In light of the uncertain economic outlook, global market fluctuations, and recent Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. economy rating, economic sessions at Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) Predict, CEIR’s annual outlook conference, will present a revised forecast for 2011.
Attendees at the conference, scheduled for Sept.15 in New York, will participate in a discussion about the global economy during the keynote address, Outlook for the Global Economy and its Impact on the Exhibition Industry, led by John Walker, chairman and founder of Oxford Economics.
This session will be followed by an interactive discussion and analysis of the U.S. economy and the exhibitions industry which will be conducted by CEIR’s economists Allen Shaw, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Werling, Ph.D. They will report on the impact that economic and political forces may have on exhibitions.
"Economists have spent the summer marking down their forecasts for near-term economic growth in the U.S. and around the world. Several shocks, including natural disasters and political intransigence have combined to derail the nascent recovery,” Werling said . "While it is far from clear that a new recession is imminent, it appears that growth over the next few quarters will remain slow."
During their session, Allen and Werling will examine how this affects the exhibitions industry.
CEIR Predict, to be held at the Time Warner Center, is for qualified, C-level executives, with attendance limited to no more than 200 participants including exhibition industry executive decision makers, private equity firms, debt providers, investment firms and the financial press.
To apply for Predict, visit www.ceir.org/predict.
