The Fifth Annual Oregon Economic Forum

Ships, Planes, and Trains - Oregon's Links to the Global Economy

An increasingly globalized world requires an efficient transportation infrastructure to facilitate trade.  Does Oregon have what it takes to compete in such a world?  Please join us for the morning of October 16, 2008 as University of Oregon economists and leaders in the business community discuss the importance of transportation infrasturcture in sustaining economic growth in Oregon.  Tim Duy, Director of the Oregon Economic Forum, will also present an update and forecast for the US and Oregon economics.  Speakers include:

• Tim Duy, Director, Oregon Economic Forum, Department of Economics, University of Oregon.
• Bruce Blonigen, Knight Professor of Social Science, Department of Economics, University of Oregon
• Wesley Wilson, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Oregon
• John Olson, Director of Global Transportation, Intel Corporation
• Bill Wyatt, Executive Director, Port of Portland
• A welcoming address by Dave Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon.

We look forward to your participation in this timely event.

Oregon Zoo Convention Center
Portland, OR

October 16, 2008

7:30am to 11:30am
(Breakfast will be served)

Please email duy@uoregon.edu to be notified when registration is available.

The cost is $55 per person or $400 for a table of eight.

Thank you to our sponsors.