What Webinars We are Watching
The following is a collection of webinars that IEDC leadership, staff, and members are watching.
Keep up with IEDC's COVID-19 Webinar Series and revisit past webinars at www.iedconline.org. On Friday, May 22, join us for An Update on the CARES Act with Dennis Alvord Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Affairs U.S. Economic Development Administration. Past webinars can be found on the Restore Your Economy Webinar Page.
Texas Economic Development Council Webinar Series
The Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC) is an Austin-based, statewide, non-profit professional association dedicated to the development of economic and employment opportunities in Texas. Their new Webinar Series presents a new, economic-development focused webinar each week.
PPE Manufacturing and Distribution
A recent webinar hosted by the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative (AMCC) details a predictive model for distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) that was developed by Washington-based Restart Partners and implemented by the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. Speakers included Theresa Foxley, President/CEO of Economic Development Corporation of Utah and Rich Tong and Bharat Shyam, co-founders of Restart Partners.
This model uses NAICS codes to determine which businesses are most in need of PPE, and proposes other models based on job types according to SOC codes. In Utah, this model was used to determine state funding for PPE to businesses most in need, resulting in "Push Packs" of essential equipment delivered to 3,601 companies in every county of the state.
Path Forward, a new webinar series from the U.S. Chamber Foundation, is designed to help business and community leaders find the answers they need to develop a responsible reopening strategy. Webinars will be broadcast every Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.
The webinar on May 21 will feature Suzanne Clark, President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Malia Jones, Assistant Scientist, Applied Population Laboratory, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jeroen Lokerse, Head of Netherlands Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Cushman & Wakefield; and Project Partner, The Six Feet Office.
Economic Innovation Group Webinar: Navigating COVID-19 - Addressing the Economic Impact and Launching an Equitable Recovery
Join Economic Innovation Group (EIG) on Thursday, May 21, from 1:00 pm to 2:00pm ET for a moderated discussion with EIG Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee and Kenneth Rogoff on the current economic situation and lessons from the Great Recession for mitigating the fallout from COVID-19 and setting the country on a path for a strong, dynamic, and inclusive recovery. Register here.