Winter Institute
12th Annual Economic Outlook
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kelly Inn, downtown St. Cloud.
This program is free and features:
Dan Laufenberg, Chief Economist, Ameriprise Financial
(To see Dan's First Quarter Economic Outlook, please visit http://www.ameriprise.com/amp/global/docs/230155-0106.pdf )
Tom Stinson, Minnesota State Economist
(To see more on Tom Stinson, please visit http://www.apec.umn.edu/Thomas_Stinson.html)
King Banaian, Chair, SCSU Department of Economics
(To see more, go to King's homepage at http://coss.stcloudstate.edu/banaian/)
The Economic Outlook is to be followed by a food and cocktail reception at the Kelly Inn, poolside, 6:30 to 8 p.m. $20 per person, cash bar. Prior registration strongly encouraged.
44th Annual Winter Institute - Sports, Stadiums, Convention Centers, and Economic Development
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
8:45 to 11:15 a.m. at Ritsche Auditorium, Stewart Hall, SCSU Campus.
The program is free and free parking is available in campus lots M and K. If you are unble to find parking in either of these lots, please go to the Public Saftey building and a parking spot will be found for you. Parking is also available for a fee in all campus pay lots. For more parking information and directions to campus, please visit www.stcloudstate.edu/campusmap/.
The speakers are the two leading experts on the Economics of Sports and Stadiums and the Economics of Convention Centers.
9:00 to 10 a.m.
Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College
The Economics of Sports and Stadiums (Dr. Zimbalist is the author of 16 books and numerous articles on the Economics of Sports).
For more information about Andrew Zimbalist, please visit http://sophia.smith.edu/~azimbali/.
Special Book Signing:
Andrew Zimbalist will be signing copies of his forthcoming book: In the Best Interests of Baseball?: The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig after his speech. Copies will be available for purchase for $20 at the Winter Institute (cash or personal check only).
10:15 to 11:15 a.m.
Heywood Sanders, Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio
The Economics of Convention Centers (Dr. Sanders, the world's leading expert on the economics of convention centers, is the author of the highly influential January 2005 Brookings Institution publication titled "Space Available: The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy" as well as several books and articles on the topic).
For more information about Heywood Sanders, please visit http://utsa.edu/copp/staff/hsanders.html.
For a copy of his Brookings Institution study, go to http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20050117_conventioncenters.htm .
11:30 to12:45 p.m.
Winter Institute luncheon, Cascade Room, Atwood Center, SCSU Campus, $10 per person. Prior registration strongly encouraged.
To register, please visit WI Registration2006
Lodging is available for $66 per night at the Best Western Kelly Inn in downtown St. Cloud by calling the hotel DIRECTLY at 320.253.0606 and asking for the "Winter Institute" when making reservations.
All public events of the Winter Institute are made freely available through the generous support of our sponsors:
SCSU Center for Economic Education
SCSU College of Social Sciences
SCSU Department of Economics
SCSU Student Government
Minnesota Economic Development Center
Minnesota Council on Economic Education
National Council on Economic Education
Winter Institute teacher workshops are made possible by the National Council on Economic Education through funding from the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement.
Center for Economic Education
Stewart Hall 329
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Phone: 320.308.2157
Fax: 320.308.5198
Rich MacDonald, Director, SCSU Center for Economic Education ramacdonald@stcloudstate.edu
