CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

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C2ER 48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MAY 13 - 16, 2008, ATLANTA, GA

Tuesday, May 13,2008

Data Management and Analysis for Community Economic Research
Instructor: Erol Yildirim, Director, Data Products, C2ER, Arlington, VA

Wednesday, May 14,2008

Presenting Data and Research: Engaging Clients and the Media
Instructors: Bill Andres, Public Relations and Media, Andres Associates, Phoenix, AZ
Tom Tveidt, C2ER Secretary-Treasurer, Research Manager, Asheville Metro Business Research Center, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Asheville, NC

C2ER State/Province Chapter Roundtable
Co-Facilitators: Jim Held, CCR, Senior Economist, Empire State Development Corporation, Albany, NY
John Helms, National Research Manager, Mississippi Development Authority, Jackson, MS

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Thursday, May 15,2008

Creating Georgia's Talent Advantage
Moderator: Jennifer Zeller, Director of Research, Community & Economic Development, Georgia Power, Atlanta, GA
Speaker: Debra Lyons, Director of Workforce Development, Governor's Office of Workforce Development, Atlanta, GA

Demographic Trends – Workforce 2020
Moderator: Bob Isaacson, C2ER Vice Chair, Director of Communications, Analysis and Research, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, St. Paul, MN
Speaker: Rebecca Ryan, Next Generation Consulting, Madison, WI

Migrating Grads
Moderator: Garrett Harper, Research Director Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville, TN
Speaker: A.J. Sumell, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

Clusters in Workforce
Moderator: Lyssa Jenkens, Vice President, Information and Research, Greater Dallas Chamber, Dallas, TX
Speaker: Gary Yakimov, Senior Partner, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, Potomac, MD

Impact of Young Professionals Programs
Moderator & Speaker: Molly Foley, Lead Consultant, Next Generation Consulting, Madison, WI
Speakers: Erin Puzel, Program Manager, LEAD Brevard, Cocoa, FL
Abraham Nemitz, Former President, The Network of Young Professionals, Allentown, PA

Cluster Models
Moderator: Terry Clower, Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for Economic Development and Research, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Speakers: Rich Bryden, Director of Information Products, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
Edward Feser, Professor & Interim Head of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Christine Nolan, Senior Associate, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Measuring K-12 School Success
Moderator: Marlena Bandurski, C2ER Chair-Elect, Director of Research, Greater Des Moines Partnership, Des Moines, IA
Speakers: Lucretia Murphy, J.D., Ph.D., Senior Project Manager, Jobs for the Future, Washington, DC
Christopher Swanson, Ph.D., Director, Research Center, Editorial Projects in Education, Bethesda, MD
Ronald Painter, CEO, Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board, TRWIB, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

Business Dynamics
Moderator & Speaker: Mark Lange, Executive Director, Edward Lowe Foundation, Cassopolis, MI
Speakers: Rick Clayton, Chief, Division of Administrative, Statistics and Labor Turnover, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC
Donald W. Walls, President, Walls & Associates, Oakland, CA
John M. Abowd, Ph.D., Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Information Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Friday, May 16,2008

C2ER Awards Presentations
Facilitator: Jim Futrell, CCR, Vice President, Market Research and Analysis, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Pittsburgh, PA

C2ER Slide Presentation During Business Luncheon Meeting