Monitoring Montana | Agenda

Regional Economic Analysis Project

Monitoring Montana

Analyzing Local Economies through BEA Data

May 9, 2007

The Univeristy of Montana
Gallagher Business Building, Room 213

Agenda

Time	Topics(s)	Speaker(s)
Workshop Booklets	“Workshop Pamphlet”
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	Registration & Morning Beverages
8:45 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.	“Welcome”	Paul Polzin, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana
8:50 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.	“Introductions”	Paul Polzin, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana
9:05 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.	“An Overview of the Montana Regional Economic Analysis Project Web Site”	Gary Smith, Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project
9:40 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	“An Overview of the BEA Regional Accounts”	Rob Brown, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Measurement Division
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.	“The Montana Outlook and BEA Data”	Paul Polzin, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.	“What’s Behing the Regional Personal Income Statistics, and What’s in the Future”	Rob Brown, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Measurement Division
12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch and Presentation “Survey Research Secrets”	Jim Sylvester, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana John Baldridge, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.	“Tracking Changes in the Local Economy: The Importance of Looking at the Income Side of the Coin”	Gary Smith, Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	“Hands On With the Website: Examples and Scenarios”	Paul Polzin, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana Gary Smith, Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project Rob Brown, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Measurement Division
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	“Closing and Evaluations”	Paul Polzin, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana
3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.	Networking & Reception