2023/2024 Program
JANUARY 17, 2024 – ZELJKA MOMIROVIC, HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM (At Houston Fed)
Zeljka Momirovic, Director of Air Service Development at Houston Airport System gave an overview on the impact of aviation on the region and HAS’ plans to develop and enhance regional air service.
NOVEMBER 15, 2023 – HELEN CURRIE, CONOCOPHILLIPS (At Houston Fed)
Helen Currie, Chief Economist at ConocoPhillips and THEC Board Member gave an overview on the global oil and gas industry.
September 14, 2023 – Adrian Duhalt, Columbia Univeristy (At Houston Fed)
Adrian Duhalt, Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University gave an overview on the Mexican energy sector.
2022/2023 Program
April 26, 2023 – Jordan Frisby, Port Houston (At Houston Fed)
Jordan Frisby, Business Process Manager at Port Houston gave an overview on the past, present and future of Port Houston.
March 22, 2023 – Martha Moore, American Chemistry Council (At Houston Fed)
Martha Moore, Chief Economist & Managing Director, Economics & Statistics at the American Chemistry Council gave a briefing on the chemical industry.
february 22, 2023 – Real estate panel (At Houston Fed)
Rachel Alexander, Senior Vice President, Director of Research at JLL gave a briefing on Houston’s office & industrial real estate market, and David Jarvis, Principal at John Burns Real Estate Consulting gave a briefing on Houston’s residential real estate market.
January 25, 2023 – Helen You, Texas Demographic Center (At Houston Fed)
Helen You, Associate Director at the Texas Demographic Center, gave a state and regional demographic overview.
November 15, 2022 – Julia Coronado, Macropolicy Perspectives (at Houston Fed)
Julia Coronado, Founder and President of Macropolicy Perspectives, and 2022/23 President of NABE, gave a US and global macro outlook.
September 27, 2022 – Jesse Thompson, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (at Houston Fed)
Jesse Thompson, Senior Business Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas – Houston Branch and THEC Past President, provided a broad overview of the energy industry including U.S. upstream. downstream, global energy and energy transition.
2021/2022 Program
May 18, 2022 – Luis Torres (at UH SBDC)
Dr. Luis Torres, Senior Business Economist at the San Antonio Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discussed the latest trends and outlook on the housing market.
April 8, 2022 – Amrita Sen (at UH SBDC)
Amrita Sen, Founder and Director of Research at Energy Aspects, presented A Russian energy shock in an already tight energy market.
March 23, 2022 – Jane Stricker (at UH SBDC)
Jane Stricker, Executive Director of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) and Senior Vice President, Energy Transition at the Greater Houston Partnership, spoke on efforts to leverage Houston’s energy leadership strengths to accelerate global solutions for a low-carbon future.
February 23, 2022 – Dr. Bill Gilmer (Virtual)
Dr. Bill Gilmer, Vice President, Director of the Institute for Regional Forecasting (IRF) at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business, presented a deep dive into what happened to Houston’s economy in 2020-2021.
January 20, 2022 – Dr. Keith Phillips (Virtual)
Dr. Keith Phillips, Assistant Vice President, San Antonio Branch at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, shares his insights on studying the Texas Economy for 40 years.
November 16, 2021 – Dr. Mark Wynne (Virtual)
Dr. Mark Wynne, Vice President, Associate Director of Research and Director of the Globalization Institute at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, shared insights on the global economic outlook.
2020/2021 Program
June 24, 2021 – Mike Sommers (Virtual)
Mike Sommers, CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, spoke about the state of American energy, the industry’s economic contributors, and the public policy landscape.
June 9, 2021 – Lawrence Dean (Virtual)
Lawrence Dean, Regional Director at Zonda, spoke about the latest developments in the Houston housing market.
April 21, 2021 – Amrita Sen (Virtual)
Amrita Sen, Amrita Sen, Founder and Director of Research at Energy Aspects, spoke about what 2021 will bring for the energy sector.
March 25, 2021 – Jesse Thompson (Virtual)
Jesse Thompson, Senior Business Economist at the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, spoke about the latest developments in the energy industry and the Houston economy.
August 28, 2020 – Dr. Susan R. Bailey (Virtual)
Dr. Susan R. Bailey, President of the American Medical Association, spoke about the pandemic and its unequal impact on communities as well as vaccine development.
2019/2020 Program
May 19, 2020 – Gregory Daco (Virtual)
Gregory Daco, Chief US Economist at Oxford Economics, spoke about the US outlook in the wake of COVID-19.
February 18, 2020 – Dr. Steven Craig
Dr. Steven Craig, Professor of Economics at the University of Houston, spoke about the sustainability of the Houston Sports Authority.
January 28, 2020 – Kristine Klavers
Kristine Klavers, Senior Vice-President, Americas at Argus Consulting Services, spoke about the outlook of the downstream, refining, and petrochemical markets in 2020 and the role of a price reporting agency.
November 12, 2019 – Dr. Dietrich Vollrath
Dr. Dietrich Vollrath, Chair of Economics at the University of Houston, spoke about the success of a stagnant economy.
October 29, 2019 – Greg Haas
Greg Haas, Director of Integrated Energy at Stratas Advisors, spoke about the energy outlook in this time of uncertainty and turmoil.
September 27, 2019 – Dr. Mark Wynne
Dr. Mark Wynne, Vice President, Associate Director of Research and Director of the Globalization Institute at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, talked about secular trends and emerging risks in the global economy.
2018/2019 Program
May 21, 2019 – John Silvia
John Silvia, president of Dynamic Economy Strategy and former managing director and chief economist for Wells Fargo, talked about global trade and the outlook for the U.S. economy.
April 18, 2019 – Real Estate Trends and Disruption
Lawrence Dean (Metrostudy), David Jarvis (John Burns) and Kenneth Neatherlin (GroundFORCE) discussed the latest trends in Houston’s real estate sector and how residential construction is being disrupted. The slides of the first two panelists are included in the download link above.
February 28, 2019 – Pia Orrenius
Pia Orrenius, vice president and senior economist of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, shared her insights on the economic and fiscal impacts of immigration.
November 7, 2018 – Vivian Ho
Vivian Ho, James A Baker III Institute chair in Health Economics, director of the Center for Health and Biosciences, professor in the Department of Economics at Rice University and professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, talked about rising drug prices and how public policy could make a difference.
October 16, 2018 – Mine Kuban Yücel
Mine Kuban Yücel, senior vice president and senior research advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, provided an overview of the current state of the oil and gas markets, together with an outlook for 2019.
September 24, 2018 – Thomas Kevin Swift
Thomas Kevin Swift, chief economist and managing director at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), shared his thoughts on tariffs and disruption, or more specifically, on how trade barriers threaten the U.S. petrochemical investment boom.
2017/2018 Program
May 22, 2018 – Frank Nothaft
Frank Nothaft, senior vice president and chief economist of CoreLogic, provided an outlook for the housing and mortgage market and discussed the effects of the rising mortgage rates and the tax reform.
March 20, 2018 – Adrian Duhalt
Adrian Duhalt, postdoctoral fellow in Mexico energy studies for the Mexico Center and Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute, presented on Mexico’s demand for energy and the implications for the U.S.
Feb 20, 2018 – Jason Saving
Jason Saving, senior research economist and advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, talked about who bears the burden of taxes in Texas, as well as changes due to the tax reform.
Nov 14, 2017 – Scott Livermore
Scott Livermore, managing director of macro and industry services at Oxford Economics and COO of Oxford Economics USA, presented the outlook for the global economy and the implications for Houston.
Oct 31, 2017 – Scott Davis, Lawrence Dean, David Jarvis
Scott Davis, senior vice president at Meyers Research, Lawrence Dean, Metrostudy’s regional director of Houston, and David Jarvis, senior vice president at John Burns Real Estate Consulting, discussed their outlook for Houston’s housing market post-Harvey.