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Latest C-Suite Executive Survey Findings to be Presented with Panel Responses
Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc.
One Meadowlands Plaza
East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073
Media Contact: Evelyn Weiss Francisco: evelyn@caryl.com, (201) 796-7788
3RD ANNUAL NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC POLICY FORUM SET FOR DEC. 15
Holmdel, N.J., Nov. 19, 2009 – The 3rd Annual New Jersey Economic Policy Forum will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 15, with a program and discussion centered on the results of the group’s ambitious, twice-yearly C-Suite Survey of top-level executives in New Jersey. The event, slated from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., will take place at the former Bell Labs facility in Holmdel – a location selected to highlight how New Jersey and its economy are at a crossroads.
The New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, Rutgers University, commercial real estate
services provider Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. and several partner trade associations created the Forum in 2007 to bring together key stakeholders to discuss economic challenges and opportunities facing the state. The C-Suite survey first was conducted that fall by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. It has been administered every six months since then, asking executives a variety of questions associated with the state's economy and business climate.
The latest C-Suite survey results will be presented at the Dec. 15 event and compared to previous versions. Two panel discussions will follow: one featuring the Forum’s association partners and the other consisting of C-Suite level executives from participating companies. The executives panel will feature a town hall-style format where audience members may ask questions of the participants.
The cost to attend is $65; survey participants are invited to attend free of charge. The per-person price does not include a 12:15 p.m. luncheon, which is by invitation only. For registration information, visit www.njchamber.com. This year’s Economic Policy Forum event is being sponsored by PNC Bank and The Bloustein School, with additional sponsorship opportunities available. For more information, contact Kevin Friedlander at (609) 989-7888 or
kevin@njchamber.com.
The event's host location, the former Bell Labs building on Crawfords Corner Road in Holmdel, is one of New Jersey's most celebrated architectural landmarks. Currently, the building's contract purchaser, Lakewood, N.J.-based Somerset Development, is seeking to preserve and redevelop the vacant two million-square-foot building for use by a new generation.
PROGRAM SPECIFICS
Registration and continental breakfast will begin at 8:30, with a welcome at 9 a.m. by Joan Verplanck, president of the NJ Chamber of Commerce, and Gil Medina, executive managing director of Cushman and Wakefield, Inc. in New Jersey.
Marc D. Weiner, J.D., Ph.D., faculty fellow and associate director of the Bloustein Center for Survey Research, and Jim Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, will launch the program at 9:30 a.m. with an overview of the survey methodology and results. Joe Seneca, professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, will follow with a presentation of New Jersey economic data. Ken McCarthy, managing director of research at Cushman & Wakefield, will present “The Economy, the C-Suite Response to the Economy and the State of Commercial Real Estate.”
At 10:15 a.m., Verplanck will moderate the Association Leaders Roundtable. Confirmed panel participants, who will compare the C-Suite survey data to their own association’s findings, include:
· Hon. Bob Franks, president of the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey;
· Maxine Ballen, president and CEO of the NJ Technology Council;
· Debbie Hart, president of BioNJ;
· Philip Kirschner, president of the NJ Business and Industry Association; and
· Ralph Thomas, executive director of the NJ Society of CPAs
Additional Economic Policy Forum partner associations include NAIOP New Jersey and Financial Executives International.
Brian Thompson, NJ correspondent, NBC News4NY, will moderate the executive town hall discussion on how to improve New Jersey’s economic performance at 11 a.m. Confirmed participants, who will react to the C-Suite survey results and answer questions from the audience, include:
· Mark Greenquist, CEO of Telecordia Technologies;
· Annette Catino, president and CEO of Qualcare; and
· Kelly Watson, New Jersey office managing partner at KPMG
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