2003 WESTERN STATES ECONOMIC SUMMIT
June 2-3, 2003
The Warwick REGIS Hotel
490 Geary Street, San Francisco

(Agenda as of April 10, 2003 )

Monday June 2

11:30 - 12:00 – Registration

12:00 - 1:30 – Lunch “New York Strip Steak” or  “Tuscan Chicken Salad”

The International Economic Outlook

Nariman Behravesh, Global Insight, Lexington, MA

1:30 - 3:00 Economic Outlook

            The Regional Outlook and the West

Mark Zandi, Economy.com, Westchester, PA

State Revenue Prospects and Strategies

            Roger Brinner, Parthenon Group

Joyce Brinner, Global Insight

America's High-Tech Economy: The West's Position

            Ross DeVol, Milken Institute

3:30  Break – Coffee, Tea, Sodas, Cookies (subject to change)

4:00-5:00 California Outlook

The California Outlook

                        Howard Roth, California Finance

The Southern California Outlook

Jack Kyser, LA Economic Development

5:00-6:30 Western States’ Economic & Revenue Roundtable – Tom Potiowsky, Chair, Oregon

7:00 Dinner: TBA by Michelle Raymond & Doug Macdonald, bring your VISA card and we will do the rest.

Tuesday June 18

7:30     Breakfast “Continental Breakfast Buffet” (subject to change)

8:15-10:00       Tax Policy Roundtable discussions  

Alaska:            Brett Friede, Department of Revenue

Arizona:          Georganna Meyer, Department of Revenue

California:       Howard Roth/Pat Landingham, Department of Finance

Idaho:              Mike Ferguson, Division of Financial Management

Nevada:           Ted Zeund, Legislative Counsel Bureau

New Mexico:  Scott Smith, NM Legislature, Tom Clifford, NM Revenue

Oklahoma        Reece Womack, Oklahoma State Tax Commission

Oregon:           Tom Potiowsky, Department of Administrative Services

10:00 Break – Coffee, Tea, Juices

Utah:               Neil Ashdown, Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget

Texas:              John Heleman, Texas Comptroller’s Office

Washington:    Chang Mook Sohn, Office of Forecast Council

Wyoming:       Jim Robinson, Economic Analysis

11:00

Round 2 - Western States Research Paper Forum – Mike Ferguson, Idaho

Call for papers

Please contact us

12:30 - Adjourn

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