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Seminar Series Fall 2008Regional Economic and Social Development |
September 15
Georges Grinstein and William Mass, UMass Lowell
MICo-Viz: Measures and Indicators COllaborative Visualization
A National Consortium with Planners and Indicator Projects
September 22
Henrik Glimstedt, Stockholm School of Economics
Debunking Innovation within Open Global Teechnology Standards:
Competition in the Mobile Telecom Sector
September 22
Lisa Wong, Mayor, City of Fitchburg
Making a Mill City Go Again: Fitchburg Faces the Future
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Family, Work and Community, and The Labor Extension Program
October 6
Bernard Lynch, City Manager of Lowell
Lowell's Renaissance and Current Strategies
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Family, Work and Community
October 15
Meri Jenkins, Program Manager, Adams Art Program, MA Cultural Council
Cultural Economic Development in Massachusetts
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Family, Work and Community
October 20
Sue Helper, Case Western Reserve
Viewing Off-Shoring thhrough a Relations Lens and Renewing US Manufacturing
Co-Sponsored by the Labor Extension Program
October 27
Stine Grodal, Boston University NOTE: technocal problems prevent streaming this presentation.
The Nanotechnology Label Across Communities: Categorizing a New Field
Co-Sponsored by the Nanomanufacturing Center and Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing
November 3
Robert Pollin, UMass Amherst
Green Growth, Good Jobs and the US Economic Revival
Co-Sponsored by the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production & Work Environment Department
November 10
Dan Breznitz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Stategies for Growth
November 17
Heike Mayer, Virginia Institute of Technology
Alternative Regional Development Strategies and Hidden Assets:
Slow Cities, Lacking Universities, & Women Entrepreneurs
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Women and Work
November 24
Ron Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology
Outsourcing America's Technology and Knowledge Jobs
Co-Sponsored by the College of Engineering and Computer Science Department and the Labor Extension Programa
December 1
William Lazonick, RESD, UMass Lowell
The US Stock Market and Economic Insecurity