Association for University
Business and Economic Research

A national association of regional
economic research centers

Recent Conferences

The Future of Work

Oct. 14-17, 2023 • Omni La Mansión del Rio • San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio 2023 Conference

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Henry Cisneros

Henry Cisneros
U.S. Department of HUD & City of San Antonio

Douglas Duncan
Fannie Mae

Will McIntosh

Will McIntosh
Affinius Capital

Lloyd Potter
Texas Demographic Center

Mark Wynne
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

CONFERENCE AWARDS

Electronic Publications

Portland State University, Northwest Economic Research Center

“The Power of Music – An Economic Analysis of Oregon’s Emerging Commercial Music Industry”

Print Publications

Middle Tennessee State University, Business and Economic Research Center

“Health Care Industry Nashville MSA 2023: Trends, Scope, and Impact on the Regional Economy”

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University of West Florida, Haas Center

“Achieve Dashboard”

Polzin Best Paper Prize

Derek Sheehan, University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research

“An Assessment of the Potential Impacts of a Montana Low-Income Housing Tax Credit”

AUBER Fellow Award

John Deskins, West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research

R. Thayne Robson Award

Sean Snaith, University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Forecasting

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The results of the 2023 AUBER Board Election:

Monica Haynes

Monica Haynes
University of Minnesota Duluth
Board Member, 2023-26

Rod Motamedi

Rod Motamedi
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Board Member, 2023-26

Manuel Reyes-Loya

Manuel Reyes-Loya
University of Texas at Tyler
Board Member, 2023-26

Patrick Barkey
University of Montana
Board Member, 2023-24

Vanessa Fry
Boise State University
Vice President

Michael J. Hicks
Ball State University
Secretary-Treasurer

The following board members were recognized upon completion of their board terms:

Robert Godby
University of Wyoming
Board Member, 2019-23

Bruce Kellison
University of Texas at Austin
Board Member, 2019-23

Valorie Rice
University of Arizona
Board Member, 2019-23

Juliette Tennert
University of Utah
President, 2022-23

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75 Years of AUBER:  Economic Resiliency from Coast to Coast

Oct. 15-18, 2022 • Hilton Hotel • Pensacola Beach, Florida

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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David Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Judy Bense, University of West Florida
Bruce Kellison, University of Texas at Austin
Jerry Parrish, University of West Florida
Raymond Sfeir, Chapman University
Doug Woodward, University of South Carolina

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Our annual business meeting was held, with the election of three new officers to the AUBER Board, who will each serve a three-year term:

Nicole Gislason, University of West Florida
Marc Schaffer, St. Norbert College
Raymond Sfeir, Chapman University

Additionally, Jennifer Green, Jacksonville State University, was sworn in as the newly-elected vice president of AUBER, and Michael Hicks was reappointed to the office of secretary-treasurer for another year.

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The following board members were recognized for their years of service:

James McCafferty, Western Washington University
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Fred Treyz, Regional Economic Models Inc.

CONFERENCE AWARDS

The winners of our annual publications awards are as follows:

PRINT PUBLICATIONS

University of Nevada Las Vegas receives 2022 Print Award

Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas, Center for Business and Economic Research

“Population Forecast 2020-2060”

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

University of Alabama receives 2022 Electronic Publication Award

University of Alabama, Center for Business and Economic Research

“Alabama Economic Outlook”

WEBSITES

Middle Tennessee State Univ receives 2022 Website Award

Middle Tennessee State Univ., Business and Economic Research Center

“Tracking Tennessee’s Economy”

Bruce Kellison, director of the Bureau of Business Research at University of Texas at Austin, was presented with the 2022 AUBER Fellow Award for his many years of service and dedication to the organization.

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Relaunching the Decade: Supporting Innovation and Our New American Economy

Feb. 26 – Mar. 1, 2022 • Hotel Boulderado • Boulder, Colorado

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Thanks for joining us for 74th annual conference in scenic Boulder, Colorado. This conference was originally scheduled for the fall of 2020; however, we were forced to postpone the conference due to the pandemic. Many thanks to our amazing conference hosts – the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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David E. Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Our keynote speakers included John List, distinguished service professor in Economics at the University of ChicagoDavid E. Altig, executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, who gave the Keith Schwer Keynote Address; Patty Limerick, faculty director and chair of the board at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center of the American West; and Seth Levine, partner and co-founder of Foundry Group.

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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Transformed Our Economy

Oct. 13, 2021 • Online

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Thanks for joining us for our online fall conference. The focus of this year’s conference was how the COVID-19 pandemic transformed our economy; how that affected some industries more severely than others; and how we can move forward.

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Fred Treyz, Regional Economic Models Inc.
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KEITH SCHWER KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Constance Hunter, chief economist at KPMG


PANEL DISCUSSION: Pressure Points in a Fast Recovering Economy

Christine Chmura, CEO and chief economist of Chmura Economics and Analytics

Fred Treyz, chief executive officer and chief economist at REMI

Clare Losey, doctoral scholar and assistant research economist at Texas Real Estate Research Center, Texas A&M University

Following the conference, all AUBER members participated in the annual business meeting.

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Regional Economies

Sep. 21, 2020 • Online

Thanks for joining us online for our 73rd Annual Fall Conference!

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Abigail Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Altig
David Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

PANELISTS

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Michael Hicks, Ball State University
Treyz
Fred Treyz, Regional Economic Models Inc.
Stephen Miller, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Andrew Hait, U.S. Census Bureau
Michael Dalton, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Regional Analysis in the Age of Populism

Oct. 12-15, 2019 • DeSoto Hotel • Savannah, Georgia

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In an age of populism where discourse has stirred up anger and distrust, skepticism about the opinions of experts is on the rise. The days of getting out on balconies and making expert pronouncements are over. As information providers, we must constantly prove that our research is relevant. AUBER centers are well positioned to overcome skepticism by communicating data in ways that are understandable and getting important research findings into the hands of policymakers.

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David E. Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Jed Kolko, Indeed
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John J. Neely III, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
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Mark Partridge, Ohio State University

The conference featured keynote speakers David E. Altig, executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Jed Kolko, chief economist at Indeed; John J. Neely, III, vice president of Law and Public Affairs at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation; and Mark Partridge, Swank chair of rural-urban policy at Ohio State University.

The 72nd annual conference was hosted by the Center for Business Analytics and Economic Research at Georgia Southern University. Participants had the opportunity to tour either the Georgia Ports Authority or the Gulfstream Aerospace production facility during a field trip on Monday afternoon.

View the 2019 conference program.

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Mountains of Data: Exploring the Next Generation of Regional Research

Oct. 13-16, 2018 • Marriott Hotel • Salt Lake City, Utah

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In a world where we are creating almost 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day, Big Data, real-time data, and data analytics influence everything from consumer trends to enterprise operations. As economists and researchers, we often find ourselves sorting through and analyzing mountains of data to help inform community members, business leaders, and policymakers. Hosted by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, the 2018 conference discussed all of these topics and more.

The 2018 Fall Conference featured great keynote speakers like Google’s Qing Wu, the Urban Institute’s Jonathan Schwabish, Wells Fargo’s John Silvia, Chapman University’s Joel Kotkin, and Annetta Wilson, the president of Annetta Wilson Training and Success Coaching . The conference also included a variety of sessions highlighting cutting-edge research.

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A full day pre-conference workshop featuring world-renowned data visualization expert Jonathan Schwabish, senior fellow at the Urban Institute and founder of PolicyViz, examined how to better communicate economic research.

View the 2018 conference program.

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Natural Resources, Border Issues, and Local Economics:  Navigating Regional Economies in a Time of Change

Oct. 21-24, 2017 • Hotel Andaluz • Albuquerque, New Mexico

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The Southwest has benefited historically from rich mineral deposits that have supported mining and extractive industries. Oil and gas continue to be the lifeblood of many communities. But the future of this arid region depends critically on the availability of water. What does the future hold for major rivers like the Colorado and for the underground water supplies that have supported agriculture and sustained local communities? While we in New Mexico worry about water scarcities, elsewhere the climate change may be manifested in heavy storms and winds, as has been seen this hurricane season. How can our states and our communities mitigate the effects of climate change?

In New Mexico, the dynamics of shared resources and climate change can be further complicated by the border issues – between states, as in the Texas water lawsuit against New Mexico over groundwater pumping, and between countries, with the U.S. this month finally coming to an agreement with Mexico to conserve Colorado River water. Throughout the conference, we will hear from speakers who carefully examine the evidence regarding changes in our natural environment and elucidate the challenges posed for state and local economies, including those that are neighbors on different sides of a border.

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Keynote speakers included John Fleck, director of The University of New Mexico’s Water Resources Program and author of the book, Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths about Water in the West; Rajeev Dhawan, professor in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University; Jesus Cañas, senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Katharine Jacobs, director of the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions at University of Arizona; and Elizabeth (Lisa) J. Kuuttila, chief executive officer & chief economic development officer of Supporting Technology Transfer at the University of New Mexico.

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