2012 CREED Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon in Norfolk

2012 CREED Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon

The 2012 CREED Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon will be held in the Multipurpose Room of the Ted Constant Convocation Center on the campus of Old Dominion University on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM.

Why Manufacturers are Taking a Second Look at the US: What's In Store for Hampton Roads?

This year's featured speaker is Dr. Susan Christopherson, Cornell Faculty Member, Professor, City and Regional Planning (CRP), College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) .

Dr Christopherson is an economic geographer whose research and teaching focus on economic development, urban labor markets, and location patterns in service industries, particularly the media industries. Her research includes both international and U.S.-policy-oriented projects. Her international research includes studies in Canada, Mexico, China, Germany, and Jordan as well as multi-country studies. In the past three years she has completed studies on advanced manufacturing in New York's Southern Tier, the photonics industry in Rochester, the role of universities and colleges in revitalizing the upstate New York economy, and production trends affecting media industries in New York City. She has written more than 50 articles and 25 policy reports on topics in economic geography and economic development. Her current projects include studies of phoenix industries in old industrial regions and a comprehensive economic impact analysis of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in New York and Pennsylvania. Christopherson received her Ph.D. from University of California-Berkley.

[CREED IPAC and Advisory Council members should contact Kyllie Brinkley (kbrinkle@odu.edu) to receive their complimentary registrations.]

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