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August 2010 Meeting

 

DABE/DFW Real Estate Research Forum
Summer Happy Hour



*Note: Appetizers and two drink tickets will be included.
Guests are invited to the event at no cost, as long as they have RSVPd.

When: Tuesday, August 17th, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Go Fish
5301 Alpha Road
Dallas, TX 75240
972.980.1919


Here is a google maps link to the address: http://tinyurl.com/DABE-Aug

Please RSVP no later than Friday, Aug 13th, at noon to let me know if you will be attending. Earlier responses are appreciated. Please also let me know if you plan to bring guests, as we have a limit on how many guests can attend.

RSVP to jekabs@dbu.edu

 

June 2010 Meeting


Mr. Larry McCoy, CFO of the Superbowl XLV Host Committee
"The economic impact of Superbowl XLV on North Texas"

When:            Friday, June 25th at 11:30 a.m.
Where:           Lowry's Prime Rib
                        15655 Dallas Parkway
                        Dallas, TX 75254


Here is a google maps link to the address.

Please mark your calendars for our June luncheon meeting in which we
will have the pleasure of welcoming the Chief Financial Officer of the
SuperBowl XLV Host Committee Mr. Larry McCoy. As the Host Committee CFO, Mr. McCoy oversees all company accounting practices, including preparing budgets, financial reports, tax and audit functions. He also directs
financial strategy, planning and forecasts. Prior to joining the Host
Committee, Mr. McCoy worked with Nortel.  

The topic of the June 25th presentation will be "The Economic Impact of
Superbowl XLV on the North Texas Area". As you may know, Superbowl XLV will be held in Arlington, TX on Feb 6, 2011!   Please RSVP no later than TUESDAY, June 22, at noon to let me know if you will be attending and how many guests you will be bringing. Earlier responses are appreciated.    You can reach me at jekabs@dbu.edu or 214.205.8199. We have room in this meeting for guests, so please feel free to invite your colleagues, if
they are interested. We are always glad to have guests attend. Guest
fees are $35.00.  Student guest fees are $20.  Guest fees are payable to
the DFW Association for Business Economics and can be given to Treasurer Sara Rutledge at the May meeting.

 

April 2010 Meeting

Dr. Bud Weinstein
Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute
Adjunct Professor of Business Economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist U

"Natural Gas Nation: A Real Opportunity for U.S. Energy Independence"

When: Friday, April 16th at 11:30 a.m.
Where:  City Club, 901 Main Street, Suite 6900, Dallas, TX 75202

(Here is a google maps link to the address: http://tinyurl.com/DABE-Apr)
-(NOTE: The City Club will validate your parking tickets if you park across the street from the City Club at the Texas Club Parking Garage. Address of the Texas Club Parking garage is 800 Main St, Dallas, TX 75202)

Visitors and professional guest fees are $35.  Student guest fees are $20.

Please join DABE at the April meeting to hear Dr. Bud Weinstein, Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Business Economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. We are proud to have Dr. Weinstein as a member of DABE, and we look forward to hearing his presentation "Natural Gas Nation: A Real Opportunity for U.S. Energy Independence".

>From 1989 to 2009 Dr. Weinstein was the Director of the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas. Prior to that, he has taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the State University of New York, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of North Texas. He has been a research associate with the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C. and the Gray Institute in Beaumont, Texas. He has worked for several U.S. government agencies including the President's Commission on School Finance, the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission.

In addition to hearing from Dr. Weinstein we will also be announcing our 2010 winners of the Arthur A Smith Memorial Award Recognizing Student Excellence in Economics. The participants of the annual essay contest will be invited, and the winners will be announced. Thank you to all of you who have already supported the award scholarship, and if you would still like to do so for the 2010 essay contest, then please contact our treasurer Sara Rutledge at Sara.Rutledge@invesco.com.

Please RSVP no later than TUESDAY, April 13th, at noon to let me know if you will be attending and how many guests you will be bringing. Earlier responses are appreciated. You can reach me at jekabs@dbu.edu or 214.205.8199. We have room in this meeting for guests, so please feel free to invite your colleagues, if they are interested. We are always glad to have guests attend.

Guest fees are $35.00. Student guest fees are $20. Guest fees are payable
to the DFW Association for Business Economics and can be given to Treasurer Sara Rutledge at the April meeting.

Past Meetings:

February 2010
DABE February Luncheon

Keith Hall, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Commissioner

When: Friday, February 19th at 11:30 a.m

January 2010

DABE January Luncheon

Dr. Harvey Rosenblum
Executive Vice President and Director of Research,
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"2010 state of the US economy and outlook going forward"

 

September 2009

DABE September Luncheon

Evan F. Koenig, Federal Reserve Bank Dallas
“The Financial Crisis, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Economic Outlook"

When: Friday, September 18, 2009 - 11:30 – 1:30pm

Where: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas, TX

Details:  Attendees are encouraged to arrive on time due to entry point security at the Federal Reserve Bank

Guest fees are $40. Student fees are $25. 

Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 16th. Also, please provide the names and number of guests you will be bringing.

To RSVP or for additional information please contact Julie Wojciechowski: Wojciechowski.Julie@bls.gov or call 972-850-4813

 

August 2009

DABE August Luncheon

Valerie Pelan, Integrated Workplace
"Four Generation Workplace"

When: August 21, 2009
11:30 – 1:30pm

Where: Maggiano’s Little Italy in NorthPark Mall, Dallas, TX

Please RSVP by Wednesday, August 19th. Also, please provide the names and number of guests you will be bringing. Be advised space is limited so RSVP as soon as possible.

Visitors and professional guest fees are $35. Student fees are $20

To RSVP or for additional information please contact Paul Hendershot: phendershot@dallaschamber.org or 214-746-6633.

June 2009

DABE June Luncheon

Robert Elder
Texas State Securities Board
"Tales of Financial Fraud and the Limits of Regulation: The mystifying ways people get swindled, and the battle to increase financial literacy."

Please join us at the DABE June luncheon to hear Robert Elder. Bob was a reporter and editor for 30 years before joining the Texas State Securities Board last year to work on investor education and policy initiatives. A 1981 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Bob covered politics, the law, and business as a staff writer and editor for Texas Lawyer magazine and other American Lawyer Media outlets, the Austin American-Statesman, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He has written for the Texas Observer, Harper's, and the American Prospect, among other magazines, and his articles have appeared in texts on legal ethics. Bob has won numerous journalism awards, including two Dallas Press Club Katie awards and an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for his coverage of pension funds in Texas.

When: Friday, June 5th, 2009
11:30-1:30

Where: Lawrey's The Prime Rib

14655 Dallas Parkway
Dallas, TX

Please RSVP by Thursday, June 4th . Also, please provide the names and number of guests you will be bringing, be advised limited guest space available for the event.

To RSVP please email: Julie Wojciechowski at wojciechowski.julie@bls.gov or call 972-850-4813.

Visitors and professional guest fees are $35. Student guest fees are $20.

 

February 2009

DABE February Luncheon

Dr. Nathan Berg
University of Texas at Dallas
"Behavioral Economics:  A Report From the Front Lines in the
Rationality Wars"

When: February 20, 2009
11:30 – 1:30pm

Where: Maggiano’s Little Italy in NorthPark Mall, Dallas, TX

Please RSVP by February 15th. Also, please provide the names and number of guests you will be bringing. Be advised space is limited so RSVP as soon as possible.

Visitors and professional guest fees are $35. Student fees are $20

To RSVP or for additional information please contact Paul Hendershot: phendershot@dallaschamber.org or 214-746-6633.

 


 

Future Meetings

March 4, 2009
Dr. Steven Cochrane
Moody's Economics

April 17, 2009
Ron Witten
Witten Advisors, LLC