BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210211T163000Z DTEND:20210211T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Economic Forecast - 2021 DESCRIPTION:ECONOMIC OUTLOOK & RECOVERY 2021\n\nThere is a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel - how will we fare during the remaining recovery\, and where is the economy headed in the coming year?\n\n \n\nIn our annual Central MA Economic Forum we'll take a look at the challenging economic climate of the past year and take a future-forward look at what's going to change in a post pandemic environment .\n\n \n\nOur keynote speaker\, Michelle Meyer\, Head of U.S. Economics for BofA Securities will share an economic outlook for 2021\, dig into current data on the recovery & key trends looking forward. In addition\, our expert panelists will share a more regional/statewide look at several of our top industries and sectors\, and what they see ahead for the state's recovery.\n\n \n\nIssues to be addressed will include:\n\n\n What the national recovery will look like this year\, fiscal policy's role in influencing the rebound\, and areas of future strength and weakness moving forward.\n How key industry sectors like restaurants and entertainment venues\, manufacturing\, health care & biotech/biomanufacturing and real estate will perform.\n Trends in new business start ups and entrepreneurial activity.\n The post pandemic future of major urban centers like Boston\, and the opportunity for growth in Central MA.\n\n The webcast will combine presentations with a moderated Q&A session where attendees will be able to submit questions both before and during the webcast.\n\n \n\nPanelists to date:\n\n RESTAURANT/HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY\n \n Bob Luz\, President\, Massachusetts Restaurant Association \n \n \n MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY/ General Massachusetts economic overview\n \n John Regan\, President & CEO\, AIM \n \n \n LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY\n \n Travis McCready\, Executive Director and National Practice Leader\, JLL Life Sciences X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK &\; RECOVERY 2021
\nThere is a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel - how will we fare during the remaining recovery\, and where is the economy headed in the coming year?
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\nIn our annual Central MA Economic Forum we'\;ll take a look at the challenging economic climate of the past year and take a future-forward look at what&rsquo\;s going to change in a post pandemic environment .
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\nOur keynote speaker\, Michelle Meyer\, Head of U.S. Economics for BofA Securities will share an economic outlook for 2021\, dig into current data on the recovery &\; key trends looking forward. In addition\, our expert panelists will share a more regional/statewide look at several of our top industries and sectors\, and what they see ahead for the state&rsquo\;s recovery.
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\nIssues to be addressed will include:

\n\n\n \;The webcast will combine presentations with a moderated Q&\;A session where attendees will be able to submit questions both before and during the webcast.
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\nPanelists to date:\n\n LOCATION:Virtual UID:e.2083.12472 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260407T153551Z URL:https://business.wachusettareachamber.org/events/details/economic-forecast-2021-12472 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR