The number one theme of the conference will be getting through the economic crisis, so delegates will be expected to put forward ideas as well as listen to what others have to say.
The Lib Dem leadership have seen off challenges from activists to its nuclear weapons and economic policies, although delegates voted for a review of housing benefit rules - what critics call the "bedroom tax".
On the economic front, a delegate from Michigan urged Mr. Bush to outline more plans to help small businesses, and a delegate from Iowa said he should take the opportunity to show the American people that the Republican Party is not elitist.
They have delegated economic policy to bureaucrats without giving them any clear sense of direction.
But, urban planners and developers said, Mr. Giuliani often delegated economic development issues to his deputies, who had little power.
If history is anything to go by, he will delegate economic policy to technocrats, and focus his own energies on tackling insecurity and reducing corruption in government.
Blair had effectively delegated economic policy and much social policy to Gordon Brown, and Scott was a casualty of the continuous turf battles between Nos 10 and 11.
Ethnic federations with impractically strong central governments can still selectively delegate economic opportunity to theoretically autonomous states, while assenting to nominal cultural expression.
Moreover, things are going to be especially sedate this year because the Party is worried that concern over unemployment and economic crisis could push delegates to step out of bounds.
"We know when we started this in '08 there were major, major problems," said Renee Watson, a delegate and economic development officer from San Antonio.
