Texas Economic & Demographic Association Title

Calendar

2009-2010
Federal Reserve Bank - 1801 Allen Parkway

Meetings: members free; guests $16. Fees for other events vary.
Reception begins 30 minutes before each meeting

Sep. 17, 2009
Meeting
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones: Bane or Blessing for Houston? Rene Martinez, AICP, Director of Resource Development, Tejano Center for Community Concerns and Raul Yzaguirre School for Success, and

Clark Stockton Lord, Associate, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Oct. 15, 2009
Meeting
5:30-6:30 p.m.

The Future of Downtown Houston
Bob Eury, President, Central Houston Inc.

Nov. 19, 2009
Meeting
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Cradle to Career -- A New Way of Thinking About Houston's Economic Future

Robert Wimpelberg, Ph.D., Dean, College of Education, University of Houston

Donna Scott, MSSW, Executive Director, Greater Houston P-16+ Council

Jan. 21 , 2010
Meeting
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Differential Access to Health Care

Lewis E. Foxhall, M.D., President, Harris County Medical Society, and Vice President for Health Policy and Associate Professor of Clinical Cancer Prevention, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Feb. 25, 2010
Workshop
8:30 a.m.-noon

Immigration and Houston's Changing Racial/Ethnic Mix
Michael Emerson, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, and Director, Center on Race, Relition, and Urban Life, Rice University

Jenifer Bratter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University

Mar. 18 , 2010
Meeting
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Changing the Newspaper Model: The Future of Investigative Reporting

Loren Steffy, Business Columnist, The Houston Chronicle

Apr. 22 , 2010
Meeting
5:35-6:45 p.m.
The Houston Area Survey: Newest Findings from the 29th Annual Survey
Stephen L. Klineberg, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Rice University
May 20, 2010
Meeting
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Light Rail for Houston: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Speaker TBA

Jun. 17 , 2010
Meeting
5:30-6:30 p.m.

The Economic Outlook for Houston
Robert W., Gilmer, Ph.D., Vice President in Charge, El Paso Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Sep. 16, 2010
Workshop
8:30 a.m.-noon
A Demographic Potpourri
Progress Report on Census 2010

Speaker TBA

ACS Data Issues: Confidence Intervals and Multi-Year Estimates

Speaker TBA

Texas State Data Center Update

Karl Eschbach, Ph.D., Texas State Demographer (invited)