Thank you to all who joined us in Memphis, Tennessee for our 37th Annual Users’ Conference. We especially thank our great presenters who showcased their impressive analyses. As we receive permission to upload presentations, we will post them below.
Presentations:
Rob Carey – Evaluating Economic Impacts due to Storm-based and Tidal Flooding in the Costal Southeastern U.S.
Scott Nystrom – Energy Supply and Demand for Deep Decarbonization
Mark Ehlen – REMI Analysis of the Infrastructure Bill
Patrick Barkey – The Economic Impact of a State Low Income Housing Tax Credit in Montana
Jinju Lee – Economic Impact of UNLV in Southern Nevada
Hector Vielma – Policies, Politics and REMI: The Case of an Income Tax Increase
Jason Holcomb and Rashaad Pierre – Mental Health and the Wealth of Regions
Luis Nieves-Ruiz – Estimating the Economic Impact of Rising Sea Levels in Cape Canaveral
Igor Linkov – Lack of Resilience in Transportation Networks: Economic Implications
Peter Evangelakis – Measuring the Economic, Equity, and Environmental Contributions of Transit Infrastructure
Fred Treyz – Prospects for Growth and Change: U.S. Metro Area Forecast 2022-2032
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Dr. Hector M. Vielma is senior economist at the Office of Fiscal and Economic Research at the Illinois Department of Revenue. Dr. Vielma has developed and works with a number of econometric models and methodologies to forecast Individual Income Tax. Some of his work include modeling the effects of tax legislation and policy change proposals using a statewide micro-simulation model developed for such purpose. He also conducts fiscal impact analysis of individual income tax legislative proposals as well as state and regional analysis of economic trends as they relate to state tax revenue.
Prior to working for the Illinois Department of Revenue, Dr. Vielma was an economic development consultant. For several years, He was also a lecturer at the department of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he taught macro and micro economics at the graduate and undergraduate level. Dr. Vielma worked also as an auditor for the largest bank in Chile. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MBA (Finance) from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile.
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Project Title: Estimating the Economic Impact of Sea Level Rise and the Benefits of Green Infrastructure Interventions
The East Central Florida Regional Planning Council partnered with Stetson University to estimate the economic benefits of using green infrastructure interventions ameliorate the effects of sea level rise in the City of Cape Canaveral. As part of this project, the ECFRPC is using the REMI PI+ model to develop three economic simulation scenarios. The “do nothing” scenario examines the cost that a five-foot increase in sea levels could have on Brevard County’s economy. The two additional simulations will evaluate the cost and benefits of implementing green infrastructure projects within the City of Cape Canaveral.
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For the past 11 years, Mr. Nystrom has conducted studies related to climate policy, demographics, economic development, energy, fiscal policy, healthcare, international trade, labor, scope emissions, and transportation policy. Clients have included federal and state government agencies, non-profits and foundations, trade associations, utilities, corporations, and law firms. He was the technical expert on a multibillion-dollar dispute involving default on sovereign debt and the accuracy of the statistics produced by a national statistics office. Since early 2017, Mr. Nystrom has been the de facto chief macroeconomist and policy analyst for the state of North Dakota, which has involved assessing the economic impacts of tax credits, tax reforms, and large private investments.
Mr. Nystrom’s experience leads him to regularly present to federal and state policymakers. Highlights include presenting his findings to members of Congress on the economic contribution of electric cooperatives; Capitol Hill briefings on federal climate policy; and the impacts of tax incentives and economic development grants to budget committees. These include the legislatures of Arkansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Prior to FTI Consulting, Mr. Nystrom worked at Regional Economic Models, Inc. (“REMI”), a firm that specializes in building models of state and regional economies. While at REMI, he was the head of consulting engagements, client training and support, and the Washington, DC office. He has extensive experience with impact models as well as energy system models such as CTAM and the Power System Optimizer (“PSO”) and using them in concert and parallel with one another.
) [8] => Array ( [speakers_name] => Don Grimes [speakers_designation] => Regional Economist Specialist at University of Michigan [speakers_image] => Array ( [ID] => 13785 [id] => 13785 [title] => 2022 Don Grimes [filename] => 2022-Don-Grimes-e1663186336970.jpg [filesize] => 16097 [url] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Don-Grimes-e1663186336970.jpg [link] => https://www.remi.com/events-site/2022-annual-users-conference-october-12-14/2022-don-grimes/ [alt] => [author] => 1012 [description] => [caption] => [name] => 2022-don-grimes [status] => inherit [uploaded_to] => 13566 [date] => 2022-09-14 20:09:26 [modified] => 2022-09-14 20:09:26 [menu_order] => 0 [mime_type] => image/jpeg [type] => image [subtype] => jpeg [icon] => https://www.remi.com/wp-includes/images/media/default.png [width] => 200 [height] => 300 [sizes] => Array ( [thumbnail] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Don-Grimes-e1663186336970-150x150.jpg [thumbnail-width] => 150 [thumbnail-height] => 150 [medium] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Don-Grimes-200x300.jpg [medium-width] => 200 [medium-height] => 300 [medium_large] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Don-Grimes-e1663186336970.jpg [medium_large-width] => 200 [medium_large-height] => 300 [large] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Don-Grimes-e1663186336970.jpg [large-width] => 200 [large-height] => 300 [1536x1536] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Don-Grimes-e1663186336970.jpg [1536x1536-width] => 200 [1536x1536-height] => 300 [2048x2048] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Don-Grimes-e1663186336970.jpg [2048x2048-width] => 200 [2048x2048-height] => 300 ) ) [speakers_description] =>Donald R. Grimes received his master’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan. His primary research interests are in labor economics and economic forecasting.
For more than 30 years, he has been engaged in economic forecasting and economic impact analysis. He is frequently called upon for policy advice. He has worked for many years with the Michigan departments of Transportation and Treasury and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation on policy analysis and evaluating economic strategies. He is co-director of a project to generate long-term economic and demographic projections for all of the counties of Michigan. His past research includes a study looking at Michigan’s industrial structure with a view to identifying sectors that will promote economic growth in the future.
He has been involved in research projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox News, PBS News hour, National Public Radio, and numerous media in Michigan many times.
He co-authored a paper, “Change in the Concentration of Employment in Computer Services: Spatial Estimation at the U.S. Metro County Level” (Growth and Change, March 2007). More recently he co-authored two papers in Economic Development Quarterly, “Exploring Wage Determination by Education Level: A U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area Analysis From 2005 to 2012” (Economic Development Quarterly, August 2016), and “Geographical Variation in Wages of Workers in Low-Wage Service Occupations: A U.S. Metropolitan Area Analysis” (Economic Development Quarterly, March 2019). His most recent co-authored paper is “Macroeconomic Feedback Effects of Medicaid Expansion: Evidence from Michigan” (Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, October 2019).
) [9] => Array ( [speakers_name] => Pat Barkey [speakers_designation] => Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana [speakers_image] => Array ( [ID] => 13790 [id] => 13790 [title] => 2022 Pat Barkey [filename] => 2022-Pat-Barkey-1-scaled-e1663188289658.jpg [filesize] => 209172 [url] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Pat-Barkey-1-scaled-e1663188289658.jpg [link] => https://www.remi.com/events-site/2022-annual-users-conference-october-12-14/2022-pat-barkey-2/ [alt] => [author] => 1012 [description] => [caption] => [name] => 2022-pat-barkey-2 [status] => inherit [uploaded_to] => 13566 [date] => 2022-09-14 20:44:16 [modified] => 2022-09-14 20:44:16 [menu_order] => 0 [mime_type] => image/jpeg [type] => image [subtype] => jpeg [icon] => https://www.remi.com/wp-includes/images/media/default.png [width] => 468 [height] => 300 [sizes] => Array ( [thumbnail] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Pat-Barkey-1-scaled-e1663188289658-150x150.jpg [thumbnail-width] => 150 [thumbnail-height] => 150 [medium] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Pat-Barkey-1-scaled-e1663188289658-300x192.jpg [medium-width] => 300 [medium-height] => 192 [medium_large] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Pat-Barkey-1-768x492.jpg [medium_large-width] => 768 [medium_large-height] => 492 [large] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Pat-Barkey-1-1024x657.jpg [large-width] => 1024 [large-height] => 657 [1536x1536] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Pat-Barkey-1-1536x985.jpg [1536x1536-width] => 1536 [1536x1536-height] => 985 [2048x2048] => https://www.remi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Pat-Barkey-1-2048x1313.jpg [2048x2048-width] => 2048 [2048x2048-height] => 1313 ) ) [speakers_description] =>Patrick Barkey has served as Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of Montana since 2008. He has been involved with economic forecasting and policy research for more than 35 years, in both the private and public sectors. He has authored studies on energy development, tourism, labor markets, tax policy and international trade. He currently serves as the Past President of the Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER), a national organization of regional business research centers founded in 1947.
The BBER is the preeminent business research center in Montana. Housed in the College of Business, for 46 years it has produced the Montana Economic Outlook Seminar, a half-day program devoted to the national, state and local economic outlook that now is held in 10 cities across Montana in February. Barkey also hosts the Montana Economic Minute, a daily podcast on economic issues that is aired on radio stations throughout the state.
He holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.
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Mr. Teirlinck holds a Master of Public Policy and Management from Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from Colby College.
) ) [register_link] => [event_image] => [event_title] => The Central Station Memphis [event_address] =>
The Central Station Memphis
545 S Main Street
Memphis, TN 38103
[event_description] =>This three-day event will be held at The Central Station Memphis, sharing a 1914 building with the Memphis, Tennessee Central train station, this refined hotel is a 15-minute walk from the National Civil Rights Museum and a mile from the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum.
The REMI group rate is $179 for a 1 King Bed Compact Main Cabin or 2 Queens Main Cabin. To access these rates CLICK HERE
Please note the cutoff date to book your hotel reservations is September 16, 2022.
[registers_link] => [email_body] =>Hello,
Thank you for your interest in REMI. Your registration is confirmed for the REMI 2022 Annual Users’ Conference scheduled for October 12th through 14th in Memphis, Tennessee.
The event will occur at the Central Station Memphis, Curio Collection by Hilton on 545 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103. To book your hotel room at the REMI group rate, please click here. Please note the cutoff date to register for the hotel reservations is September 16, 2022. If you have any questions related to the conference, please email mitcheline.mekal@remi.com for further information.
Our team is still planning this event and will be sending along more information as we finalize the details for this special conference. You may also check our website for updates on our annual Users’ Conference.
We will call before the event to confirm your attendance and address any questions you may have.
We look forward to seeing you in Memphis, Tennessee!
Regards,
Regional Economic Models, Inc.
