The conference will release a Central Oregon 2014 economic forecast on January 30 at the Riverhouse Convention Center. Becky Johnson, vice president OSU-Cascade Campus, will be speaking on the bright future of Central Oregon’s first university. Patrick O’Keefe, Cascade Insurance, provides information on trends in the health industry. He will address What Obamacare means for Business Owners.
The 2014 Central Oregon Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) business conference provides a regional economic forecast and brings some of the nation’s foremost business leaders to our region to provide leading edge business information, experience and knowledge.
Dr. Bill Watkins, PhD, executive director, Center for Economic Research California Lutheran University will be speaking on the US, Oregon and Central Oregon Economic Forecast. Dr. Watkins explains the 2014 trends and realities that Central Oregon and the State of Oregon will experience nad provides insight on the economic impact of political decisions, such as the Affordable Care Act. He poses such questions as Is 2014 the breakout year? What will happen in housing markets? Is oil enough? and How bad is Obamacare for the economy?
Other featured speakers include Joel Kotkin, president Urban Reform an internationally recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends. Kotkin has a striking ability to envision how global forces will shape daily family life, and his conclusions can be thought-provoking as well as counterintuitive. Over the past decade, Kotkin has completed studies focusing on several major cities, including a worldwide Legatum study focusing on the future of New York, Los Angeles, Houston and St. Louis. He is also the bestselling Author of The Next Hundred Million, The New Geography and columnist for Forbes Magazine.
Becky Johnson, vice president OSU-Cascade Campus will be speaking on the bright future of Central Oregon’s first university. Patrick O’Keefe, Cascade Insurance, provides information on trends in the health industry. He will address What Obamacare means for Business Owners.
This business conference provides independent, unbiased economic date, analysis and forecasting for Central Oregon. Business and industry has found this conference to prove valuable for evaluating the outlook for the ever changing Central Oregon economic landscape, as well as, tailoring business plans to address these challenges.
January 30, 2014 from 7am to 11:30 am at the Riverhouse Convention Center.
Register by January 29, 2014 at www.eventbright.com.
