hryhorchuk, Texas 2036, Lyceum Class of 2024

 Fireside Chat - Sixth Floor Museum

• Moderator:  Krys Boyd, KERA, Lyceum Class of 2009
• Speaker:  Jim Acosta, Former CNN Anchor

8:00-

9:30 PM

Class Dinners / Dinner on your own

9:30-

12:00 AM

8:00-

9:30 AM

Breakfast and Fellow Session - The Adolphus Hotel

The Texas Lyceum Poll: New Results 

• Speaker: Frank Ward, Poplar Group, Lyceum Class of 2022

Fellow Session:

• Moderator: Laolu Davis-Yemitan, Five Woods Realty, Lyceum Class of 2022
• Speaker: Kendall Hollingsworth, BakerRipley Community Schools
  

9:30-

12:30 PM

Excursions

• WFAA: State of Local News/Political Coverage - This excursion will start at the Adolphus.
• Program: Panel at the Adolphus and then Tour WFAA studios; panel discussion on the state of local news/political coverage; watch taping of Texas Politics show.
• Moderator: Matthew Watkins, Texas Tribune, Lyceum Class of 2025
• Speakers:
  • Gromer Jeffers, Dallas Morning News 
  • Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • Sherry Sylvester, Texas Public Policy Foundation

• Media Center at the Cotton Bowl/Fair Park: State of Expertise in Newsrooms 
• Program: Tour the new media center, take photos on the football field; panel discussion on the state of beat reporting and expertise among news reporters. 
• Moderator: Linda Pavlik, Pavlik and Associates
  
• Speakers:
  • Brooks Igo, Texas Law Book 
  • Jim Schutze, Former Dallas Observer 
  • Brad Sham, Dallas Cowboys Radio Network
    

• KERA: State of Watchdog Journalism 
• Program: Journalists and experts on investigative journalism and coverage of institutions assess the state of information; KERA holds a mock community meeting where they solicit our opinions about a new local news show
• Moderator: Corrie MacLaggan, KUT News and The Texas Newsroom, Lyceum Class of 2022
• Speakers: 
  • Chris Cobler, Fort Worth Report
  • Lauren McGaughy, KUT News and The Texas Newsroom 
    
  • Ed Timms, KERA
    

12:30-

2:45 PM

Lunch - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Welcome from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

• Speakers: 
  • Donald Bowers,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Deborah Kilroe,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
    

Civil Discourse Exercise - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

• Speaker:  Jenifer Sarver, Sarver Strategies, Lyceum Class of 2014

2:00-

4:00 PM

3:45-4:

45 PM

Optional Excursion: George W. Bush Presidential Center - Upon Registration

4:30-

9:30 PM

Evening Programming and Dinner at George W. Bush Institute 

Challenge to Think Differently About Journalism

• Moderator:  Sewell Chan,  USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, Lyceum Class of 2023
• Speaker:  Monty Bennett, Ashford Inc., The Dallas Express 

Newsgathering:  Talk about the different experiences covering a major news event as the industry changes.

• Moderator:  Corrie MacLaggan, KUT News and The Texas Newsroom, Lyceum Class of 2022
• Speakers: 
• Sharon Grigsby, The Lab Report Dallas
• Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica 
• Jabari Young, Forbes

Connecting Information to the Public

• Moderator: Sewell Chan, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, Lyceum Class of 2023
• Speakers:
• Leona Allen, Dallas Morning News
• John Garrett, Community Impact
• Nico Leone, KERA

Fireside Chat - Bush Institute 

• Moderator:  Holly Kuzmich, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Lyceum Class of 2016
• Speakers:
  • Nestor Ramos, New York Times 
  • Emily Ramshaw, The 19th, Lyceum Class of 2017

9:30-

12:00 AM

 9:00-

11:30 AM

Breakfast and Board Meeting - The Adolphus Hotel

Directors and Alumni only