2008 PNREC Program Agenda

Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference...since 1966

2008 Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference
spirit of innovation forum

Hotel Murano
Tacoma, Washington
MAY 14-16, 2008

Program Agenda

Wednesday - May 14th, 2008

Time	Session
7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Boeing Tour - For details click here
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Registration Opens Wednesday - May 14th Lobby
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Greeting & Welcoming to the PNREC FRB-SF Multi-Univeristy Symposium Wednesday - May 14th Venice Rooms Gary W. Smith, PNREC President Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project Gary Zimmerman, Economist Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Paul Storer, Western Washington University
1:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Forum Wednesday - May 14th Venice Room 1 Clusters-Sectoral Approaches: 1 Moderator: Claude Serfati Univ de Versailles, Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France Panel: "Innovative Dynamics in the Brazillian Telecommunication Sectors" Dimaria Silva E Meirelles, Mackenzie University, Brazil Luiz Antonio Adamo, Mackenzie University, Brazil "Innovation Networks and Collaboration in Canadian Biotechnology and Nanotech Clusters" Andrea Shiffauerova, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada Catherine Beaudry, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada "Determinants of Japanese Development in Humanoid and Partner Robots: Technology Push or Market Pull?" Aujain Eghbali, The University of Tokyo, Japan Naohiro Shichijo, The University of Tokyo, Japan Yasunori Baba, The University of Tokyo, Japan "Financing Innovations and Business Development in Poland: The case of the Podkarpackie region - 1999-2006" Barbara Sienko, Rzeszow Technical University, Poland Zbigniew Bochniarz, University of Washington, United States Concurrent Session Wednesday - May 14th Venice Room 2 Environment and Clean Energy Issues Moderator Jim Sylvester, PNREC Board Member University of Montana Speakers: "Spatial Investigation of Biomass for Cellulosic Ethanol Processing in the State of Washington" Hayk Khachatryan, Washington State University "Instream Flow Literature and Policymaking: Recreation, Fisheries, and Water Quality" Kasia Patora, Washington State Department of Ecology Multi-University Symposium Wednesday - May 14th Venice Rooms 3 & 4 Welcome & Introductions Speakers: Gary Smith, PNREC President Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project Paul Storer, Western Washington University Purposes & Functions of the Fed Speaker: Mark A. Gould, Senior Vice President and Branch Manager Seattle Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Behind the Scenes at an FOMC Meeting Speaker: Dr. Janet Yellen, President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Concurrent Session Wednesday - May 14th Venice Room 1 Input-Output Models and Agglomeration Moderator Chris Lawless, PNREC Secretary BC Investment Management Corporation Speakers: "Application to Determining Natural Resource Dependency" Philip Watson, University of Idaho Nick Beleiciks, Oregon Employment Department "Washington I/O Model" William B. Beyers, University of Washington Ta-Win Lin, Washington Office of Financial Management "Agglomeration Economies: Microdata Panel Estimates from Canadian Manufacturing" John R. Baldwin, Statistics Canada W. Mark Brown, Statistics Canada David L. Rigby, Statistics Canada Concurrent Session Wednesday - May 14th Venice Room 2 Sustainability Topics Moderator Gregory Green, Idaho State University Speakers: "Economic Development for the Ground Up: The Growth of Sustainable Local Food Economies" Viki Sonntag, EcoPraxis "Developing Indicators to Meaure Environmental Progress and Sustainability That are as Comprehensive and Robust as Our Economic Indicators" Jeffrey Morris, Sound Resource Management Multi-University Symposium Wednesday - May 14th Venice Rooms 3 & 4 Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Outlook & Forecast Speakers: Gary Zimmerman and Yelena Takhtamanova, Economists Economic Research & Public Information Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Student FOMC Simulation & Policy Vote Student FOMC Simulation Participants: Chairman Ben Bernanke Western Washington University Vice Chairman, Donald L. Kohn Boise State University Governor Frederic S. Mishkin Univeristy of Puget Sound President Timothy F. Geithner Central Washington University President Janet L. Yellen Seattle University President Richard W. Fisher Pacific Lutheran University Governor Randall Kroszner Eastern Washington University President Thomas M. Hoening St. Martin's Univeristy Debriefing & Participant Questions Speaker: Dr. Janet Yellen, President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Closing Speakers: Gary Smith, PNREC President Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project Gary Zimmerman, Economist Economic Research & Public Information Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Break
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Reception Wednesday - May 14th Pavilion Room D

Thursday - May 15th, 2008

Time	Session
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Registration Opens Thursday - May 15th Lobby
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.	Welcomes Thursday - May 15th Venice Ballroom Paul Sommers, Seattle University Blandine Laperche, Research Unit on Industry and Innovation (Lab.RII), Université du Littoral Cote d'Opale (ULCO)
8:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Plenary Thursday - May 15th Venice Ballroom National and International Economic Outlook Moderator Tom Potiowsky, PNREC Board Member Oregon Office of Economic Analysis "Developing Indicators to Meaure Environmental Progress and Sustainability That are as Comprehensive and Robust as Our Economic Indicators" Nigel Gault Group Managing Director of the North American Macro Economics Service, Global Insight
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Plenary Thursday - May 15th Venice Ballroom State and Provincial Forecasts Moderator Gary W. Smith, PNREC President Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project Oregon Tom Potiowsky, State Economist Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Washington Bret Bertolin, Senior Economist State of Washington Economic and Revenue Forecast Council Idaho Michael Ferguson, State Economist Idaho Division of Financial Management Montana Paul Polzin, Director Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana Alaska Daniel Stickel, Economist Alaska Department of Revenue British Columbia Carol Frketich, Regional Economist Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Alberta Bob Fox, Fox Consulting
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Break
12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Plenary Luncheon Thursday - May 15th Pavilion Room D Student Paper Award: To Be Announced Presented by: Robert Fox, PNREC Board Member Fox Consulting "Sustaining Innovation in Large Corporations" Moderator Jim Sawyer Seattle University Panel: Mark Burgess, Chief Engineer Boeing Advanced Lean Enterprise and Phantom Works Kelly Haughton, Strategic Director for Russell Indexes, Russell Investments Roger D. Woodworth, Vice President Sustainable Energy Solutions, Avista Utilities
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Forum Thursday - May 15th Torcello Room Clusters-Sectoral Approaches: 2 Moderator: Florin Paun Onera, France Speakers: "R&D Offshoring and Clustering Dynamics in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: The Case of China" Abdelillah Hamdouch, Universitè des Sciences et des Technologies de Lille Feng He, Shanghai University, China "The South African Biotechnology Regional Innovation Clusters (BRICs): Do they Foster Learning, Innovation and Competitiveness in the Biopharmaceutical Sector?" Marion Motari, UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands "China's Creative Industries" Ye Zhen, Xiamen University, China Forum Thursday - May 15th Burano room Entrepreneurship - Theoretical Approaches Moderator: Francis Munier Univ Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France Speakers: "Innovation Policy Framework for Sustainable Development in Regional Economies: An Australian Perspective" Jerry Courvisanos, Univeristy of Ballarat, Australia "Plural-Entrepreneurial Activity for a Single Start-up: A Case Study" Theirry Burger-Helmchen, Strasbourg, France "The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Orientation, Innovation Orientation and Proactive Market Orientation" Florin Foltean, The University of the West Timisoara, Romania "Business Creation in the Developed Countries at the Beginning of the 21st Century: The Role of the Resources Potential of the Entrepreneur" Sophie Boutillier, ULCO, France Concurrent Session Thursday - May 15th Cavallino Room Special Topics Moderator Carol Frketich, PNREC Board Member Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Speakers: "Generating Wealth: What younger leaders Suggest for Economic Development in the New Economy" Roslyn Kunin, Canda West Foundation "Dynamic of Jobs and Population: the Case of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Region over 1980-2000" Sumei Zhang, University of Louisville "The Pill, Peers, and Professions: Women Lawyers at the University of Washington" Stacey M. Jones, Seattle University "Under What Conditions are Potlatches Costly?" Bob Marler, Idaho State University Herb Maschner, Idaho State University Gregory Green, Idaho State University Concurrent Session Thursday - May 15th Pavilion Room C Macro and Regional Economic Relationships Moderator Scott Bailey, PNREC Board Member Washington Employment Security Department Speakers: "The Role of Information-Communication-Technology-Producing Industries in Washington" Alexander Roubinchtein, Washington State Employment Security Department "A Note on the Relationship between National and County Economic Growth in the Pacific Northwest before and after the Great Moderation" Grant D. Forsyth, Eastern Washington University "The Effect of Technological Innovation on Comsumption Side" Abhay Gupta, University of British Columbia "Revisiting Trends in Per Capita Income and Equality Among Counties Across the Pacific Northwest" Gary W. Smith, Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Break
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Forum Thursday - May 15th Torcello Room Research Network on Innovation Meeting Moderators Blandine Laperche ULCO, France Paul Sommers, 2008 PNREC Conference Chair Seattle University, United States All forum session presenters invited to attend. Concurrent Session Thursday - May 15th Burano Room Autos and the Economy Moderator Riley Moore, PNREC Board Member Saint Martin's University Panel: "Service Times at Vehicle Processing Facilities" Anne Goodchild, University of Washington "How Do Eco-information and Demographics Affect Consumers' Purchasing Behavior of Vehicles with Higher Environmental Performance?" Eleanor Bacani, University of Maine Concurrent Session Thursday - May 15th Cavallino Room Forecasting Methodologies Moderator Hart Hodges Western Washington University Speakers: "Population Estimates for Cities and Towns: A New Base?" Jim Sylvestor, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana-Missoula "Pierce County Economic Index Model" Bruce D. Mann, University of Puget Sound Doug Goodman, University of Puget Sound "Estimating General Fund Revenues for State Governments" Stephen Cooke, University of Idaho Michael Ferguson, Idaho Division of Financial Management "The Operations and Supply Index" Patrick M. Barkey, University of Montana Concurrent Session Thursday - May 15th Pavilion Room C Policy Issues Moderator Russ Lidman Seattle University Speakers: "Streamlining of NAFTA Tariffs: Benefits for Washingon State" Aaron Hayman, Western Washington University Paul Storer, Western Washington University "Opportunities and Challenges: What Does the New Economy have to Offer First Nations Economic Development?" Laura Lamb, Thompson Rivers University "Aid, Institutions and Development: Recasting the Role of Foreign Aid" Hafiz Akhand, University of Alberta
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	PNREC President's Reception and Art Walk (Click here for more information) Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project Chateau Ste Michelle

Friday - May 16th, 2008

Time	Session
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Forum Friday - May 16th Torcello Room Networked Enterprises, Networks of Firms - Theoretical Approaches Moderator: Paul Sommers 2008 PNREC Conference Chair Seattle University, United States Panel: "The Knowledge Creation in Network: A Comparison Between Firm-Network and Network of Firms" Francis Kern, Université Louis Pasteur, France "Transfer of Innovative Knowledge Between Leader and Laggard: An Experimental Approach" Stein E. Østbye, University of Tromsø, Norway Matthew R. Roelofs, Western Washington University, United States and University of Tromsø, Norway; Forum Friday - May 16th Burano Room Universities, Public Research Centers and Networks Moderator: Sophie Boutillier ULCO, France Panel: "Linking Academic Environment to Business Community through Innovation Networks: A Study on Romanian Higher Education Challenges" Anca Alexandra Purcarea, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest Doina Corina Serban, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest Elena Fleaca, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest "Role of R&D Centers in Promoting SME's : Kuwait Case" Awni Hamdan Mufleh, Gulf University Of Science And Technology, Kuwait "Foster Collaborative Network for Extensive Multidomain Innovation Through Aerospace Technology Adopter SME's Cluster; New ONERA-The French Aerospace Lab Development Strategy" Florin Paun, Onera, France Phillipe Richard, Onera, France Concurrent Session Friday - May 16th Cavallino Room Some Aspects of the Greater Tacoma Area's Renewal Moderator Ryan Petty City of Tacoma Community and Economic Development Panel: Ryan Petty City of Tacoma Community and Economic Development Michael Sean Sullivan Artifacts Consulting Denise Dyer Office of the Pierce County Executive, Economic Development J.J. McCament McCament & Rogers Real Estate Consulting Concurrent Session Friday - May 16th Pavilion Room F Taxation Moderator Genevieve Briand, PNREC Board Member Eastern Washington University Speakers: "Fiscal Conditions of City Governments in Oregon" Tim Kochansky, Portland State University "Distributional Analysis of Property Taxes" Mark Matteson, Washington State Legislative
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.	Forum Friday - May 16th Torcello Room Networked Enterprises, Network of Firms Moderator: Faiz Gallouj Unversity de Lille 1, France Speakers: "The Networked Enterprise: Towards the Globalization of the Innovation Process" Blandine Laperche, ULCO, France "Transnational Corporations, Public Institutions and Innovation Networking" Claude Serfati, C3ED, Uiniversité de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France "Perils of Financial Innovation: Doctrinal Roots" Jim Sawyer, Seattle University, United States "Clusters: A Need of Innovation in the Organization and the Content of Work" Serge Le Roux, ULCO, France Forum Friday - May 16th Burano Room Social Capital and Networks Moderator: Abdelillah Hamdouch Unversity de Lille 1, France Speakers: "Schumpeter's Classification and Innovation Processes" Sorin-Gabriel Sebe, Faculty of Political Science, Bucharest University, Romania "Guanxi and Business Environment in China: An Innovative Network as a Process of Knowledge Based Economy" Francis Munier, Université Louis Pasteur, France "Innovation Networks Among Chinese Knowledge Workers: The Role of Guanxi and Consequences of Organizational Commitment" Xiaoxia Li, University Rennes 1, France David Alis, University Rennes 1, France Catherine Sarlandie de la Reboertie, University Rennes 1, France "Human Integration into the Life Cycle of Aviation Systems - HILAS: A European Network Approach to Innovation in Human Factors" David Jacobson, Dublin City University, Ireland Bernard Musyck, Frederick University, Cyprus Concurrent Session Friday - May 16th Cavallino Room Innovations for Calibrating the Pacific Northwest: Data and Tools for Monitoring Changes in the Structure and Performance of Our States' and Local Economies Moderator Paul Polzin University of Montana Speakers: "Innovations In BEA's Regional Accounts and Meeting Strategic Plan Goals Through Expanding Partnerships" Rob Brown, Bureau of Economic Analysis "Innovations and Advances in Web-Based Technologies to Deliver and Interpret Regional Economic Analytics" Gary W. Smith, Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project "Tracking Changes in the Local Economy: The Importance of Looking at the Income Side of the Coin" Richard Mack, Central Washington University Concurrent Session Friday - May 16th Room TBA Electric Power Planning in the Northwest Moderator Mike Scott, PNREC Board Member Battelle Pacific Northwest Division Speakers: "The Interface Between Demand forecasting and Conservation Planning" Massoud Jourabchi, Northwest Power and Conservation Council "A Method for Transition of Portfolio Analysis Results to a Simplified cost Effectiveness Criterion for Demand Response in the Pacific Northwest Power System" Ken Corum, Northwest Power and Conservation Council "Changes in Northwest Evergy Policies: How Small Public Electric Utilities in the Northwest Have, Will and Should Respond" Humaira Falkenberg, Public Utility District No. 1 of Skamania County "Production Cost Model Simulations of Future Mid-Columbia Wholesale Power Market Prices" Maury Galbraith, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Break
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Plenary Luncheon Friday - May 16th Pavilion Room D Visualizing Entrepreneurial Genealogies in the Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Portland and Boise Moderator Paul Sommers 2008 PNREC Conference Chair Seattle University Speaker: Heike Mayer, Urban Affairs and Planning Virginia Tech - Alexandria Center
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Break
1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Forum Friday - May 16th Torcello Room Clusters-Theoretical and Methodological Approaches Moderator: Thierry Burger Helmchen, Univ. Louis Pasteur, France Speakers: "Knowledge and Innovation Cluster Identification: A GIS Application of Concentration, Coincidence, and Correlation of Indicators" Hamilton Galloway, Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc., United States Henry Robison, Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc., United States "Conceptualizing innovation clusters and networks" Abdelillah Hamdouch, Univ Lille 1, France "Identifying Clusters in the Puget Sound Region" Paul Sommers, 2008 PNREC Conference Chair Seattle University, United States William B. Beyers, University of Washington, United States "Local Networks and Innovative Milieu. Proximity, Institutions and Market Repsonses" Dimitri Uzunidis, ULCO, France Forum Friday - May 16th Burano Room Public Policies Moderator: Catherine Beaudry Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada Speakers: "The Innovation Gap and the Performance Gap in the Service Economies: A Trouble for Public Policy" Faridah Djellal, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Clersé et Gercie, France Faïz Gallouj, Université Lille 1, Clersé, France "Different Time, Different Place: Changing Spacial Support for Knowledge Clusters" Michael Hefferan, University of The Sunshine Coast, Australia Concurrent Session Friday - May 16th Cavallino Room Small Business and Underground Economy Issues Moderator Paul Storer, PNREC Board Member Western Washington University Speakers: "Measuring the Underground Economy" Lorrie Brown, Washington State Office of Financial Management James Callen, Washington State Labor and Industries Lael Byington, Washington State Employment Securities Department Stan Harris, Washington Department of Revenue "Small Business Survival" Lorrie Brown, Washington State Office of Financial Management "When the Wrong Sign Yields the Right Answer for a Market that Wrong: Illegal Cigarette Sales from the U.S. into Canada" Steve Smith, Washington State Department of Revenue Van Hunyh, Washington State Department of Revenue Concurrent Session Friday - May 16th Pavilion Room F Regional Innovation Moderator Julie Anderson Washington State Department of Community Trade and Economic Development Panel: Ron Johnson-Rodriguez, Port of Chelan County Julie Anderson, Washington State Department of Community Trade and Economic Development Gary Nelson, Port of Grays Harbor
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Plenary Friday - May 16th Pavilion Room D Tiebout Lecture Moderator Bill Beyers, PNREC Board Member University of Washington Speaker: "Chasing Innovation" Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina Closing...Toward PNREC 2009 Speakers: Paul Sommers, 2008 PNREC Conference Chair Seattle University Blandine Laperche, ULCO, France Gary Smith, PNREC President Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project Scott Bailey, 2009 PNREC Chair Washington Employment Security Department Jim Sylvester, 2010 PNREC Chair University of Montana
5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Break
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	PNREC Board of Directors Meeting Friday - May 16th Room TBA

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