ESU Partners with Community for Economic Outlook Summit

The Fourth Annual East Stroudsburg University Economic Outlook Summit is scheduled for Friday, September 9, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Mattioli Recreation Center on the ESU campus. The theme for this year’s Summit is Monroe 2030 – Action Now! Assuring a Prosperous Monroe County.

The Program will include presentations on Re-Energizing our Economy — the Monroe 2030 Action Team Work Plan, results from the Monroe County Business Climate Survey, and the 2016 Monroe County Economic Scorecard which compares Monroe County to its neighboring counties: Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Northampton, Wayne and Pike in the following economic indicators: earnings, business climate, employment, healthcare, education and housing. The Summit will also feature three panel discussions focusing on community collaboration, workforce development and small business and entrepreneurship, respectively.

Summit sponsors include: Sanofi Pasteur, Pocono Medical Center, St. Luke’s Monroe Campus, Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, Met-Ed, PNC, Aquatopia, Camelback Resort, The Inn at Pocono Manor, Michael Baxter & Associates, Monroe County Bar Association, Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, Pennsylvania CareerLink, Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation, Greater Pocono Chamber of Commerce, and Pocono Mountains Keystone Innovation Zone.

The Summit is open to the general public for $40 per person, payable to ESU, and includes breakfast and lunch. Seating for the summit is limited and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. To register for the 2016 Economic Outlook Summit, contact the office of Research and Economic Development at 570-422-7920 or register online at esu.edu/econsummit.

2016 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SUMMIT AGENDA

7:30a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:00a.m. Welcome

• Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., President, East Stroudsburg University

8:10 a.m. John Moyer, Ph.D. Chair, Monroe County Commissioners

• Monroe County – Monroe 2030 Update

8:30 a.m. Matt Connell, Ph.D., Dean NCC, and Erik Pages, Ph.D., EntreWorks Consulting

Update on Monroe 2030 initiatives and Task Forces

• Community Collaboration, Workforce Development, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Re-Energizing our Economy Work Plan

9:30 a.m. Community Collaboration Panel Presentation

• Steve Pine,  Director of Development, Kalahari Resorts and Conventions
• James DePetris, Owner, Legend Properties, Inc.
• Joseph Hanyon, Merwine, Hanyon & Kaspszyk
• Robert J. McHale, P.E., Township Engineer, Tobyhanna Township

10:15 a.m. Networking Break

10:30 a.m. Workforce Development Panel Presentation

• Donald C. Seiple, Jr., President, St. Luke’s University Health Network – Monroe
• Sherry Rex, Vice President Human Resources, Camelback Resort
• Chuck Leonard, Executive Director, Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation
• Donald LeCompte, DECA Executive President- High School Division

11:15 a.m. Small Business & Entrepreneurship Panel Presentation

• Steve Somers, Owner/President, Vigon International, Inc.
• Linda Diffley, Vice President/General Manager, Harsco Industrial Patterson-Kelley
• Jonathan Weber, owner, Marathon Studios, Inc.
• Yony Liriano, co-owner, PARCHE

Noon – Lunch, Sponsor Presentation, and Monroe County 2016 Economic Scorecard

• Sanofi Pasteur Presentation
• Todd Behr, Pats Neelakantan, Ph.D., Constantino Christofides, Ph.D.

Business and Economic Research Group, East Stroudsburg University

1:25 p.m. – Closing Remarks

• Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D.,  President, East Stroudsburg University

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