2010 Upper Great Lakes Economic and Workforce Development Summit
Leadership, Innovation and Inspiration…Achieving Economic Competitiveness in Uncertain Times
The 2010 Upper Great Lakes Economic and Workforce Development Summit will be held on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 in the Great Lakes Rooms on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI.
Hotel room blocks have been set up at the Landmark Inn (906-228-2580), Ramada Inn (906-228-2313), and Country Inn & Suites (906-225-1300) of Marquette. Please call the hotels directly to reserve your room.
Registration begins at 8:30 AM EST. The program begins at 9:00 AM and will conclude at 3:30 PM with a Networking Reception to follow.
The Summit is part of the Upper Peninsula’s 21st Century Strategic Planning Initiative for advancing the economy of our region and is made possible through the cooperation and collaborative efforts of regional businesses, economic and workforce development partners, education, local units of government, and other regional partners.
Keynote Speaker: Jeff Thredgold
Economic futurist Jeff Thredgold has been helping people understand the tangled maze of the economy and financial markets for over three decades. With a unique ability to “cut though the fluff,” he leads his audience on a slightly irreverent, up-to-the-minute “tour” of the economy, financial markets, education, government, and a sneak preview of the future.
His career includes 23 years with $100 billion banking giant KeyCorp, where he served as Senior VP and Chief Economist. He now serves as economic consultant to $55 billion Zions Bancorporation, which has banks in 10 states. He served as an adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah for 16 years and served as President of the National Association for Business Economics Utah Chapter. He is a former member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association and the Economic Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Jeff has been writing a weekly economic and financial newsletter, now titled the Tea Leaf, for 35 years. He is the monthly economic columnist for Business Issues, one of Asia’s newest business publications. He is the author of econAmerica, Economy by Thredgold, A Parent’s Letter to My Children in School, and On The One Hand…The Economist’s Joke Book.