Frederick R. Treyz, Ph.D. is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Economist at Regional Economic Models, Inc. (REMI), a leading provider of dynamic economic and demographic modeling software and consulting. He is an authority on analyzing public policies and their regional macroeconomic and population impacts. Under Dr. Treyz’s leadership, REMI has shaped public policy debates by helping clients evaluate economic development, transportation, energy, immigration reform, and other topics. The company’s clients include federal, state, and regional agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, leading national associations, universities, and consultants who seek to analyze the implications of public policy.
Dr. Treyz holds an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
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During his Ph.D. study, Dr. Choi explored the economic effects of land value taxation in an urban area, which was featured in Land Economics in 2015. He thinks that the efficiency and other positive impacts of land value taxation should be more widely spread in the country. Although he has some working papers in progress, they await publication. In addition to his role at the OTA, Dr. Choi imparts his knowledge as an online instructor in economics at the Liberty University Business School.
A native of Korea, Dr. Choi relocated to the U.S. in 2000. He achieved his Ph.D. in economics from Georgia State University in 2006. Prior to his joining the team of the OTA, he contributed as a postdoctoral researcher at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has a lovely wife and two grown-up daughters and one son in college.
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REMI is thrilled to announce that our 2025 Users’ Conference will be held at Weber’s Boutique Hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan from October 22nd-24th. More information will be shared to this page as it becomes available. Please reach out to Event Coordinator Brian Riel at brian.riel@remi.com if you have any questions about this conference.
Please click the “Register” tab and fill out all fields if you are planning on attending.
If you have conducted research recently using REMI, we would be thrilled to invite you to present on one of our many developing panels at this event. There will be panels relating to transportation, fiscal analysis, affordable housing, energy, and more. Please reach out to Brian Riel at brian.riel@remi.com if you are interested.
On Friday, October 24th at 1:00pm ET during the conference, attendees will have the option to visit the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. REMI will be providing transportation to this activity. To learn more about this event and to RSVP, please click here.
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This years conference will be hosted at Weber’s Boutique Hotel & Restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Weber’s has an indoor salt water pool, sauna, hot tub, and a 24 hour gym. The hotel is also home to the famous Weber’s Restaurant.
REMI has negotiated a discounted room rate for attendees of $149 or $169 (depending on room selected) for the duration of the conference. Click here to book your room online. You can also book your room by calling Weber’s Boutique Hotel directly at 734-769-2500 and mentioning the REMI conference. After September 9th you will be required to call the hotel to book your room.
On September 9th, half of the remaining rooms in the hotel block will be made available to the public, and you will no longer be able to use the direct link to book your room. September 21st is the final day of the block unless the block fills early. Attendees can still book with our negotiated discounted room rate after our block expires by calling the hotel, permitted that the hotel has rooms available.
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We are very excited for you to join us at this years Users’ Conference occurring from Wednesday October 22nd to Friday October 24th in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Weber’s Boutique Hotel! We are still in the process of planning this conference, and will release more information through email and here on our website as it becomes available to share. Please direct any questions to event coordinator Brian Riel at brian.riel@remi.com.
You can book your hotel room in our discounted hotel block by clicking here. Please note that the deadline to book within this block is October, 2nd. We anticipate that these rooms will fill by then however, so we encourage you to book well in advance of that day.
Have you conducted research recently using REMI? If so, we would be thrilled to have you present at this years conference! Please send an email to event coordinator Brian Riel at brian.riel@remi.com, and we would gladly fit you into one of our developing panels.
We are accepting submissions for the George I. Treyz Award for Excellence in Economic Analysis till August 1st. If you have conducted a report using REMI recently and want to be considered for the award, please fill out the form under the “GIT Award Submissions” tab here on our website.
We look forward to seeing you in Ann Arbor!
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