The 2016 Economic Forecast Forum

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The 2016 Economic Forecast Forum
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center | Durham, N.C.
January, 6, 2016
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14th Annual > The Economic Forecast Forum
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center > Durham, NC
The North Carolina Chamber and the North Carolina Bankers Association proudly present the 14th Annual Economic
Forecast Forum, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham,
N.C.
The Economic Forecast Forum is a gathering of North Carolina's most powerful and influential leaders and is sure to
once again attract a sold-out crowd.
This highly acclaimed event provides you the opportunity to showcase your company to a statewide audience of more than
1,000 leaders in business, government, education and nonprofits.
This is the perfect opportunity to bring your officers, board members and your best customers and prospects. Only
sponsored tables will have reserved setting and the Forum will sell out quickly. Be sure to register before Wednesday,
Dec. 23, 2015 to beat the Early Bird deadline. The registration fee for individual seats before that date will be $85
and the registration fee starting Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 will increase to $100. Resereved tables of ten are available
starting at $1,250. So, get your registration early to guarantee a ticket!
“The Economic Forecast Forum is the state’s premier event for experts to discuss current events and
the future of North Carolina’s economy. The most powerful and influential leaders gather here to
discuss how North Carolina can become a leader in job retention, job creation and quality of life.”
— Dale Jenkins, CEO, Medical Mutual Holdings and incoming Chair, North Carolina Chamber
“Our upcoming January Economic Forum is an outstanding annual kickoff to the year
that all business leaders in NC shouldn’t miss. As our local and national economies continue
to emerge, this forum will provide valuable forecasts for 2016 and beyond. It is an opportunity
for executives, business owners and corporate board members to hear from knowledgeable
speakers on pertinent topics of interest. It also is a wonderful opportunity to catch up with
colleagues from across our great state. Please make your plans to attend.”
— Bob Hatley, President & CEO, Paragon Bank and Chair, North Carolina Bankers Association
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14th Annual > The Economic Forecast Forum
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center > Durham, NC
Schedule of Events
Tentative
9:30 a.m.
Registration Desk Opens and will be open
throughout the morning.
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Preliminary Session: How North Carolina
Stacks Up to The Competition.
12:00 p.m.
2016 Economic Forecast Forum begins & lunch is served
Presiding: Bob Hatley, chairman, NCBA; president & CEO, Paragon Bank
Dale Jenkins, incoming chairman, NC Chamber; CEO, Medical Mutual Holdings
1:00 p.m.
Thomas E. Skains, chairman, president & CEO, Piedmont Natural Gas
1:20 p.m.
Brian Wesbury, chief economist, First Trust Advisors
1:40 p.m.
Governor Pat McCrory
2:00 p.m.
The Forum Adjourns
Special Preliminary Panel
In addition to the Forum, a special session is held each year focusing on a different segment of economic
development. This year's session will give you an insider's look at how North Carolina's economy stacks up to its
competition. Over the last three decades, as the economy has globalized and competition has intensified, North
Carolina has positioned itself as a leading place to live, work and do business. Influential publications, including
Forbes, CNBC and Chief Executive consisently rank North Carolina as a top state for business. These
recognitions are a source of great pride, but they can also sow the dangerous seeds of complacency. As other
states invest in assets and address deficiencies, we know that no matter how good we are today, someday soon
that will not be good enough.
North Carolina is a rapidly growing state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2030, the state's population
is expected to grow by approximately 20 percent to 12 million, making it the seventh most popular state in the
country. To meet the needs of the growing population, North Carolina must create 1 million new jobs by 2030,
or 63,500 jobs per year. A panel of experts will discuss issues impacting our state's economy, including growing
urban/rural divide and how some states are tackling that issue, what economic tools and levers other states are
using to compete with North Carolina and what sectors of the economy are best positioned for growth.
Join us at 10:30 a.m. for the preliminary session: "How North Carolina Stacks Up To The Competition."
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Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center > Durham, NC
2016 Economic Forecast Forum Speakers: Preliminary Session
Gregory Miller is the chief economist with
Joe Crosby is a principal with MultiState
SunTrust Banks, Inc. He has been a
Associates, the nation's leading state and
practicing Geconomist, forecaster and
local government relations consultants.
teacher for more than 30 years. As
Joe is involved in all aspects of the firm's
SunTrust's chief economist, Gregory
efforts to help clients resolve the
analyzes the U.S. and global economies
challenges they face in the state and
and forecasts the U.S. national economy. He
local governement arena, with a
advises corporate and bank boards of
concentration on providing strategic
directors, as well as making frequent
counsel, identifying and deploying
presentations to SunTrust business and
political assets and advancing task
wealth management clients. He sits on
policy objetives.
committees charged with interest rate
setting, corporate investment and benefits
Joe is a nationally recognized expert on
policy. He is a policy advisor for Private
state and local business tax policy. In
Wealth and Corporate Investment Banking
2011, he was identified by State Tax
groups.
Notes as the "single most influential
person in state taxation" and named as
the publication's inaugural Person of the
Year.
Dr. Harry Davis is the professor of
Dr. Michael Walden is a William Neal
banking (1980) and economist (1981)
Reynolds Distinguished Professor and
for the North Carolina Bankers
Extension Economist at North Carolina State
Association. He is a professor of finance
University (NCSU) and a member of the
and past Chair of the Department of
Graduate Economics faculty with the Poole
Finance, Banking and Insurance at
College of Management. His PhD. degree is
Appalachian State University in Boone.
from Cornell University, and he has been at
As the economist for the NCBA, Harry is
NCSU since 1978. He also serves as a
frequently interviewed throughout the
member of the North Carolina Chamber of
year by newspapers, television stations
Commerce Foundation's board of economic
and radio stations for stories on the
advisors.
economy and banking. Harry is the dean
of the NCBA's North Carolina School of
Michael has teaching, reasearch and
Banking, which takes place at the
extension responsibilities and NCSU in the
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
areas of consumer economics, economic
each August. He is also an instructor for
outlook and public policy. He has published
the Director's College sponsored by the
eight books and more than 250 articles and
North Carolina Commissioner of Banks
reports, including the book North Carolina
and the FDIC, and serves as an instructor
in the Connected Age, published by the
for the North Carolina Insurance
UNC Press. With his wife, he co-authored
Executive Management School and the
three "econmic thrillers," Macro Mayhem,
South Carolina School of Banking.
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Micro Mischief and Fiscal Fiasco.
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2016 Economic Forecast Forum Speakers: Main Session
Since taking office, Governor Pat McCrory has worked to improve North
Carolina in three key areas: the economy, education and efficiencey.
Governor McCrory has made tough decisions to confront the serious
problems that face North Carolina. He signed historic tax reform into law
that put more money into the paychecks of North Carolinians by reducing
personal and corporate tax rates.
The governor also reformed North Carolina's outdated unemployment
insurance system and streamlined the state's workforce development
programs to provide higher skilled workers in less time.
When Governor McCrory took office, North Carolina had the fifth-highest
unemployment rate in the nation. Today, it is the 23rd lowest thanks to the
nearly 200,000 new jobs created by North Carolina's innovative private
sector.
Economic growth has spread across every sector, except for one: state
government. Today, state government is doing more work than ever before
with 6,000 less people than it had in January 2013.
Thomas E. Skains, chairman, president & CEO of Piedmont Natural Gas,
joined the company in 1995, after nearly 15 years with Transcontinental
Gas Pipe Line Corporation in Houston. Prior to his appointment as
Piedmont's chairman, president in 2003 and president and COO in
2002, he served as senior vice president - marketing and supply serivces.
Thomas served as chairman of the American Gas Association in 2009
and as chairman of the Southern Gas Association in 2006, and currently
serves on the board of directors for each organization. In addition, he
presently holds positions on the boards of directors of BB&T Corporation
and Branch Banking and Trust Company, The Gas Technology Institute
(GTI) and Charlotte Center City Partners; is the vice chairman of the
Charlotte Sports Foundation and general chairman of the Belk Bowl; and
is on the board of trustees of the American Gas Foundation. He is also the
chairman of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. He has previously
served on the board of the United Way of Central Carolinas and the
board of trustees of Johnson and Wales University and Providence Day
School. He was also co-chair of the 2004 and 2005 American Heart
Association Charlotte Metro Heart Walks and the 2006 CharlotteMecklenburg Arts and Science Council Annual Fund Drive.
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14th Annual > The Economic Forecast Forum
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center > Durham, NC
2016 Economic Forecast Forum Speakers: Main Session
Brian Wesbury is the chief economist at First Trust Advisors and serves on
the board of directors to First Trust Capital Partners, an affiliated privateequity firm. The Wall Street Journal ranked Brian the nation's #1 U.S.
economic forecasater in 2001 and USA Today ranked him as one of the
nation's top 10 forecasters in 2004.
Brian writes frequently for the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal
and is the economics editor of "The American Spectator." He is also a
frequent guest on Fox, Bloomberg, CNBC TV and BNN Canada. He is a
member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Chicago and is also an adjunct professor of economics at Wheaton
College in Wheaton, Illinois. Additionally, he sits on the board of
managers of Three-Sixtry Advisory Group, a Pasadena, California-based
consulting and private-equity firm.
He began his career in 1982 at the Harris Bank in Chicago. Former
positions include vice president and economist for the Chiccago
Corporation and senior vice president and chief economist for Griffin,
Kubik, Stephens & Thompson. In 1995 and 1996, he served as chief
economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress.
He receieved his masters in business administration from Northwestern
University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and his bachelor
of arts in economics from the University of Montana. McGraw-Hill
published his first book, The New Era of Wealth, in October 1999. His
new book, It's Not as Bad as You Think: Why Capitalism Trumps Fear
and the Economy Will Thrive, is an easy-to-follow forecast for the future.
Join us and this incredible line-up of speakers at the
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Conference Center,
located at 4700 Emperor Blvd. Durham, N.C. 27703
Empire Ballroom
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Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center > Durham, NC
Thank You To Our 2016 Sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor:
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Interested in sponsorship
opportunities? Contact Grace
Sampson at
grace@ncbankers.org or at
(919) 781-7979 today.
Bank of North Carolina
ElectriCities of North Carolina
Fifth Third Bank
North Carolina Electric Cooperatives
Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
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2016 Economic Forecast Forum
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