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COGEL Annual Conferences
COGEL Annual Conference 2010
The 32nd COGEL Annual Conference will be held December 5-8, 2010 in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Fairmont.
The COGEL Conference is an invaluable opportunity for professionals working the fields of government ethics, campaign finance and disclosure, lobbying regulation, elections, and Freedom of Information, to learn and network. As reforms in these areas continue to evolve, what’s changed – and what hasn’t? Join us this year to find out, as COGEL returns to Washington D.C. for its annual conference, December 5 – 8, 2010. Whether you administer or enforce public disclosure, conflicts of interests, or campaign law at a regulatory agency or help clients understand those laws, individuals active in these fields at the state, federal, provincial or local levels will all find something of interest at COGEL’s 32nd Annual Conference.
View the 2010 Conference Brochure (PDF)
COGEL Annual Conference 2009
The 31st COGEL Annual Conference was held December 6-9, 2009 in Arizona at the Fairmont Scottsdale just outside of Phoenix.
Your 2009 COGEL Program Committee promises an informative, practical and highly valuable conference. In addition to providing a critical forum for understanding trends in government ethics, accountability in our campaigns and elections, and the latest in lobbying, this year’s conference will offer sessions on such vital and timely topics as:
- Advisory Opinions and How to Make Them Matter
- Revisiting Post Employment Restrictions in a Time of Staff Reductions
- Effectively Navigating Overlapping Jurisdictions
- Making the Best Use of Limited Ethics Resources
- Private and Public Sector Ethics and How One Can Support the Other
- Public Financing: What Makes It Successful?
- Making the Most of Your Agency’s Website
- Strategies and Tactics for Prioritizing and Achieving Legislative Changes
- Freedom of Information Law: Issues & Trends
- Gifts and Government Operations: Undue Influence or Valuable Assets?
We hope you’ll plan to join your COGEL colleagues and our 2009 Host Committee, the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission, for what’s shaping up to be an exciting and very useful conference in December.
COGEL Annual Conference 2008
The 2008 COGEL Annual Conference was hailed as a tremendous success. The conference was attended by more than 300 individuals attending over 40 substantive sessions during four information packed days. The setting provided abundant opportunity to meet informally with colleagues and peers (a hallmark of COGEL Annual Conferences). While the conference’s resounding success was the result of many, the Host Committee, consisting of the Chicago Board of Ethics, the Cook County Board of Ethics, the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission, deserves special thanks for such a superb effort! We can't forget all of the staff and volunteers who put incredible amounts of work into the conference to make it the huge success it was.
Future COGEL Conference Locations
2011 - Nashville, Tennessee