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AUBER Vision Statement
To be internationally recognized by business, government,
and education as the premiere professional organization dedicated
to continually improving the quality, effectiveness, and application
of research in business, economics, and public policy.
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Conference Program
59th Annual AUBER Fall Conference:
Energizing the Economy
October 8-11, 2005
Holiday Inn-Parkside
Missoula, Montana
Acknowledgements
Updated October 20, 2005
Saturday & Sunday | Monday
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Saturday, October 8
9:00 am
- Noon
L26 Gallagher Business Building
The University of Montana |
Optional skills workshop:
Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:45 for transportation
Adobe Software Workshop: "Beauty and the Beast"
Presiding: Lorena Akioka, University of Georgia
Be one of the first to test drive the new Creative Suite
2, featuring GoLive and Acrobat 7, in this special workshop
led by tech/design expert Jason Blackburn. Discover what
it takes to unleash the beauty and the magic that happens
when these programs are fully utilized, and also learn
about their less-publicized shortcomings.
Presenter: Jason
Blackburn, Digital Impact
Design, Inc., Cornelia, GA |
3:00 - 7:00 pm
Hotel Board Room |
Board of Directors' Meeting |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Dinner on your own |
| 7:30 pm - ? |
AUBER reception Chez Paul
Ongoing transportation to and from Paul's
home begins at 7:30 pm from the hotel lobby |
Sunday, October 9
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Hotel Lobby |
Registration |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Atrium |
Publications and
Posters Exhibit |
| 8:30 - 8:45 am |
Welcome
Paul Polzin |
8:45 - 10:15 am
Ballroom C & D |
Keynote Address:
David Garman, Under
Secretary of Energy
Presiding: Jerry Conover, Indiana University,
AUBER President Elect |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am |
Refreshment Break |
10:30 - 11:45 am
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Concurrent Sessions: |
| Ballroom B |
Session A: Energy, Economic and
Environmental Security
Presiding: Stephen Smith, University of Memphis
Why do global energy markets matter to the U.S.?
Why should we care about what happens in Russia, China,
Iran or Qatar? What's the real climate change issue? What
are our fossil, nuclear and renewable energy technology
options? What about carbon sequestration and other advanced
energy technologies? How secure is our energy future,
and how much latitude do we really have in the U.S. our
own states in energy and climate change policy?
Presenter: Arnold
B. Baker, President, International Association
for Energy Economics, and Chief Economist, Sandia National
Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Energy,
Economic and Environmental Security" |
| Ballroom A |
Session B: Effective Ways
to Provide Data via the Web
Presiding: Jerry Conover, Indiana University
How can you give your web site users the timely, focused,
detailed data they want in user-friendly ways that don’t
drive you crazy keeping up with updates and new data
sets? This session focuses on scalability and responsiveness
to user needs in providing data via the web.
Presenters:
Michael
Hollingsworth, Indiana Business Research
Center
"Growing
STATS Indiana"
Gary Smith,
Washington State University
"Web-Based
Tools for Calibrating and Diagnosing the Performance
of Your Local Regional Economy"
Jerry Conover
(moderator): Group discussion of best practices
of federal agencies
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| West Meeting Area |
Session C: Creative Packaging
of Centers’ Products: "Extreme Makeover—AUBER
Edition"
Presiding: Lorena Akioka, University of Georgia
Do your center’s products sell well? Do they sell
at all? Attend this session and learn how research reports
and data products can be transformed into commercial successes.
Glean valuable tips from award-winning graphic designer
Don Bagwell, who will showcase one center’s corporate
success story.
Presenter: Don
Bagwell, Digital Impact Design, Inc., Cornelia,
GA
"Creative
Packaging of Centers' Products"
*session sponsored by 2004 AUBER Fellow Lorena Akioka |
Noon - 1:15 pm
Ballroom C & D |
Networking Luncheon |
1:30 - 3:00 pm
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Concurrent Sessions: |
| Ballroom A |
Session A: Tourism and the Regional
Economy: Lessons from the Trenches Presiding:
Carl Bonham, University of Hawaii
What can we learn from tourism research? This session
covers it all - from impacts to forecasting to natural
and man-made disasters.
Presenters:
Carl Bonham,
University of Hawaii
"Forecasting
Tourism Post 9/11 - New World or More of the Same"
Alberta H. Charney,
University of Arizona
"Tourism's
Trials and Tribulations: An Overview"
Julie Klein,
University of West Florida
"Do Hurricanes Pay for Themselves: Evidence from
Florida"
Keith Schwer,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
"Big
Twin, Little Twins: Is California's Schwarzenegger Shrinking
Nevada's Tourism Export Base?" |
| Ballroom B |
Session B: GIS: Applications,
Advantage, and Alternatives
Presiding: Rick Harper, University of West Florida
In 2002 the Haas Center for Business Research and
Economic Development of the University of West Florida
received a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration
to develop the Virtual Business Accelerator (VBA). The
mission of the VBA was to develop and promote effective
methods of technology transfer. A significant component
of the VBA grant was to incorporate and utilize web-based
GIS tools to address business marketing and planning needs.
This presentation will focus on how the Haas Center developed
the GIS tools web site for the VBA.
Presenters:
David Kane,
University of West Florida
Anita
Remesch, University
of West Florida
"GIS" |
| West Meeting Area |
Session C: Role of AUBER Units
in Economic Development
Presiding: Tom S. Witt,West Virginia University
Many universities are assuming more leadership in fostering
economic development within their regional economies.
AUBER members can play a critical role in the research
and outreach efforts at the institutional level. Panel
members will discuss successful strategies and projects
focused on local and regional economic development.
Presenters:
Randy Childs,
West Virginia University
"WVU
BBER and Its Role in Economic Development"
Hart Hodges,
Western Washington University
"Economic
Development in the '4th Corner'"
Tim Hogan,
Arizona State University
Lee Reynis,
University of New Mexico
"Role
of AUBER Units in Economic Development"
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| 3:00 - 3:15 pm |
Refreshment Break |
3:15 - 4:30 pm
Atrium |
Poster Session
Organizer: Stephen Smith, University of
Memphis
Patrick M.
Barkey, Ball State University
"The Economic Impact of Tobacco Use in Indiana"
Jeremy Ryan Hill, REMI
Keith
Schwer, University of Nevada Las Vegas
"The Evolution of a Center Project: From Client-Sponsored
Research to Proposed Federal Guidelines"
John
Baldridge, The University of Montana
"Accuracy of Home Location Reports Relative to
Boundaries and Forest Cover"
Hart Hodges
and Stein Ostbye, Western Washington University
"Is Small Firm Gardening Good for Local Economic
Growth?" |
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Gianchetta Piazza |
Reception at The University
of Montana School of Business Administration
Gallagher Business Building
Dean Larry Gianchetta, Host
Transportation to reception begins at 4:45
from the hotel lobby and returns to the hotel beginning
at 7:00 p.m. |
7:15 - 9:00 pm
Ballroom C & D |
Dinner Banquet at the Hotel
Entertainment provided by Missoula Children's
Theatre's "Bits and Pieces" |
9:00 pm - ?
Room 428 |
AUBER hospitality suite |
Saturday & Sunday | Monday
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