Billl King Blog Readers Conference

Tenative Agenda

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM -Sign-in and breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM - Demographic Update – How Many People Have Been Deported or Left Voluntarily?

Bill King will give an update on the numbers he has been tracking.

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM - Update from the Mayor

Houston Mayor John Whitmire will give an update on the City of Houston.

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM - Data Centers in Texas

Panel discussion led by Baker Institute economist John Diamond on the financial implications for local governments and effects on grid and water supplies.

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM – Break - snacks served

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM – How Will the Iran War End?

Bill King will interview former Ambassador and Baker Institute Director David Satterfield.

11:30 AM- 12:00 PM – The Future of Newspapers

Bill King will interview Houston Chronicle Publisher, Nancy Meyer

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM - 2026 Elections

Rice political science professor and pollster Mark Jones, Houston City College political science professor Andy Teas, and State Senator Paul Bettencourt will discuss election-eve polling on the midterm elections.