Great Lakes
Economic Initiative
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View Upcoming EventsView Past Events To promote, develop, and implement the agenda described in the
Vital Center framing report, Brookings is organizing a number of major policy forums and summit meetings, as well as participating in events organized by various stakeholder groups and constituencies.
Upcoming Events
Release of the Great Lakes Economic Initiative Report: “Blueprint for Bi-National Prosperity: Reclaiming Great Lakes Leadership as Economic Engine for US and Canada” March 24-27, 2008
This new report lays out the economic opportunities of the bi-national Great Lakes region, its importance to both nation’s economies, and a specific set of policy recommendations for how U.S. and Canadian leadership can strengthen the bi-national economies of the Great Lakes region, and, in the process, ultimately increase the competitiveness of both nations.
Events are planned for:
March 24, Buffalo - Niagara, New York
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March 25, Toronto, Canada
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March 26, Detroit-Windsor
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March 27, Chicago, Illinois
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Binational Tourism Alliance Conference, Buffalo, New York April 4, 2008
John Austin will brief participants on Global Tourism Trends and Challenges with emphasis on the opportunities facing the bi-national Great Lakes region
Water Law, Policy and Science Conference, University of Nebraska, , Lincoln Nebraska, Tuesday April 22, 2008
John Austin will speak on The Role of Water, Natural and Environmental Attributes in Economic Transformation
Green Bay Business and Civic Leadership, April 24-25, 2008
In a local series of briefings and discussion sessions, John Austin will share insights and analysis from the Great Lakes Economic Initiative with are business, civic, academic and political leaders
Buffalo-Niagara Partnership Meeting, Buffalo New York, June 3, 2008
John Austin will share the findings and implications from the Great Lakes Economic Initiative with Buffalo New York region business and civic leaders
Global Midwest Initiative, Chicago Council of Global Affairs, Chicago, IL, June 4, 2008
Brookings John Austin will keynote conference on Globalization and the Midwest in conjunction with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Milwaukee Water Summit, Milwaukee Wisconsin, June 9, 2008
Brookings John Austin will present a keynote address on the opportunities for Great Lakes and Wisconsin regional leadership in freshwater research and technology business development.
Great Lakes Manufacturing Council Forum, Cleveland Ohio, July 9, 2008
Great Lakes Economic Initiative Director John Austin will speak to the future of the Great Lakes Economy.
Past Events
New York Coalition of Great Lakes Legislators, 2008 Legislative Focus Session Albany, New York, March 3, 2008
John Austin will present New York legislators an analysis of the economic opportunities facing the Great Lakes region in a time of economic transformation
Summit of Midwestern Regional Chambers of Commerce, The Henry Ford, Dearborn Michigan, February 11-12, 2008
Brookings Institution Metro Program, joined by Presidents of Chambers of Commerce of Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, and with financial support from the Michigan State University Land Policy Institute, convened 30-40 peers from the Midwest’s regional chambers of commerce to participate in a state and national policy intiative around the Brookings Institution’s Blueprint for Prosperity and Great Lakes Economic Initiative.
Meeting of Great Lakes urban leaders to organize GLUE – the Great Lakes Urban Exchange, Buffalo, New York, January 2008
GLUE is a a regionwide effort as a part of the GLEI effort to build a network of young leaders committed to revival of the “post-industrial” cities of the Great Lakes, and plan the development and distribution of new media pieces on how to understand and develop Great Lakes cities to be vital urban centers attractive to young talent.
John Austin will present New York legislators an analysis of the economic opportunities facing the Great Lakes region in a time of economic transformation