EVENTS
- 2012 Locations
- 2012 CE Credits
- 2012 Agenda
- 2012 Presentations
- Past Economic Outlook Seminars
- News & Events List
Contact:
Christina Henderson
Marketing Director/Events Planner
Debora Simmons
Office Manager
CONTACT
Bureau of Business and
Economic Research
School of Business Administration
Gallagher Business Building,
Suite 231
32 Campus Drive #6840
Missoula, MT 59812-6840
Patrick Barkey
Bureau Director
Larry Gianchetta
Business School Dean
2012 Economic Outlook Presentations
Below are materials from the 2012 Annual Economic Outlook Seminar: MONTANA’S NEW ENERGY FRONTIER: What are the Prospects?
Seminars are held in Kalispell, Billings, Bozeman, Helena, Great Falls, Butte and Missoula during January and February, with seminars in March in Lewistown and Havre. All presentations are in Adobe portable document format (pdf).
Presentation Booklets
Individual Presentations
- Montana's New Energy Frontier: What are the prospects?, Tom Richmond
- Montana's Hesitant Economic Recovery, Patrick Barkey
Local Outlook 2012, Paul Polzin
- Travel and Recreation: Soaring, Gliding, or 'Bumpy Ride'?, Norma Nickerson
Health Care: The Affordable Care Act and Health Care Spending in Montana, Gregg Davis
- 2012 Montana Agricultural Outlook, George Haynes
- Montana's Housing Market, Scott Rickard
- Montana's Manufacturing & Forest Products Products: 2012 Outlook, Todd Morgan
Local Presentations
- Helena Business Climate, 6-Year Trend, Cathy Burwell
- Economic Outlook: Montana's Labor Markets, Barbara Wagner
Click here for video of presentation - Great Falls Trade Area Outlook, Brett Doney
- Yellowstone County Economic Outlook 2012, Jeremy Vannatta
- Southwest MT Silver Bow County: Recent Performance and Outlook, John Kasperick
- Zinc Air, Inc., Craig Wilkins
- Snowy Mountain Development Corp., Kathie Bailey
View a recording of the Missoula Seminar.
- Introduction and Montana's New Energy Frontier, Tom Richmond

- Montana's Hesitant Economic Recovery Patrick Barkey
- Local Outlook, Missoula County, Paul Polzin
- Soaring, Gliding, or 'Bumpy Ride'?, Changes in Tourism, Norma Nickerson
- The Affordable Care Act and Health Care Spending in Montana, Gregg Davis
- 2012 Montana Agricultural Outlook, George Haynes
- Montana's Housing Market, Scott Rickard
- Montana's Manufacturing & Forest Products Products: 2012 Outlook, Todd Morgan
- Local Missoula Perspective, John Engen
- Luncheon Panel Discussion, Jim Foley, John Engen, Bob Rowe, Eric Stern































