East Polk Economic Summit
May 5, 2022
The Historic Ritz Theatre
Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m.
Program begins at 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
May 5, 2022
The Historic Ritz Theatre
Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m.
Program begins at 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Economic Summit
Join us on May 5th from 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. at the Historic Ritz Theatre for the Annual Economic Summit presented by Bank of Central Florida. During the program, we will hear from Dr. Snaith and Wade Elliot. Dr. Sean Snaith, Director of UCF's Institute for Economic Forecasting, will be giving an economic forecast for our local area and the State of Florida as a whole. Wade Elliot with Port Tampa will share more about how the supply chain works, what business owners expect for the rest of 2022 in terms of supply chain issues and much more. The deadline to register is April 29, 2022.
Please reach out to Ana if you are interested in becoming a sponsor of this event.
Please reach out to Ana if you are interested in becoming a sponsor of this event.
Sean Snaith, Ph.D., is the director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Forecasting and a nationally recognized economist in the field of business and economic forecasting.
Snaith is the recipient of multiple awards for the accuracy of his forecasts, his research and his teaching. He has served as a consultant for local governments and multinational corporations such as Compaq, Dell and IBM. Before joining UCF’s College of Business, he held teaching positions at Pennsylvania State University, American University in Cairo, the University of North Dakota and the University of the Pacific. Snaith is frequently interviewed in international, national and regional media. He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, The Economist and The Guardian and has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business Network, The Nightly News with Brian Williams, Al Jazeera, the BBC and CBC, China Central TV, Sky News, Nippon TV and the Business News Network, based in Toronto. Snaith is a sought-after speaker known for his engaging and humorous presentations. He has built a national reputation for his unique ability to explain complex subject matter in a digestible manner. He earned praise from one business editor for having “an uncanny knack of making economics not only understandable but interesting.” Snaith is a member of several economic organizations and national economic forecasting panels, including The Wall Street Journal's Economic Forecasting Survey, the Associated Press’ Economy Survey, CNNMoney.com’s Survey of Leading Economists, USA Today's Survey of Top Economists, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Survey of Professional Forecasters, Bloomberg and Reuters. Snaith holds a B.S. in Economics from Allegheny College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Pennsylvania State University. |
Wade Elliott joined Port Tampa Bay in 2003 and has over 30 years of port business development, marketing and research experience working with clients across the globe, including exporters, importers, ocean carriers, terminal operators and cruise lines. He was previously Executive Director of the Halifax-Dartmouth Port Development Commission.
Mr. Elliott is a graduate of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he also worked as Research Associate conducting economic and policy research in the maritime sector. He began his career working at sea aboard a variety of ships, including container, bulk, tanker, offshore supply and seismic survey vessels. He is the Chairman of the Tampa Foreign Trade Zone, and serves on the boards of the Tampa Port Ministries Seafarers’ Center and the Central–North Florida District Export Council. |
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