Is Midwest Manufacturing at a Crossroads?

September 30, 2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60604

7:45 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.		Welcome Moderator and Discussants Michael H. Moskow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:15 a.m.		Project Overview Manufacturing and the Midwest: Cause for Concern? (PDF,256KB) William Testa, Vice President and Director of Regional Programs, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:30 a.m.		How Much Will U.S. Manufacturing Bounce? The Disappearance of Manufacturing? (PDF,329KB) William Strauss, Senior Business Economist and Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Recent Developments in Investment (PDF,123KB) Spencer Krane, Vice President and Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Manufacturing and the Dollar (PDF,106KB) Donald Nichols, Director of the La Follette School and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin Survival of the Best Fit: Exposure to Low-Wage Countries and the (Uneven) Growth of U.S. Manufacturing Plants (PDF,378KB) Andrew B. Bernard, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth University and National Bureau of Economic Research J. Bradford Jensen, Deputy Director, Institute for International Economics Peter K. Scott, Yale School of Management and National Bureau of Economic Research
		Workshop Group Discussion
10:30 a.m.		Is Midwest Manufacturing Different? Midwest Manufacturing as a Cluster (PDF,228KB) Geoffrey Hewings, Professor of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Director, Regional Economics Applications Lab Midwest Auto Industry—Performance and Outlook (PDF,325KB) Thomas Klier, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
		Technology Issues and Challenges Graham Toft, Senior Fellow, Center for Competitiveness, Hudson Institute
		Workshop Group Discussion
12:00 p.m.		Lunch and Extended Discussion U.S. Manufacturing: The Engine for Growth in a Global Economy (PDF,1,173KB) Thomas J. Duesterberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturers Alliance
1:30 p.m.		Adjourn