The Primary Drivers of Midwestern Job Growth

Chicago Finance Exchange
Chicagoans for Nebraska
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Clean Energy Trust
College of Business at Illinois
Cornerstone Angels
Financial Executive International
Financial Executives Networking Group
Fisher College of Business
- Ohio State University
Hyde Park Angels
Illinois Innovation Council
Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
Illinois Technology Association
Kellogg School of Management -
Northwestern University
Minority Business Development Agency
National Association of Women Business Owners
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
Turnaround Management Association

The world has changed and will continue to explode globally effecting everything we do, everything we are. Join us to understand what it will take to maintain and grow Chicago's dominate global role and thereby preserve Midwestern growth and development. Don't miss this critical morning.

Registration and Breakfast
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Speaker Presentations
8:30 am - 10:15 am
Panel Presentation
10:15 am - 11:30 am

March 20
7:30 - 11:30 am
The Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago as a MegaRegion
Benjamin F. Jones, Associate Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, addresses Chicago’s position as a global city, its base of clusters/centers of excellence, and the vision for being one of the top megaregions of the future.

Leading from the Middle:
Doug L. Farren, Associate Director, National Center for the Middle Market, Ohio State University presents the 2011 OSU/GE Survey that substantially increases the understanding of the middle market, strengthens and builds capabilities, and works to attract the best and the brightest to the Midwest.

Understanding Midwestern Job Growth Drivers
Erik Hurst, V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics and the John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, discusses his research on the impact of the housing market collapse and redeploying resources for Midwestern job growth.

Addressing the Issues, Opportunities and Threats Today and Beyond
Timothy J. Classen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Loyola University Chicago
Derrick K. Collins, Dean, College of Business, Chicago State University
Michael S. Miller, Associate Professor of Economics, DePaul University
Caralynn Nowinski, M.D., Associate Vice President for Innovation & Economic Development, University of Illinois
Moderator: Richard J. Kelly, Director, Global Market Research, GE Capital
Plus the Earlier Speakers

These experts will bring together the various core economic theories, business perspectives, complex organizational perspectives, and other visions and information from recent studies to outline solutions to driving growth.