AGENDA:

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM   Check-in & Registration

11:00 AM - 11:05 AM     Conference Welcome
Steve Stivers, President & CEO, Ohio Chamber of Commerce

11:05 AM – 11:40 AM   Keynote Address: National Economic Trends and Forecast for 2025

                                    Mason Pierce, Head of Economics, Ownes Corning

11:40 AM - 12:20 PM    Lunch & Ohio’s Economy Address
Kimberly Murnieks, Director, Ohio Office of Budget and Management

12:20 AM - 12:40 PM    Policy and Site Location Trends in 2025
Dave Robinson, Principal & Founder, The Montrose Group

12:40 PM - 1:40 PM      Panel: Navigating Economic Uncertainty
                                    Moderator: Marques Highland, Director of Strategic Institutional
Relationship, Diamond Hill
Dr. David Brasington, Professor, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner
College of Business

Ben Demko, SVP, Director of Applied Economics and Analytics, KeyBank

Dr. Kevin Jacques, Economist, Former Economist of US Treasury who advised George W. Bush Administration

Elizabeth Schuster, CEO & Environmental Economist, Sustainable
Economies Consulting

Joe Simkins, Senior Economist, TEConomy Partners

Dr. Amanda Weinstein, Director of Research, Knowledge and Evaluation, Center on Rural Innovation

Dr. Kuzey Yilmaz, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Cleveland State University