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IU Business Outlook and Public Policy Panel to tour major Indiana cities in November
Oct. 24, 2000
EDITORS: A schedule of the panel's appearances is attached. For more information about any of the panel's presentations, please call the IU Office of Communications and Marketing at 812-855-3911. At many events, arrangements have been made for media who wish to cover the presentations.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University's Business Outlook Panel will tour the state, visiting a total of 10 cities, beginning with a 7:30 a.m. presentation on Nov. 9 at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis, followed by a similar presentation later that day in Bloomington.
This year, the panel's opening presentation will be taped for later rebroadcast on the Web. Users will need RealPlayer and can access the presentation at http://broadcast.iu.edu beginning Nov. 13.
The panel of IU experts will forecast economic conditions for the state and nation in the coming year, and will discuss current state economic development issues. It will feature faculty members from IU's Kelley School of Business and the IU Department of Economics, including traveling panelists with varying perspectives on the national and state economies.
The presentations will feature faculty experts in economics and finance who will provide an economic forecast, identify key topics of concern to decision-makers in Indiana, and discuss issues likely to be pertinent to the business and government sectors in 2001. The panelists are known for their ability to accurately predict national, state and local economic trends.
This year's tour is sponsored by the IU School of Business, the IU Alumni Association, IU campuses and local chambers of commerce.
The annual forecast of economic conditions is prepared by a group of IU economists and business professors who specialize in analyzing national and state business conditions. The starting point for the forecast is the Indiana Econometric Model, which combines state statistics and a national forecast to develop projections for the coming year.
Regular panel presenters will be joined in most cities by an economist from that particular area who has prepared a forecast for the local economy.
Appearing with the panel this year will be Morton J. Marcus, director of the Indiana Business Research Center; Lawrence S. Davidson, director of the Global Business Information Network; Bruce Jaffee, the Kelley School's associate dean for academics; R. Jeffery Green, the Kelley School's associate dean for research and operations; Michele Fratianni, chair of the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy; Robert S. Neal, associate professor of finance; James C. Smith, associate director of the Indiana Business Research Center; and Willard Witte, IU associate professor of economics.
Moderating many of the panel presentations will be Dan Dalton, dean of the Kelley School of Business, and C. Randall Powell, assistant dean for company relations.
Joining the visiting panel for local presentations will be Ammar Askari, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus; Don Coffin, IU Northwest; Dagney Faulk, IU Southeast; Thomas L. Guthrie, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW); Robert J. Kirk, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI); Gary Lynch, IU Northwest; Dilip Pendse, IU Kokomo; Thayr Richey of the Strategic Development Group in Bloomington; Barry Ritchey, Anderson University; Ashton Veramallay, IU East; and Mike Zimmer, University of Evansville.
The Business Outlook Panel program was founded in 1972 as a service to bring current economic information to the state's business communities. For more information about any of the presentations, contact the local sponsoring organization or the IU School of Business Alumni Office at 812-855-6340.
(George Vlahakis, 812-855-0846, gvlahaki@indiana.edu)
2000 BUSINESS OUTLOOK PANEL TOUR SCHEDULE
NOTE: Local sponsors and their phone numbers are listed in parentheses.
Nov. 9 Indianapolis: 7:30 a.m., Columbia Club Ballroom
(IU Indianapolis Business Alumni Club, 812-855-6340)
Bloomington: Noon, Alumni Hall, Indiana Memorial Union
(Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, 812-336-6381)
Nov. 10 Evansville: Noon, Airport Holiday Inn
(Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Commerce, 812-425-8147)
Nov. 14 Richmond: 7:30 a.m., Forest Hills Country Club
(IU East, 765-973-8221)
Anderson: Noon, Paramount Theater
(Anderson Chamber of Commerce, 765-642-0264)
Nov. 16 Columbus: 7:30 a.m., Ramada Inn
(Columbus Chamber of Commerce, 812-379-4457)
Nov. 17 Schererville: 7:30 a.m. and Noon, Teibles Restaurant
(Cooperative Extension Service, 219-755-3240)
Nov. 21 Kokomo: 7:30 a.m., Kelley Center, IU Kokomo campus
(IU Kokomo, 765-455-9231)
Fort Wayne: Noon, Apple Seed Room of Coliseum
(Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 219-424-1435)
Nov. 22 New Albany: 7:30 a.m., Hoosier Room, IU Southeast campus
(IU Southeast, 812-941-2362)