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Registration
8:30 – 9:00
Program
9:00-2:00

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9:00
Welcome from NEEP President, John Ballantine
9:10-10:00
U.S.-CANADA CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH
Barry Bluestone, Russell B. And Andre B. Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy, Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
10:00-11:00
NEW ENGLAND ECONOMIC UPDATE AND LOOK NORTH
11:00-11:10
Break
11:10-12:10
PANEL ON CANADA - INNOVATION, ENERGY, AND FINANCE
Michael Dolega, Director and Senior Economist, TD Bank Donald Jessome, CEO, TDI-New England George “Buzz” Kenney- President & CEO, EntraTympanic and Board Member, Canadian Entrepreneurs of New England
12:10
LUNCHEON
1:00-2:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:François-Philippe Champagne, Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Québec and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance