*Agenda is tentative and subject to change.
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. | Welcome
Kate Shanks, SVP Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber
Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Kelly McManus, Vice President of Higher Education, Arnold Ventures
8:45 a.m. | Education
Senate Majority Leader Max Wise
Rep. Erika Hancock
Rep. James Tipton
Rep. Scott Lewis
Moderator: Jennifer Smith, Assistant Vice President, Government & External Relations, Western Kentucky University
9:30 a.m. | Technology and Energy
Sen. Danny Carroll
Rep Derek Lewis
Rep. Adam Moore
Rep. Jim Gooch
Moderator: Eric King, Executive Director, Energy Planning and Inventory Commission
10:15 a.m. | Break
10:30 a.m. | Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Speaker Pro Tempore David Meade
Sen. Brandon Storm
Rep. John Blanton
Moderator: William Downey, Regional Director, State Government Affairs, Toyota Kentucky
11:15 a.m. | Medicaid Sustainability
Sen. Stephen Meredith
Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Rep. Wade Williams
Moderator: Anne-Tyler Morgan, Member, McBrayer PLLC
12:00 p.m. | Luncheon Keynote: Leading with Civility: Lessons from Former Governors
The Honorable Steve Beshear, 61st Governor of Kentucky
The Honorable Ernie Fletcher, 60th Governor of Kentucky
Moderator: Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
12:55 p.m. | Break
1:15 p.m. | Supporting Working Families
Rep. Samara Heavrin
Rep. Susan Witten
Sen. Robby Mills
Sen. Craig Richardson
Moderator: Elizabeth Whitehouse, Founder, Whitehouse Strategies
2:00 p.m. | Budget and Revenue
Sen. Christian McDaniel
House Majority Whip Jason Nemes
Moderator: Carlos E. Sanchez, President, AT&T Kentucky
2:40 p.m. | Tourism
Sen. Scott Madon
Sen. Matt Nunn
Rep. Kim King
Rep. Anne Donworth
Moderator: Andi Johnson, Chief Policy Officer and Director of Regional Engagement, Commerce Lexington Inc.
3:25 p.m. | Legislative Leaders
Senate President Pro Tempore David Givens
Speaker of the House David Osborne
Moderator: Ashli Watts, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber
4:05 p.m. | 2026 Kentucky Legislative Preview Conference concludes