Program
Economists will give their outlook for the state’s important sectors.
Day One
February 1, 2021
8:45 am
Welcome to EOS 2021
Program moderator: Jocelyn Lane, Regional President, First Interstate Bank
9:00 am
Keynote Townhall
Spreaker: Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Moderator: Bob Rowe, President and CEO, NorthWestern Energy
10:00 am
U.S. Economic Outlook Townhall
Speaker: Neel Kashkari, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Moderator: Sarah Walsh, COO, PayneWest Insurance
11:00 am
Montana Economic Outlook
Speaker: Patrick Barkey, Director, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana
Moderator: Seth Bodnar, President, University of Montana
11:50 am
Lunch break
1:00 pm
Industry Outlook Presentations
Health care, tourism and agriculture
2:10 pm
Industry Outlook Presentations
Wood products, high-tech and real estate
3:10 pm
Panel Discussions
Day Two
February 2, 2021
8:45 am
Local Economic Outlooks
9:00 am
Helena
9:30 am
Great Falls
10:00 am
Missoula & Ravalli County
10:30 am
Billings
11:00 am
Bozeman & Big Sky
1:00 pm
Butte
1:30 pm
Kalispell
2:00 pm
Lewistown & Havre
2:30 pm
Sidney and Miles City
3:00 pm
Close and raffle drawing