August 2023
Economic Forecasting Conference Webinar
Speakers
- Rajeev Dhawan
- Professor & Director
- Economic Forecasting Center
- J. Mack Robinson College of Business
- Michael Donnelly
- Chief Economist
- IBM
- Emin Hajiyev
- Senior Economist
- Insight Investment
Conference Program
| 9:15 a.m. | Welcome & Housekeeping | |
| 9:20 a.m. | Words of Welcome | Richard Phillips Dean J. Mack Robinson College of Business |
| 9:25 a.m | AI and Investment Needed to Stem the US Brain Drain The US is facing a brain drain as declining college enrollment and foreign scientists choose foreign countries over the US. Factors contributing to this include rising college costs, reduced government investment, and a diminishing return on investment (ROI) from education. Read more |
Michael Donnelly Chief Economist IBM |
| 9:45 a.m | The Rise of Green Protectionism What does the race to net zero and the dawn of the new industrial policy age mean for the global macro? What to make of the confluence of climate and geopolitics? Are we on the verge of a new CAPEX supercycle? |
Emin Hajiyev Senior Economist Insight Investment |
| 10:05 a.m. | Q & A for speakers | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Economic Outlook Update (Nation & Georgia) Rajeev Dhawan delivers his keynote presentation on the economic outlook of the United States, Georgia and the Atlanta Metro Region. Join us as he shares his views on the state of the global economy as well as employment and consumption trends and their impact on the industry in Georgia. He will discuss, in particular, the implications for residential and commercial real estate in the Atlanta Metro Region. |
Rajeev Dhawan Zwerner Chair of Economic Forecasting & Director Economic Forecasting Center J. Mack Robinson College of Business |
| 11:30 a.m. | Q & A and Concluding Remarks | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Adjourn |
Chief Economist responsible for risk mitigation by updating senior management to potential revenue loss, including quarterly economic updates to the CFO to prepare for earnings calls. Second, develop and deploy analytics to improve risk metrics, market opportunities and pricing solutions of our worldwide businesses. This includes forecasts of economic activity across 170 countries including GDP, wages, inflation, market opportunity indicators, and a Foreign Exchange forecast. Additionally, provides scenario analysis and custom research to our CFO and CEO. Finally, Mike supports IBM sales operations with focused presentations at customer events and peer to peer meetings.Projects: internal tax and tariff scenario modeling, and inflation scenarios. Worked with Arvind Krishna while modeling and writing pages 188-193 in the 2018 IMF document 
Emin joined Insight as a Senior Economist in March 2023, mainly focusing on US macro coverage. He has direct ownership of Insight’s US and Canadian economic forecasts, as well as working with his team to deliver a consistent set of global economic forecasts and thematic views. Prior to Insight, Emin was an Economist with Mastercard Economics Institute. He previously held a position at Wellington as a macro and thematic researcher and started his career in 2005. He holds a MS in Finance degree from London Business School and is also a CFA charterholder.
