Past Conferences
Past PNREC Conferences
Program from the 2011 PNREC conference in Victoria, British Columbia.
Locations, Themes and Speakers: 1966 – 2011
The links below summarize previous PNREC conferences with information about conference location, theme, organizers, and featured speakers. The links are organized by decade
- PNREC Conferences from 2010-2011
- PNREC Conferences from 2000-2009
- PNREC Conferences from 1990-1999
- PNREC Conferences from 1980-1989
- PNREC Conferences from 1970-1979
- PNREC Conferences from 1966-1969
2011 – “Green and Global in the Garden City”
Victoria, British Columbia
Chairs: Carol Frketich, CMHC, and Chris Lawless, BCIMC
Featured Speakers:
- Douglas Porter
BMO Capital Markets - Yves Smith
Naked Capitalism - Andre Plourde
University of Alberta - Dean Fortin
Mayor, City of Victoria - James Boutilier
Canadian Navy - Tom Hutton
University of British Coumbia
2010 – “Opportunities and Challenges in the Pacific Northwest Hinterlands”
Missoula, Montana
Chairs: Patrick Barkey and Jim Sylvester, University of Montana
Featured Speakers:
- Nigel Gault
Global Insight - Mike Scott
Battelle Pacific Northwest Division - Honorable John Engen
Mayor, City of Missoula - John Cromartie
Economic Research Service
2009 – “Recession and Recovery: Current Impacts and Future Opportunities for the Pacific Northwest”
Vancouver, Washington
Chair: Scott Bailey, Washington Employment Security Department
Featured Speakers:
- David Wyss
Chief Economist, Standard & Poor’s, New York - Yves Smith
Aurora Advisers - Bill Beyers
University of Washington - Bob Baugh
AFL-CIO
2008 – “Innovation in the Northwest”
Tacoma, Washington
Chair: Paul Sommers, Seattle University
Featured Speakers:
- Nigel Gault
Global Insight - Heike Mayer
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech - Maryann Feldman
Professor, University of North Carolina
2007 – “Technology and Science in Regional Economic Development”
Richland, Washington
Chair: Michael J. Scott, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Featured Speakers:
- Angelos Angelou
Founder and CEO, AngelouEconomics, Austin, Texas - David Wyss
Chief Economist, Standard & Poor’s, New York - Paul Peterson
Professor, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
2006 – “Economic and Policy Issues on the Pacific Northwest’s Horizon”
Portland, Oregon
Chair: Tom Potiowsky, State of Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
Featured Speakers:
- Paul R. Krugman
Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University - Anthony Downs
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution - Nigel Gault
Director, US Macroeconomic Service, Global Insight, Inc.
2005 – “New Economic Horizons”
Bellingham, Washington
Chair: Hart Hodges, Western Washington University
Featured Speakers:
- David Wyss
Chief Economist, Standard & Poor’s - Mark Drabenstott
Director, Center for the Study of Rural America, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City - Irving Mintzer
Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, College Park - Roger Bolton
William Brough Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Williams College
2004 – “New Formulas and Partnerships Emerging”
Tacoma, Washington
Chair: Riley Moore, Saint Martin’s College
Featured Speakers:
- Benjii Bittle
Arts Administrator, Economic Development Department, City of Tacoma - Josh Farley
Assistant Professor, Community Development and Applied Economics
Associate Professor, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, U. of Vermont - William H. Gates, Sr.
Founding partner, Preston Gates & Ellis
Chair, 2002 Washington State Tax Structure Study Committee - Geoffrey J.D. Hewings
Professor, Departments of Geography, and Urban and Regional Planning
Director, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois - Ron Irvine
Owner, Vashon Winery - Desmond O’Rourke
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, Washington State University, Head and Founder, Belrose, Inc. - David Wyss
Chief Economist, Standard & Poor’s
2003 – “Picking Up the Pieces: Challenges to Recovery and Growth in the Pacific Northwest”
Spokane, Washington
Chair: Tom Trulove, Eastern Washington University
Featured Speakers:
- Nariman Behravesh
Chief Economist and Managing Director, Global Insights - Mark R. Drabenstott
Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Director, Center for the Study of Rural America - Thomas Rice
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Health Services, UCLA - Jeffrey J. Schott
Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, Washington D.C.
2002 – “Challenges to Economic Security”
Portland, Oregon
Chair: Terry Morlan, Northwest Power Planning Council
Featured Speakers:
- Alice M. Rivlin
Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution - James K. Galbraith
University of Texas - Dallas Burtraw
Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Mark Zandi
Chief Economist and co-founder of Economy.com
2001 – “Knowledge, Resources and Public Policy for the New Regional Economy”
Victoria, British Columbia
Chair: D.C. Lawless, B.C. Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations
Featured Speakers:
- Kenneth S. Courtis
Goldman Sachs - John Lipsky
J.P. Morgan - Don Drummond
TD Bank Financial Group - Philip Resnick
University of British Columbia - Peter Kuhn
University of California at Santa Barbara - Peter H. Pearse
University of British Columbia
2000 – “Beyond 2000: Regional, Boarder and Global Issues for the Pacific Northwest”
Bellingham, Washington
Chair: David E. Merrifield, Western Washington University
Featured Speakers:
- Honorable Roger Simmons, P.C.
Consul General of Canada, Seattle - Alison Lynn Reaser
Bank of America Asset Management Group - Dale Orr
WEFA Inc. - Ann Markusen
University of Minnesota - Gary Hufbauer
Institute of International Economics, Washington D.C.
1999 – Looking Back — “Looking Ahead: The Economic and Social Conditions of the Pacific Northwest”
Boise, Idaho
Chair: Michael H. Ferguson, Chief Economist – Idaho
Featured Speakers:
- Kurt Karl
WEFA, Inc. - Patty Gwartney
Oregon Survey Research Laboratory - Joseph Taylor
Iowa State University - Vernon Henderson
Brown University - Gene Epstein
Barron’s - Ted Strong
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
1998 – “Conflict and Collaboration: how Government, Business, and Academia shape the Pacific Northwest Economy”
Olympia, Washington
Chair: Lorrie Jo Brown, Washington Department of Revenue
Featured Speakers:
- Conference introduction by Gary Locke
Washington State Governor - John Donahue
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government - Hugh Knox
Associate Director for Regional Economics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce - Jack Triplett
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution - David Wyss
Research Director & Chief Financial Economist, DRI
1997 – “Regions in Transition”
Spokane, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Calvin L. Beale
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Roger E. Brinner
DRI/McGraw-Hil - Jerry L. Jordan
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - Jack Ward Thomas
University of Montana
1996 – “The Pacific Northwest — Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects”
Portland, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- John Kain
Harvard University - Paul Getman
Regional Financial Associates - Alice Rivlin
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Phil Burgess
Center for the New West - Governor Cecil Andrus
Former Governor of Idaho
1995 – “Public Lands and Public Policies in the New West”
Missoula, Montana
Featured Speakers:
- Bob Gannon
Montana Power Company - Peter Jaquette
The WEFA Group - Emory Castle
Oregon State University - Roger Bull
Pacific Northwest Economic Region - George Treyz
Regional Economic Models, Inc.
1994 – “The Pacific Northwest Economy in a Competitive World”
Seattle, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Brian Motley
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Nancy Rutledge Connery
World Bank - David E. Raphael
Marcar Management Institute
1993 – “Pacific Northwest Economy and the Environment”
Kennewick, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Robert Parry
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Ernie Stokes
WEFA – Canada, Toronto - Salah El Serafy
World Bank - Pierre Crosson
Resources for the Future - John Warren
Research Triangle Institute
1992 – “Public Policy and Competitiveness”
Victoria, British Columbia
Featured Speakers:
- Kenneth S. Courtis
Deutsche Bank Capital Markets - John F. Helliwell
Harvard University and
University of British Columbia - F.L.C. Reed
University of British Columbia - Donald A. Calder
Business Planning/British Columbia Telephone Company
1991 -”The Pacific Northwest: 25 Years Retrospective and Prospective”
Portland, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- Alice Rivlin
The Brookings Institution - Jack Triplett
Bureau of Economic Analysis - Nariman Behravesh
Oxford Economics - John Meyer
Harvard University - Mancur Olson
University of Maryland - Charles Leven
Washington University - Werner Z. Hirsch
University of California – Los Angeles - W. Lee Hoskins
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
1990 – “Economic Integration in the 1990s: Issues for the Pacific Northwest”
Bellingham, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Jack Beebe
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - William H. Cavitt
Office of Canada/U.S. Department of Commerce - Donald Lorentz
Washington State Dept. of Trade and Economic Development - William Schaffer
Georgia Institute of Technology - Donald Ratajczak
Georgia State University
1989 – “Human Resources and Economic Development”
Corvallis, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- Bob Buchannan
Oregon Dept. of Economic Development - W. Lee Bawden
Human Resource Policy Center, The Urban Institute - Senator Mark Hatfield
U.S. Senator, State of Oregon - R. Scott Fosler
Committee for Economic Development - Dr. Nathan Rosenberg
Stanford University - Jerry Godshaw
Wharton Econometric Forecasting Association
1988 – “The Location and Timing of Economic Development”
Boise, Idaho
Featured Speakers:
- Charles Trabandt
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Chris Caton
Data Resources, Inc. - Hon. Robert E. Smylie
Former Governor, State of Idaho - Peter Johnson
Former Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration - Jack Beebe
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Glen Pulver
University of Wisconsin - Hon. Bob Andrew
Minister of Trade and Investment, Province of Saskatchewan - Jerry Jordan
First Interstate Bancorp
1987 – “Restructuring the Pacific Northwest Economy”
Seattle, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Ronald E. Kutscher
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Glenn Pascall
Columbia Group - C. Fred Bergsten
Institute for International Economics - Nancy Rutledge
National Council on Public Works - Benjamin Chinitz
University of Lowell - Bruce R. Lippke
Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates
1986
Missoula, Montana
Featured Speakers:
- George Turman
Lt. Governor, Montana - Edwin Coleman
U.S. Dept. of Commerce - Jerry Jordan
First Interstate Bank
1985
Portland, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- Jack Triplett
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Christopher Caton
Data Resources, Inc. - Alan Rowe
Canadian Consul, Seattle - Lawrence Krause
Bookings Institution - Verle Johnston
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
1984
Olympia, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Roger Brinner
Data Resources, Inc.
1983
Bellingham, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Charles Cicchetti
Madison Consulting Group - Bruce Yandle
Federal Trade Commission - John R. Sharpe
Consul General of Canada in Seattle
1981
Boise, Idaho
Featured Speakers:
- Ed Moscovitch
Data Resources, Inc. - Marion Clawson
Resources for the Future - Sherwood Fawcett
Battelle Pacific NW Laboratories - Larry Meyer
Washington University, St. Louis - John Meyer
Harvard University
1980
Portland, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- Jack Triplett
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Robert Eisenmenger
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Walter Mead
University of California, Santa Barbara - William Niskanen
Ford Motor Company - Henry Wallich
Federal Reserve Board - Emory Castle
Resources for the Future
1979
Vancouver
Featured Speakers:
- Robert Triffin
Yale University - David Slater
Economic Council of Canada
1978
Issaquah, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- Otto Eckstein
Data Resources, Inc. - William Burke
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
1977
Eugene, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- Charles P. Kindleberger
Massachusettes Institute of Technology
1976
Victoria, British Columbia
Featured Speakers:
- Charles Leven
Washington University, St. Louis - Harry Johnson
University of Chicago - Wendy Holm
Anti-Inflation Board, Government of Canada
1973
Portland, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- John Balles
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Catherine Bedell Smith
US Tariff Commission - John Meyer
National Bureau of Economic Research - Wassily Leontief
Harvard University
1968
Pullman, Washington
Featured Speakers:
- William Wolman
Business Week
1967
Seattle, Washington
Featured Speakers:
1966 – “Inaugural Conference”
Portland, Oregon
Featured Speakers:
- Charles Levin
Washington University, St. Louis - Benjamin Chinitz
Brandis University