Colorado Business Economic Outlook & Forum

December 9, 2024

The 2025 Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum will be held on December 9, 2024, in Denver at the Grand Hyatt.

The Colorado Business Economic Outlook publication provides professionals across nearly every industry in the state with a forecast of Colorado鈥檚 economy by sector. Each December, the Leeds School of Business and its Business Research Division presents its forecast for the following year during its annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum.

This economic forecast was developed in partnership with 130 private and public leaders across Colorado.

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Monday, December 9, 2024

Program overview:

Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum
12:30鈥�4:30 p.m.

This event is free and open to the Colorado business community, but registration is required.

Pre-Conference Workshop

AI in Action: Transforming Business and Education in Colorado

Join us for an engaging session exploring generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) and its growing impact across Colorado鈥檚 economic and educational landscape. As business and education adapt to an AI-driven world, the Leeds School of Business is reimagining how to best prepare the next generation. This presentation听offers real-world AI examples and insights for the business and education sectors, along with personal use cases that bring these applications to life. Come explore practical applications, ask questions, and gain balanced perspectives on how AI can enhance productivity, innovation, and learning across Colorado鈥檚 industries and education systems.听

11 a.m.-12 p.m.听鈥� Interactive AI Presentation
12 p.m.-12:30 p.m. 鈥� Stick around for prompt engineering coaching

Conference听Agenda

Program Overview

12:30 pm听听Check-In (registration and check-in required)

1:00 pm听听听听Colorado Economic Outlook for 2025

Opening remarks by听Tandean Rustandy Endowed Dean of the Leeds School of Business Vijay Khatri听and 麻豆视频 Chancellor Justin Schwartz

Richard L. Wobbekind, Leeds School of Business, 麻豆视频

Jessica Ostermick, Sr. Managing Director, CBRE, Colorado Region

2:20 pm听听听听Keynote Speaker

Donna Lynne,听Chief Executive Officer,听Denver Health

3:00听pm听听听听Industry听Discussion Breakout Sessions:

Session 1 - Real Estate

Moderator | Julie Gibson, Executive Director, Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate

Panelists

Leon McBroom Senior Managing Director, Denver Office Co-Head, JLL Capital Markets, Americas

David Zucker, Principal, Chief Executive Officer, Zocalo

Jon Weisiger, Senior Vice President, CBRE

Courtney Schneider, Director, Hines

Carl Koelbel, President and CEO, Koelbel & Company

Session 2听- The Economic Competitiveness of Colorado's听Key Industries
听This session will examine Colorado鈥檚 key industries and the factors contributing to their economic competitiveness. We鈥檒l discuss how key industries are supported by state, regional and local initiatives and partnerships. And we鈥檒l feature up-to-date developments in multi-state and multi-industry ecosystems supporting quantum computing, climate resilience and other advanced industries.

Moderator |听, Principal, First Flatiron Consulting

Panelists:

Wendy Lea, Board Member, Co-Founder, TechHubNow!

Mike Freeman, CEO and Principal Investigator, NSF Colo-Wyo Climate Resilience Engine

Michelle Hadwiger, Director of Global Business Development, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Hanna Scovill,听Economist and Sr. Manager of Economic Competitiveness, Metro Denver EDC

Session 3听- Evolution of the Energy Mix:听Net Zero鈥擭uclear
This panel investigates the emergence of nuclear fusion as such an event and speculates as to how fusion鈥檚 commercialization may occur and how the energy industry (including its professional societies) might transition to such a brave new world.

Moderator |听,听Energy Consultant

Panelists:

Adam Eckman, President and CEO, Colorado Mining Association

Mark Jensen, Professor, Chemistry; Jerry and Tina Grandey University Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Terry Palisch, President, Society of Petroleum Engineers; Vice President, CARBO Ceramics

4:30听pm听听听听Networking Reception

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