Dates:
May 19-21, 2025
Location:
Four Points Sheraton in Bellingham
714 Lakeway Dr.
Bellingham, WA 98229
Click here for the 2025 Draft Program.
We all have our favorites–energy! labor markets! agriculture! transportation!– but look for panels on AI, EVs, tariffs, and two if not three on U.S. – Canada economic relations. We’ll have a panel for student presentations, and of course the Outlook for the U.S., provinces (B.C. and Alberta) and states (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana).
We’re well past the deadline for abstract submissions, but if you’ve got something your burning to present on, we can probably shoehorn you in. Please keep your abstracts to under 400 words and provide contact information for every proposed presenter, and send it in via the PNREC website (www.pnrec.org).
All presenters are expected to register and pay the registration fee for the conference.
If you want to submit a poster, please contact us through the same channel as for abstracts.
Check out our latest keynote speaker, Emilie Jackson.
Chair: Hart Hodges, PNREC President, Western Washington University
Speakers:
Craig Weichel, Consulate General of Canada, Seattle, Consul General
Tony Stillo, Director of Canada Economics, Oxford Economics
Chair: Massoud Jourabchi, Greenway Research
Speakers:
Massoud Jourabchi, Greenway Research
"State of Electric Utilities in the PNW"
Steve Simmons, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
"Forecasting Long-Range Energy Demand in the Pacific Northwest"
Dr. Mark Weimar, Argonne National Lab
"Does Matching Pumped Storage Hydropower with Offshore Wind in Southern Oregon Make Economic Sense?"
Chair: Felicia Mutheardy, City of Edmonton
Speakers:
Kathiravan Thangavetu, Independent Researcher
"Economic Impact of Compliance Burden Faced by Small and Medium Businesses in Northwest USA and the Role of AI in Reducing It"
Cole Smith, Amneet Pawar, and Hayden Hobbick, Central Washington University
"1st Security Bank of Washington Case Study"
Brittany Tarufelli, PNNL
"A Comprehensive Impact Evaluation Framework for EERE’s Small Business and Startup Investment"
Wilfried Kabre, PNNL
"The Value of Innovation: Assessing the Impact and Multiplier Effect of Financial Awards on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing"
Chair: Gail Krumenauer, Oregon Employment Department
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