Texas Lyceum offers forum for future issues leaders
The Texas Lyceum selected San Antonio to convene its next quarterly conference in 2010. The focus of the February 5-6 weekend event will be whether existing laws & technologies adequately protect data and identities in an online world. It will be covered by panelists of opposing viewpoints hackers & privacy advocates will argue these protections are inadequate while security leaders and government leaders will argue that laws and technologies are closing the gap. The conference the first of the Lyceums 2010 Great Debate" series and broadcast by San Antonios public television KLRN-TV is titled Our Growing Lives Online: Safe or Not?"
The Texas Lyceum identifies & develops next generation leadership in the State of Texas".
The issue of personal security and identify theft is becoming more important to everyday Texans. San Antonios growing cyber security industry coupled with the Air Forces announcement to locate its Cyber Command in the city makes San Antonio an ideal location to host a conference tackling these issues" said Texas Lyceum President-Elect John James of Midland.
This will be the first of several Texas Lyceum Great Debates that will be televised statewide via the network of public television affiliates" said James.
John Dickson a current director and partner with San Antonio-based Denim Group. says when he was trying to secure the participation of Texas House
Speaker Joe Straus in a panel discussion for the upcoming conference he was able to turn to Denise Davis a Texas Lyceum alumnus who serves as House Parliamentarian to help make the arrangements.
The conference will expose many of our statewide leaders to the policy issues associated with keeping our private information secure as well as San Antonios growing cyber security industry" Dickson says noting that several state lawmakers have recently become victims of identity theft which is a growing problem in the realm of cyber security.
The conference will take place Feb. 5-6 and will examine how hackers are able to gain access to consumer information online and compromise an individuals identity reputation and financial security.
The issue of personal security and identify theft is becoming more important to everyday Texans" says Texas Lyceum President-Elect John James of Midland.
San Antonios growing cyber security industry coupled with the Air Forces announcement to locate its Cyber Command in the city makes San Antonio an ideal location to host a conference tackling these issues. This will be the first of several Texas Lyceum Great Debates that will be televised statewide via the network of public television affiliates."
The Lyceum has an impressive list of former members serving (or have served) in public office including:
- Former President George W. Bush
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison- Governor Rick Perry
- former Texas Comptroller John Sharp
- Texas State Senators Rodney Ellis and Kirk Watson
- Houston Mayor Bill White
- Texas Supreme Court Justices Don Willett and Dale Wainwright
- U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore
- former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and
- Congressman Pete Olson.
Current Directors include Texas Representatives Veronica Gonzales Allen Vaught and Marc Veasey.
In 2009 the Lyceum conducted a widely publicized 3rd Annual Texas Lyceum Poll" to survey Texans attitudes about issues facing the state and the nation and held its 24th Annual Public Conference in Austin entitled: The 2009 Stimulus Package: Whats in it (or not) for Texas?"
The genesis of the Texas group dates back to 1980 when a convocation of Texas business political educational and civic leaders assembled in Dallas to discuss and debate the varied forces affecting Texas at the time.
Past chairman of the Texas Lyceum and general partner with Incyte Ventures Lukin Gilliland Jr. of San Antonio said We always try to present all sides of an issue to the members so they can go back fully informed to their communities" he says.
We have been lauded for providing one of the few remaining forums where civil political discourse can still take place. We have wide disparities of opinion but offer a forum where people can feel comfortable speaking without fear of reprisal" Gilliland said.
Today the Texas Lyceum a non-profit non-partisan group is a premier statewide leadership organization focused on identifying the next generation of top Texas leaders. The Lyceum consists of 96 men and women from throughout the state who begin their 6-year term while under the age of 46.
The Lyceum conducts periodic public forums publishes the Lyceum Journal commissions The Texas Lyceum Poll and convenes programs for the Directors to explore and discuss key economic and social issues of the state and nation.
The February 5-6 2010 weekend Conference details are being arranged and the debate will be open to members of the public.
There is a $20.00 fee and tickets can be purchased online at
www.texaslyceum.org in early January.
For more information visit:
http://www.texaslyceum.org/.
