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Health care is topic for Oregon Economic Forum in Bend
May 22 event features experts speaking on health-related issues at local, state and national levels
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 5, 2008) -- Health-care policy at local, state and national levels will take center stage Thursday, May 22, when the Oregon Economic Forum lands in Bend.
Among the speakers will be Barney Speight, executive director of the Oregon Health Trust Board, who will discuss efforts by the board, created under mandate of Oregon Senate Bill 329, to develop a comprehensive plan to ensure access to health care for Oregonians, contain health-care costs and address issues of quality in health care.
Advanced registration is required for the three-hour event, which begins at 11:30 a.m. and includes lunch. It will be held at the Riverhouse Convention Center, 3075 N. Business 97, in Bend. Registration deadline ($45/person or $320 for a table of eight) is May 20 and may be done online (http://uoregon.edu/~oefweb/events/).
Other speakers are: JoAnn Lamphere, national coordinator of state health and long-term care for the AARP; Jim Diegel, chief executive officer of Cascade Community Healthcare; Peggy Biss, executive vice president of human resources at the Bank of the Cascades; and Robin McKnight, a professor of economics at the University of Oregon. Special welcoming remarks will be delivered by UO President Dave Frohnmayer.
The forum in Bend is sponsored by the Regence Group, AARP, Bank of the Cascades, Cascade Healthcare Community, Oregon Business Magazine and Mercer Health and Benefits.
The forum is part of a series of initiatives presented by the economics department at the University of Oregon to address timely economic issues confronting the state and region. "The Oregon Economic Forum adds a new voice to the ongoing political and business economic dialogue and affords business, finance, government, and university leaders the opportunity to explore relevant economic issues together," says the forum's director Tim Duy, a UO economist.
In addition to annual conferences in Portland and Bend, the forum produces the monthly UO Index of Economic Indicators, the Central Oregon Business Index and the Lane County Business Index.
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
Media Contact: Jim Barlow, director of science and research communications, 541-346-3481, jebarlow@uoregon.edu
Source: Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum, adjunct assistant professor of economics at the UO, 541-346-4660, duy@uoregon.edu
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