Speakers at the DABE
Check back soon for information on previous speakers who have appeared at the DABE.
2007 Speakers |
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| Patty Silverstien | Development Research Partners | 2007 Economic Forecast for Metro Denver |
| Gary Horvath and Y.C. Lees | UC Boulder, Business Research Division; Dept. of Mechanical Engineering | The Development of a Roadmap for Nanotechnology as a Tool for Improving Colorado’s High Tech Economy |
| Joe Lehman | Director, Government Affairs, Lockheed Martin Space Systems | Aerospace Industry and Colorado’s Role in Aerospace |
| Laura Argys and Daniel Rees | Dept. of Economics, UC Denver | Peer Effects |
| Susan Avery | Vice Chancellor of Research, Dean of Grad School UC Boulder | Impact of Federal Labs on Colorado economy |
| Jeff Newman | BEA | Special Skills Seminar |
| Fernando DePaolis | Regional Economist, DRCOG | Immigration Reform and Labor Interdepdence in North America |
| Deborah Jordy | CBCA | Economic Impact of Arts, Location: DCPA |
| Ledy Garcia-Eckstein and Greg McBoat | Executive Director, Metro Denver WIRED Initiative; Development Research Partners | Meeting Workforce Needs of Metro Denver's High-Tech Industries |
| Kevin Kleisen | Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Monetary Policy Actions, Macroeconomic Data Releases, Inflation Expectations, and Real Interest Rates |
| Jeff Holwell | Division Director of Business Development, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade | Economic Development Trends in Colorado |
| Cary Kennedy | Colorado State Treasurer | State Fiscal Issues |
2008 Speakers |
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| Ken Simonson | Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America | Construction in 2008 |
| Katherine Archuleta | Senior Advisor on Policy and Initiatives, Denver Mayor's Office | Economic Impact of the DNC |
| Pete Meersman, President and CEO | Colorado Restaurant Association | Colorado Restaurant Industry |
| Don Burmania | CO Division of Gaming | The Economics of the Colorado Gaming Industry |
| Jonathan Weil | Columnist, Bloomberg News | Bubbles, Meltdowns, and Scandals |
| Natalie Mullis | Colorado Legislative Council | Referendum C Update |
| Kyle Hurst | Professor, UC Denver | Economic Impact of Sports |
| Stephen Thomas and Chen Ji | Professor of Political Science, UC Denver; Professor of Economics, UC Denver | China's Sovereign Wealth Fund |
| Dr. Lawrence Murphy | NREL | NREL's Enterprise Development Program |
| Marcelle Arak and Jim Smith | Professor of Finance, UC Denver; Professor of Economics, UC Denver | Financial Markets in Turmoil, and Role of Derivatives in Current Financial Crisis |
| Tracy Stewart | Economic Self-Sufficiency Project Coordinator, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute | The Self-Sufficiency Standard; an Alternative for Measuring Colorado's Economic Health |
2009 Speakers |
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| Deb Jordy | CCOA | Biennial Study of Economic Activity in Metro Denver |
| Tom Thibodaux | Real Estate | |
| Dawn Thalamy | Colorado Wine Association | Colorado Wine |
| David Hiller and Ron Davis | Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory / Public Utilities Comm. | Renewable Energy in Colorado and the Smart Grid |
| Andrew Romanoff | Former Speaker of the House, Current Scholar in Residence CU Denver School of Public Affairs | Colorado's Experiment in Fiscal Policy |
| John Carlson | Colorado Brewer's Guild | Craft Brewing in Colorado |
| Patty Silverstien | Development Research Partners | 2009 Metro Denver Economic Update: Picking up the Pieces of the "Great Recession" |
| Edward J. Balistreri | Colorado School of Mines | Climate-Change Policy in Colorado: An Economic Analysis of the Impacts |
| Ken Simonson | Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America |
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2010 Speakers |
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| Bill Kendall | Senior Economists | Pigs Don't Fly and Other Economic Myths |
| Patrick Byrne | CDOT | Alternatives to the Gas Tax |
| Jerry O'Donnell | Census Bureau | Census: A Portrait of America - Every 10 Years and in Between |
| Scott Leopold | Leopold Distillery | Small Batch Distilling: An Owner's Perspective |
| John Brett | CU Denver | Microfinance in Peru |
| Rich Wobbekind | Leeds School of Business | |
| Frank Hugelmeyer | Outdoor Rec Association / Longwoods International | Outdoor Recreation in Colorado |
| Tom Thibodaux | Professor, CU | Commercial Real Estate |
| Thomas Andrews | CU Denver | Killing for Coal - the Ludlow Massacre |
| Kate Watkins | CO Legislative Council | Amendments 60, 61 & Prop 101 |
| Jeff Romine | OECD | Entrepreneurialism |
2011 Speakers |
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| Tim Larsen | Colorado Dept of Agriculture | Understanding CO's $22 bn stealth industry we call Agriculture |
| Vince Matthews | Colorado Geological Survey | Rare Earth Minerals |
| Dr. John Cochran | Metro State University | Austrian Business Cycle Theory |
| Dr. Tracy Mott | Denver University | Keynesian Economics |
| Mike Boyd | The Boyd Group - Aviation Consulting & Forecasting | Global Air Transportation Trends and how they affect Denver, CO |
| Oceans Beyond Piracy | The Economic Cost of Piracy | |
| Tom Hoenig | Kansas City Federal Reserve | Parting Thoughts from a Federal Reserve Bank President |
| Scott Hiller | 5280 Live | The Importance of the Music Industry in Colorado |
| Ron Davis | Colorado Public Utilities Commission | The Debate on Colorado’s Utility Policies: Economic Development vs. Economic Harm |
| Rich Wobbekind | CU Leeds School of Business | Colorado Mid-Year Economic Update |
| Tracy Stewart | Colorado Center on Law & Policy | The Self-Sufficiency Standard; an Alternative for Measuring Colorado's Economic Health |
| Martin Rhodes | University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies | Crisis in the Eurozone: What is the Future for the Euro & the EU? |
