Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference... http://www.pnrec.org Since 1966 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:05:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Key Plenary Sessions now Confirmed http://www.pnrec.org/2012/02/key-plenary-sessions-now-confirmed/ http://www.pnrec.org/2012/02/key-plenary-sessions-now-confirmed/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:31:48 +0000 Paul Storer http://www.pnrec.org/?p=1430 The PNREC 2012 program includes the following confirmed plenary presentation. Numerous concurrent panel and paper sessions will also be on the program.
David Altig, Outlook Speaker

David Altig, North American Outlook Speaker.

David Altig is senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Dr. Altig also serves as an adjunct professor of economics in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. Dr. Altig’s research is primarily focused on monetary and fiscal policy issues. In addition to advising the Bank president on monetary policy and related matters, Dr. Altig oversees the Bank’s regional executives and the Bank’s research department.

Tom Potiowski, Missoula

State and Province Outlook Session.

Prominent economic analysts from around the region will review recent economic performance in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming and the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia.

Census Research Data Centers

Census Research Data Center Presentation.

Research opportunities for economist, geographers, demographers, and others will be enhanced by the recent designation of the UW as a Census Bureau Research Data Center. The potential of these centers will be demonstrated by three staff members from the Census Bureau: Ron Jarmin, Assistant Director for Research and Methodology; Lucia Foster, Chief Economist and Chief, Center for Economic Studies; and Brian Holly, Senior Research Project Coordinator, Research and Methodology.

Mark Partridge, Lunch Speaker

Mark Partridge, Lunch Speaker, Friday May 18.

Mark Partridge is the Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy at the Department of Agriculture, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. His research is focused on rural-urban interdependence, explaining differences in community growth rates, and innovations in regional policy and governance. Recently he has focused on the implications of rising income disparity in the United States on economic development trends.

Peter Nelson, Tiebout Speaker

Peter B. Nelson, Tiebout Lecture Speaker.

Peter B. Nelson is Associate Professor of Geography at Middlebury College. This annual Tiebout Lecture honors Charles Tiebout, founder of PNREC and a pioneer in regional economics, and always features a speaker who addresses themes in Tiebout’s research. Dr. Nelson has worked on the “voting with the feet” metaphor of Charles Tiebout, primarily through research on population trends in rural America.

]]> http://www.pnrec.org/2012/02/key-plenary-sessions-now-confirmed/feed/ 0 Paper and Panel Submissions are Invited http://www.pnrec.org/2012/01/victoria-2011-presentations-and-pnrec-2012-in-seattle/ http://www.pnrec.org/2012/01/victoria-2011-presentations-and-pnrec-2012-in-seattle/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:43:08 +0000 Paul Storer http://www.pnrec.org/?p=1028 The 2012 PNREC will be held at the Westin Seattle on May 17-18 2012. The conference theme is “The New Northwest Economy: Leaner, Meaner, and Greener?” and the co-chairs for PNREC 2012 are Bill Beyers and Lorrie Brown.

You are invited to submit a paper or propose a panel for presentation at the conference. Potential panel topics include:

• Industry Trends in the Northwest economy: Which are recovering? Which are Not? Why?
• What is the Impact of Declining Education Funding on the Northwest Economy?
• What is the Problem with State Budgets, Revenues or Expenditures?
• Evolution of the Regional Airline Market
• Transportation: Balancing Increasing Needs with Decreasing Revenues
• Climate Change and the Northwest Economy
• Energy Supply and Policy
• The Housing Market, Financial Markets, and Economic Recovery
• Other topics as proposed by conference participants.

To propose a session or submit a paper, contact the conference co-chairs, Lorrie Brown and Bill Beyers, by email at: pnrec2012@pnrec.org .

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Conference and hotel registration are now open for the 2011 Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference (PNREC). In addition to a wide range of sessions on the performance and prospects for the regional and national economies and related policy issues, this year’s PNREC will focus on how the region’s energy markets are responding to the need for greater supply and concerns about climate change.

2011 THEME“Green and Global in the Garden City”
CONFERENCE DATESMay 12 and 13, 2011
CONFERENCE SITEDelta Ocean Pointe Hotel – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONClick here to register for the 2011 PNREC Conference. Early-bird conference registration is  CAD$250 before April 11 (CAD$325 afterward). Reduced single-day and student registration available. All registration fees are in Canadian dollars.
HOTEL
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