Portland State University will launch the inaugural Conversations That Matter series this year. The theme of the inaugural series is Well-Being and the Economy. In the midst of a difficult economic time it is essential to explore how the well-being of individuals and society may be best measured and obtained. The Conversations That Matter series promises to raise critical questions, incite new thinking and offer participants a forum for exploring how best to serve the well-being of all.
Each of the three Conversations That Matter features two internationally-recognized individuals who will offer insights to and engage in dialogue around key global issues of our time. The two distinguished guests will share their own perspectives and then engage each other and the audience in an open discussion. It is through this format that the Conversations That Matter series seeks to move beyond the ‘sound bite’ media to a provocative, in depth discussion on the pressing questions of our time.
7 - 9 pm Thursday, November 5, 2009
Economics of Quantity and Quality
Mark Anielski is the author of the best-selling, award-winning book The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth, which was published in June 2007 by New Society Publishers.
In 2008, Mark’s book won a gold medal in the category of consciousness business books at the Nautilus Book Awards in Los Angeles and a bronze medal in the economics category of the Axiom Book Awards in New York. Mark is a well-being economist, entrepreneur, professor and president of his family-owned corporation, Anielski Management Inc., which specializes in measuring the sustainable well-being of communities and nations.
He has provided strategic counsel to governments and communities around the world on developing economies of well-being, including China, Innsbruck, Austria, Santa Monica, Leduc, Edmonton, Alberta, Nunavut and Tahiti.Mark is teaches corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship at the School of Business, University of Alberta and is a founding faculty member of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (the first MBA program in sustainable business) located near Seattle. Mark is the past-President of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, an associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and a Senior Fellow with the Oakland-based economic think-tank Redefining Progress. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with his family.
Dr. David C. Korten is the author of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth (2009), and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community (2006).
His previous books include the international best-seller When Corporations Rule the World; and The Post-Corporate World: Life after Capitalism. Korten is board chair of YES! Magazine; a board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), and co-chair of the New Economy Working Group, founded in late 2008 with the Institute for Policy Studies.
He is also founder and president of the People-Centered Development Forum; a founding associate of the International Forum on Globalization; and a member of the Social Ventures Network, and the Club of Rome. He holds MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford Business School, has thirty years experience as a development professional in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and has served as a Harvard Business School professor, a captain in the US Air Force, a Ford Foundation Project Specialist, and a regional adviser to the US Agency for International Development.
The conversation will be moderated by Tom Potiowsky, State Economist for the State of Oregon.
Tom’s office is responsible for developing state economic and demographic forecasts and estimating revenue for the State of Oregon. These revenue forecasts are used to develop both the Governor’s Budget and the Legislatively Approved Budget.
Tom serves on the Board for the Oregon Council on Economic Education and the Oregon Progress Board. He was a member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors for three years prior to his appointment with the State. Tom, who has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado, is on leave from Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, where he was Professor and Chair of the Economics Department.
Tom was appointed Acting State Economist in February, 1999 and State Economist in August of that year. Dr. Potiowsky returned to Portland State from September 2006 through January of 2008, when he returned to serve as the State Economist. Throughout his career, Dr. Potiowsky has been active in publishing and presenting at academic conferences in the areas of macroeconomics and forecasting. In addition to his academic pursuits, he has consulted with numerous companies and helped establish educational programs and business to university connections in Poland and Hungary. Tom resides in Beaverton, Oregon and wishes he could find the time to golf and white-water kayak.
Location
The Governor Hotel - Grand Ballroom
614 SW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205 (map)
Telephone: (503) 224-3400
Toll Free: (800) 554-3456
March, 2010: Urban Ecology and Prosperity
Speakers not yet confirmed
May, 2010: Educating Job Seekers or Systems Thinkers
Speakers not yet confirmed.
