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Sixth Annual State of the West Symposium
Event Details:
Thursday, December 1, 2016
12:00am - 11:55pm PST
Location
SIEPR Gunn Building
Koret-Taube Conference Center
366 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
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The State of the West Symposium is an annual gathering at Stanford University to take stock of the economic and fiscal health of the western region. It features academic researchers, business and investment practitioners, and other stakeholders concerned with the well-being of the millions of Americans who dwell on the sunset side of the Hundredth Meridian.
Admission
By Invitation Only
Welcome Remarks by Mark Duggan and Bruce Cain
Mark G. Duggan, The Trione Director of SIEPR; The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Bruce Cain, Spence and Cleone Eccles Family Director of The Bill Lane Center for the American West; Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
Gitane De Silva
Moderator:
John B. Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Buzz and Barbara McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, SIEPR
Walls or Portals? The Future of the U.S. – Mexico Border
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy, Migration Policy Institute
Giovanni Peri, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Economics, UC Davis
Todd Schulte, President, FWD.us
Moderator:
Bruce Cain, Spence and Cleone Eccles Family Director of The Bill Lane Center for the American West; Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
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Giovanni Peri
Felicia Escobar
Doris Meissner
Todd Schulte
In the Eye of the Storm: Where is the Health Care System Headed Post-Trump?
Charles W. Sorenson, Emeritus President and Chief Executive Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
Saum Sutaria, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Moderator:
Mark G. Duggan, The Trione Director of SIEPR; The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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Leonard Schaeffer
Charles Sorenson
Saum Sutaria
Discussion
Governor Butch Otter
Moderator:
David M. Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus, Stanford University; Director Emeritus, The Bill Lane Center for the American West
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