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ESNA's Annual Outlook Conference is a key place to gather and discuss the economic state of Alberta, Canada and the world.

2023 Outlook Conference – Alberta in the Red (Alert) Zone

We are happy to announce that ESNA's annual Economic Outlook Conference will be in-person this year on Thursday, December 8 2022 at World Trade Centre Edmonton. We look forward to seeing you there!

This year's conference -- Alberta in the Red (Alert) Zone -- will feature speakers and discussion on the post-pandemic economic environment, and how today’s decisions will shape the province’s development in years to come.

Topics and speakers include:

Macroeconomic Outlook
    - Robert Hogue
    - Catherine Rothrock
    - Felicia Mutheardy

Labour Market
    - Chetan Dave
    - Andrew McGee
    - Joseph Marchand

Keynote Address
    - Elizabeth Smythe

Policy & Politics
    - Dave Cournoyer
    - Greg Anderson
    - Brent Lakeman

Location: December 8, 2022 7:30 am

Start Time: World Trade Centre Edmonton

Presentations

Economic Update for Edmonton and the Region

Felicia Mutheardy, Corporate Economist, City of Edmonton

Alberta’s Economic Outlook

Catherine Rothrock, Chief Economist and Executive Director, Alberta Treasury Board and Finance

Recession looms in Canada as pandemic
inflation legacy proves too much

Robert Hogue, Assistant Chief Economist, RBC

Measuring the Demand for Skills in Alberta

Andrew McGee, Associate Professor of Economics,
University of Alberta

First to $15: Alberta's Minimum Wage Policy
on Employment by Wages, Ages, and Places

Joseph Marchand, Professor of Economics, University of Alberta

Populism and the Decline of Democracy.
How does it happen? Could it happen here?

Elizabeth Smythe, Professor Emeritus, Political Science,
Concordia University of Edmonton

Six months until E-Day
Alberta politics: where we are now
and how we got here

Dave Cournoyer

Requiem for an Idea
North America and Globalization

Greg Anderson, Professor of Political Science,
University of Alberta

Creating Federal-Provincial Alignment through
a Hub-Based Approach for the Hydrogen Economy

Brent Lakeman, Director - Hydrogen Initiative, Edmonton Global

Past Conference

2023 Outlook Conference – Alberta in the Red (Alert) Zone

Presentations

Economic Update for Edmonton and the Region

Alberta’s Economic Outlook

Recession looms in Canada as pandemic inflation legacy proves too much

Measuring the Demand for Skills in Alberta

First to $15: Alberta's Minimum Wage Policy on Employment by Wages, Ages, and Places

Populism and the Decline of Democracy. How does it happen? Could it happen here?

Six months until E-Day Alberta politics: where we are now and how we got here

Requiem for an Idea North America and Globalization

Creating Federal-Provincial Alignment through a Hub-Based Approach for the Hydrogen Economy

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