Fresh Water and the Great Lakes Economic Future

November 10, 2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit Branch
1600 East Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48207-1063

November 10, 2008
7:30 a.m.		Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 a.m.		Welcome and Opening Remarks William A. Testa, Vice President and Director of Regional Programs, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:30 a.m.		Session I Amenity-Driven Growth (PDF,3MB) Mark Partridge, Professor and Swank Chair in Rural–Urban Policy, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University Cost–Benefit Analysis of Great Lakes Restoration (PDF,12MB) John Austin, Executive Director, The New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Great Lakes Areas of Concern and Property Values (PDF,433KB) John Braden, Director of Undergraduate Programs and Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Q&A and General Discussion David Albouy, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan, and Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
10:45 a.m.		Session II Recreation and Retirement Counties: The Midwest and the Demographics of Tomorrow Steven Deller, Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison Michigan Recreational Industry and Related Residential Trends (PDF,6MB) Donald Holecek, Professor and Director, Travel, Tourism and Recreational Resource Center at Michigan State University Urban Waterfront Revitalization David Ullrich, Executive Director, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Urban Waterfront Developments Around the World Ann Breen, Co-director and President, The Waterfront Center
12:00 p.m.		Luncheon Keynote The Blue Economy — Great Lakes Protection and Michigan's Economic Transformation John Cherry, Jr., Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan
1:30 p.m.		Session III: Panel Discussion: Clean Water's Industrial Legacy Freshwater Cleanup Technology Cluster (PDF,57KB) Sammis B. White, Professor, Department of Urban Planning, and Associate Dean, School of Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, and Freshwater Cleanup Technology Cluster John Austin, Executive Director, The New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan, The Great Lakes as Freshwater Research Center Gil Pezza, Sector Manager—Water Technologies Cluster, Michigan Department of Economic Development
3:00 p.m.		Adjournment
		Last updated: November 14, 2008