Changing Landscapes
Where We Have Been | Where We Are Now | Where We Are Going
2016
Bryan
College Station
Texas A&M University
The Brazos Valley
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The Economic
Outlook Conference
is open to the public.
Advance registration is
$85 per person for
B/CS Chamber
members; tickets
are $100 per person
for non-members.
Reserved tables of eight
are available for $750.
Seating is limited.
To reserve space,
visit bcschamber.org,
call (979) 260-5200,
or email
[email protected].
esearch. Industry. Jobs. Visitors. Housing. Those who want a
glimpse of the economic forecast for 2016 may join the B/CS
Chamber of Commerce when it gathers local and national experts
at the annual Economic Outlook Conference in January. Through
speakers and panels, perspectives of how the past and present are
changing local business landscapes will be discussed as the Brazos
Valley looks to the future. The conference will be held Jan. 27 from
7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the College Station Hilton. Tracye McDaniel,
president and CEO of Texas Development Corporation, will present
the keynote address during lunch.
January 27
Hilton College Station
10:30 a.m. | Session III
2016 B/CS Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook Conference
Conference Schedule
7:30 a.m. | Registration and coffee
Sponsor ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEMS
8 a.m. | Welcome
Title Sponsor WELLS FARGO
Royce Hickman, President/CEO,
B/CS Chamber of Commerce
8:15 a.m. | Session I
Sponsored by TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
It Didn’t Just Happen…Snapshots
of Our Growth
Henry Mayo, noted local historian
Serving Our Growing Community:
We Are the Research Valley
Todd McDaniel, President/CEO Research
Valley Partnership
8:45 a.m. | Break
Sponsored by TEXAS COMMERCIAL WASTE
9 a.m. | Session II
Sponsored by BTU
Where We Are: Moderated Q&A
Hospitality Sponsor City Of College Station
Visioning: What’s Over the
Horizon?
Notepad & E-Notebook Sponsors: American
Momentum Bank, ATMOS Energy, Copy Corner,
CR Systems, Kyle Office Products
Dr. Jim Gaines, Chief Economist, The Real
Estate Center at Texas A&M University
11:45 a.m. | Break
Invocation
12 noon | Lunch
A panel discussion among representatives
from the City of Bryan, City of College
Station, Bryan College Station Convention
& Visitors Bureau, and Texas A&M
University
Sponsored by C&J BAR-B-QUE
10:15 a.m. | Break
Tracye McDaniel, President/CEO, Texas
Economic Development Corporation
Sponsored by BBVA COMPASS
12:15 p.m. | Keynote Address
Title Sponsor WELLS FARGO
Texas: Positioning the 12th Largest
Economy in the World
1:15 p.m. | Close of Conference
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INSITE January 2016
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
Sponsored by Admiral Catering
Card Holder Sponsor: The Research Valley
Partnership
Pencils Courtesy of Brenham National Bank
Speaker Gifts Courtesy of Bryan College Station
Convention & Visitors Bureau
A/V Sponsor: Avinext
Media Sponsors: The B/CS Eagle,
Bryan Broadcasting
The Insite Group: Insite Printing & Graphic
Services & Insite Magazine