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AUBER Vision Statement
To be internationally recognized by business, government,
and education as the premiere professional organization dedicated
to continually improving the quality, effectiveness, and application
of research in business, economics, and public policy.
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57th Annual Fall Conference Program
Keeping Abreast of AUBER Innovation
October 12-14, 2003
Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, LA
Updated: November 4, 2003
Sunday
| Monday | Tuesday
Monday, October 13
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Breakfast on your own |
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
La Nouvelle Orleans Mezzanine |
Registration |
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Queen Ann Parlor |
Publications Exhibit |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
La Nouvelle Orleans East |
Plenary Session, Regional Economic Outlook
Presiding: Jerry Wall, University of Louisiana
at Monroe
Jim Diffley, Managing Director of Global Insight's U.S.
Regional Services (see
PowerPoint) |
| 9:05 AM - 10:20 AM |
Concurrent Sessions |
| Royal Room |
Centers and Bureaus - A Deans' Perspective
This roundtable should provide a lively interaction between
college administrators concerning a wide range of center/bureau
problems and issues, including but not limited to the
following: mission/objectives of centers, hard and soft
money issues, relationship of centers to the rest of the
college and university, personnel staffing (tenure/promotion)
issues, and types of research.
Presiding: Ashvin Vibhakar, University of Arkansas
at Little Rock
David Billings, University of Alabama Huntsville (References)
Robert C. Dauffenbach,
University of Oklahoma
Richard L. Wobbekind, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| La Nouvelle Orleans East |
Regional Modeling in the Brave New World
of NAICS
The new North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) provides a new and more up-to-date pair of glasses
to wear in trying to make sense out of what is happening
in a local or regional economy. In many cases, the continuity
between past and present is lost, and there are other
challenges. This session draws on expertise of Global
Insight and REMI to better understand some of the difficulties
created by the NAICS conversion and to get some practical
tips on doing regional analysis and modeling in this new
statistical environment.
Presiding: Lee
Reynis, University
of New Mexico
Jim Diffley, Managing Director of Global Insight's U.S.
Regional Services (see
PowerPoint)
Nick Potter, REMI (see
PowerPoint) |
| Iberville Room |
To Print or Not to Print?
With resources becoming more scarce, how does an agency
choose where to cut costs? Recent trends have forced organizations
to eliminate printed publications. However, there is an
alternative: online publication. The Bureau of Economic
Analysis shares its experience in online publication,
including the bureau's decision to publish online, how
to publish online, and the products the bureau offers.
Helpful hints and suggestions for others interested in
publishing online will also be shared.
Presiding: Gary Horvath, University of Colorado
at Boulder
Rob Brown, Chief Regional Economic Measurement Division,
Bureau of Economic Analysis (see
PowerPoint)
Kathy Albetski, Chief REIS Branch of REMD, Bureau of Economic
Analysis (see
PowerPoint) |
| 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Concurrent Sessions |
| Iberville Room |
REMI and Transportation Analysis
REMI has developed a new methodology to evaluate transportation
effects. REMI's TranSight software integrates transportation
demand models with the REMI model's economic geography
to produce an editable report suite. The integration enables
TranSight to quantify the contribution that transportation
investments make toward creating and expanding industry
clusters, which are main drivers in sustaining, diversifying,
and accelerating regional economic development. TranSight
also adds value by estimating and including emissions,
safety, and fuel usage as regional inputs to the economic
assessment for transportation projects.
Presiding: Lee Grehan, The University of Memphis
David Morf, REMI
Applying Gravity and Agglomeration Economics to Transportation
Effects Analysis(see
PowerPoint) |
| Royal Room |
Developing a Business Plan for a New
or Revived Bureau/Center
This session focuses on developing and implementing a
business plan for a new or revived bureau/center with
a focus on a recently completed plan for the University
of North Dakota.
Presiding: Tom
Witt, West Virginia University
Sean M. Snaith, University of North Dakota (see
PowerPoint) |
| La Nouvelle Orleans East |
University Economic Impact Studies: How, What, and
Why - A Best Methods Approach to Conducting an Economic
Impact Study of Your Institution
This interactive session will focus on the nuts and
bolts of conducting an economic impact study of a university
or college. The panel members will provide an overview
of the process - what activities should be included
in the analysis, how data can be obtained (university
resources, student surveys, etc.), and how to effectively
present the findings. The discussion will include some
of the unique problems that are related to university
impact studies and how to best address those issues.
Presiding: Jan
Crispin, University of Utah
Jeremy Ryan Hill, Georgia
Southern University
Douglas Lonnstrom,
Siena College
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11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
La Nouvelle Orleans West |
Luncheon: NABE's National Economic Outlook
Presiding: Marshall J. Vest, The University of
Arizona
Duncan Meldrum, Chief
Economist, Air Products and Chemicals and President, National
Association for Business Economics (see
PowerPoint) |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
TBA |
Poster Session
Organizers: Maureen Dunne, Framingham State
College and
Lee Reynis,
University of
New Mexico
Davidson County Community Needs Assessment for United
Way of Metropolitan Nashville
Soumen Ghosh, Office of Business & Economic Research
(OBER), Tennessee State University
Bruce Rogers, Institute of Government, Tennessee State
University
Renuka Kalra, OBER, Tennessee State University
Lisa Smith, OBER, Tennessee State University
Jiayun Chen, OBER, Tennessee State University
Measuring Productivity at the Local Level (see
PowerPoint)
James Kurre, Economic Research Institute of Erie, Pennsylvania
State University, Erie
Beyond the Limits of Recreation: Measuring the Social
Costs of Gambling in Southern Nevada
William Thompson, Public Administration, University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
R. Keith Schwer, Center for Business & Economic
Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Daryl Nakamura, Independent
A Statistical Analysis of the Relationship between
Credit History and Insurance Losses
Bruce Kellison, Bureau of Business Research, University
of Texas at Austin
Patrick Brockett, Bureau of Business Research, University
of Texas at Austin
High Rates of Job Churning in Substate Economies
Christine Doyle-Burke, MetroWest Economic Research Center
(MERC), Framingham State College
Maureen Dunne, MERC, Framingham State College
Marie McKinney, MERC, Framingham State College
Michael Kreppel, MERC, Framingham State College
Clusters: Patterns and Changes over Time
Hart Hodges, Western Washington University
Steven Globerman, Western Washington University
Shawn Gilman, Northwest Eye Clinic (formerly at Western
Washington University)
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| 2:15 PM |
Depart Hotel for Port of New Orleans Tour |
| 5:15 PM |
Depart Hotel for National
D-Day Museum (or back to hotel) |
| 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
Reception, dancing, self-guided tours,
and refreshments at the National
D-Day Museum |
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Dinner on your own, if desired |
9:00 PM - ?
Rm. #945 (Truman Capote) |
2004 Program Planning at AUBER Hospitality
Suite
Hosts: Jerry Wall and Janet Speyrer |
Sunday
| Monday | Tuesday
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