Save the date! Bellingham 2025
PNREC 2025 will be held in beautiful Bellingham, Washington on May 19-21, 2025. Details to follow in the coming months!
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONFERENCE 2025
The 59th annual PNREC in Bellingham will focus on the next decade – where will we be in 2035 as the regional economy adapts to a changing climate and the wide bands of uncertainty created by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence? We look forward to receiving your proposals in response to our upcoming call for papers and presentations.”
Conference Chair
Dr. Hart Hodges, Center for Economic and Business Research
Western Washington University
Featured Keynote Speakers:
Sylvain Leduc, Executive Vice President and Director of Economic Research
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Nick Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics
Stanford University
Nicholas (Nick) Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow of SIEPR, and the Co-Director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on management practices and uncertainty. He previously worked at the UK Treasury and McKinsey & Company.
Robert McLeman, Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Wilfred Laurier University
Robert McLeman is Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. A former diplomat, Dr. McLeman is an internationally recognized expert on environmental migration. He researches the relationship between drought, migration, and population change in rural areas.
About Our Organization
The Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference is a non-profit organization established to promote research and education on the economy of the Northwest states and western Canada.
The PNREC Board of Directors is comprised of economists and regional analysts from the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta (with occasional participation from Alaska and northern California). They represent a cross section of professionals from academia, business, government, and consulting organizations in both countries.
Our Sponsors
We would like to express our appreciation for the sponsors who are providing financial support for PNREC in 2024.
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