Trade Prospects and Problems in 2013

Portland

An Outlook on the Economy, Trade and Technology

Join GIC in partnership with Portland State University for a conference on Trade and Technology, including an economic outlook, session on energy policy and a special session on technology.

Generously sponsored by INTEL Corporation.

 Agenda

Venue: Columbia Falls Ballroom, University Place Hotel

8:30-9:00                Registration and Coffee

9:00                         Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Doug Crow, Adjunct, Portland State University
  • Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments and Program Chair, GIC

9:05-10:00              US Economic Outlook 

  • Professor Tom Potiowsky, Chair, Economics Department, Portland State University
  • Mark McMullen, Chief Economist, State of Oregon
  • Steve Sexauer, Chief Investment Officer, Allianz Global Investor Solutions

10:00-10:40            After the Arab Spring

  • Marvin Kaiser, Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Portland State University
  • Mohamed Daoud, Fulbright Fellow and Professor of Applied Linguistics, ISLT

10:40-10:50            Coffee Break

10:50–12:00           East Asia Economic Outlook /Pacific Rim Trade

  • Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments, and Program Chair, GIC
  • Sam Ruda, Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Portland
  • Hiro Ito, Associate Professor, Economics Department , Portland State University

12:00-1:00              Lunch

1:00-2:10                Clean Energy

  • Bill Campbell, Chief Financial Officer and Principal, Equilibrium Capital
  • M. Terry Cooke, 2010 Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
  • Bob Jenks, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board of Oregon

2:10-2:20                Coffee Break

2:20-4:00                Technology and the Future

  • Paul Thomas, Chief Economist, Intel Corporation
  • Rick Turoczy, Founder and General Manager, Portland Incubator Experiment
  • Angela Jackson, Director, Portland State University Business Accelerator

4:00                        Conclusion

  • Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Program Chair, GIC

 

 

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