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Economic Forecast & State of the Industry Breakfast
The Construction Association of Michigan and the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan have hosted an annual Economic Forecast since 2010. We will address GDP Growth, Inflation, and the Construction Outlook, followed by Q&A. Advanced registration is required. Registration includes breakfast, the presentation, and post-meeting presenter meet-and-greet on the EXPO show floor.
Advanced registration required.
Presenter
Dr. Daniil Manaenkov has been engaged in tracking and forecasting the U.S. economy for almost 20 years. He has been leading RSQE’s national forecasting team since 2013. Prior to joining RSQE, he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, where he managed the bank's macroeconomic forecasting model. Daniil testifies regularly in front of the Michigan Legislature and briefs the Governor of Michigan annually on RSQE's national economic outlook. Governor Rick Snyder sent Daniil a personal thank-you letter for his contributions to the state budget process. Daniil frequently shares his views on national economic conditions with various media outlets, with the list of recent interviews featuring CNBC, CGTN America, WXYZ-TV Detroit, NPR's Marketplace, and the Wall Street Journal. Daniil also leads RSQE’s development and adoption of cutting-edge time series and machine learning forecasting methods and contributes to RSQE's forecasting project with the City of Detroit. Daniil’s main areas of expertise are macroeconomics, monetary economics, and applied econometrics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota, and holds a Master of Science degree in applied mathematics and physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Daniil recently coauthored The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2022–2024, and The Detroit Economic Outlook for 2022–2027.
CAM 137th Annual Meeting: The Challenge of Change
The CAM 137th Annual Meeting takes place at the Suburban Collection Showplace, in conjunction with the Great Lakes Design & Construction EXPO. The Annual Meeting will include the CAM Annual Report, induction of new board members, presentation of the CAM Magazine Special Issue Project of the Year Award, and a keynote address focusing on The Challenge of Change.
Each CAM member firm is provided with one free pass to the CAM annual meeting. Additional tickets may be purchased for $80 each. Information about utilizing the free pass will be sent via USPS to the company's main point of contact and emailed to that main contact person as well. Online pre-registration is required, and no walk-ins will be allowed.
Keynote Presenter
Jim Bitterle, Managing Partner, joined EDSI in 2008 to lead its management consulting division. He has 34 years of corporate leadership and management consulting experience. Today, Jim is responsible for EDSI’s national consulting operations. He is currently spearheading EDSI’s efforts to help clients optimize their organizations to support growth, diversification, and cultural improvement. As a part of these efforts, Jim has authored the new book, “Unquittable”. Jim is also a seasoned trainer and speaker. He is regularly rated as the top speaker at events. As a prior Divisional President and COO, Jim provides real world examples, as well as deep subject matter expertise as a trainer or speaker. Prior to his consulting career, Jim spent 11 years as an executive with profit and loss responsibility leading both domestic and international business units for multi-national corporations such as Flint Ink and Gibson Musical Instruments. Jim holds his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.
For registration assistance, or to reserve a full table or multiple tickets, please contact us at (248) 972-1000 or via email CAM@BuildwithCAM.com.
CAM Magazine Special Issue Awards
During the CAM Annual Meeting luncheon, the Construction Association of Michigan will recognize this year's Special Issue Outstanding Project Finalists and award Project of the Year.
Project of the Year Finalists:
- Auto-Owners Insurance Group South Campus Expansion (Lansing)
- Richard and Theresa Barch Center for Freshwater Research and Education (Sault Ste. Marie)
- Clinton-Macomb Library North Branch (Macomb Twp.)
- McLaren Greater Lansing Replacement Hospital (Lansing)
- Ford House Visitor Center and Administration Building (Grosse Pointe Shores)
- The Hawk: Farmington Hills Community Center (Farmington Hills)
- Mercedes-Benz Financial Services HQ (Farmington Hills)
- Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing (Lansing)
- General Motors Factory ZERO (Detroit-Hamtramck)
- KLA Copr. Second HQ and Research & Development Center (Ann Arbor)
- DTE Blue Water Energy Center (East China)
- Livonia Medical Center (Livonia)