Events

  • New Jersey DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette speaking during Sweeney Center's Offshore Wind Technology Conference in May.

Events

The Sweeney Center Event Calendar

How Counties Are Leading the Way on Shared Services

New Jersey Association of Counties
75th Annual Celebration of County Government
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Caesars, Atlantic City
Panel: 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.
 
Program focused on shared services initiatives in New Jersey counties that improve services and save tax dollars features Gloucester County Administrator Steve Sweeney, the former NJ Senate President; 
Rick Richardella, Chief of the Bureau of Local Government Assistance for the Division of Local Government Services, NJ Department of Communtiy Affairs; and Eileen Brennen, Municipal Technical Adviser for the Bureau of Local Government Assistance. Sweeney Center Director Mark Magyar serves as moderator for tthe program, which also focuses on the Bureau's LEAP and SREP grant programs, which fully fund studies on shared services and regionalization initiatives for counties, municipalities and school districts. 
 
For further information on the NJAC Conference, click here

Expanding New Jersey's Nuclear Generation Capacity

Rowan Energy Collaborative/Sweeney Center for Public Policy 
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center, Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Registration: 8:00 a.m. Program: 8:30 a.m. to 3 :00 p.m.
 
The Sweeney Center’s sixth energy conference will bring together state government officials, industry executives, environmental leaders and academic experts to focus on the fiscal, regulatory and environmental challenges New Jersey faces in seeking to build new full-sized or Small Modular Reactors to expand nuclear generation capacity. The conference will benchmark potential New Jersey initiatives against other states, compare projected nuclear power costs against other generation options, and showcase early findings from the interdisciplinary Rowan Energy Collaborative's State Policy Lab study.

Attendance is free, and breakfast and lunch are included. To register for the conference, click here

For further information on the conference, please contact Sweeney Center Director Mark Magyar at magyarm@rowan.edu.