Annual Conference. A forum for the exchange of useful information on significant developments and trends in governmental ethics, elections, freedom of information, campaign finance and lobbying laws. Recent conferences have attracted over 400 participants!
COGEL Annual Conferences
31st COGEL Annual Conference
The 31st COGEL Annual Conference was held December 6-9, 2009 in Arizona at the Fairmont Scottsdale just outside of Phoenix.
View the 2009 Tentative Program-At-A-Glance (PDF)
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.
For your special 2009 invitation and additional information.
And remember to watch this COGEL website for additional details as they become available
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.
Check out the 2008 COGEL Annual Conference Agenda for an inside look at what was offered.
Future COGEL Conference Locations
2010 - Washington, D.C.
2011 - Nashville, Tennessee