The Rhode Island Economy by the Numbers

March 13, 2012

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

8 - 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:30 - 9 AM
Welcome and Introductions

Ronald K. Machtley, President, Bryant University

STRATEGIC PLAN: Rhode Island on the Rise

Keith Stokes, Executive Director, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation

Lincoln Chafee, Governor, State of Rhode Island

9 - 10:30 AM
Panel Discussion: Long-Run Economic Development in Rhode Island

Speakers:

Edward M. Mazze, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration, University of Rhode Island

Charles J. Fogarty, Director, RI Department of Labor and Training

Ross Gittell, Chancellor, Community College System of New Hampshire; and Vice-President, New England Economic Partnership.

Moderator: John Simmons, Executive Director, Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council

10:45 - 12:20 PM
Panel Discussion 2: The Health Care Industry and Job creation in Rhode Island

Speakers:

Sam Mirmirani, Professor of Economics, Bryant University

Michael Fine, Director, Rhode Island Department of Health

Christopher F. Koller, Health Insurance Commissioner, State of Rhode Island

Elizabeth Roberts, Lieutenant Governor, State of Rhode Island

Moderator: José-Marie Griffiths, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bryant University

12:20 - 12:55 PM

Rhode Island by the Numbers: Poster Presentation (outside Stepan Grand Hall)

1 PM
Luncheon Keynote Speaker: TBA