Survey summary


The 2nd Annual New Jersey Economic Policy Forum will be held Monday, December 15 in Plainsboro at The Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel and Conference Center from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The State Chamber, Cushman and Wakefield and our partner trade associations created the Forum last year to bring together key stakeholders to discuss economic challenges and opportunities facing New Jersey. The program and discussion at the Forum centers around the results of our ambitious twice-yearly C-Suite Survey, which was first conducted in the fall of 2007 by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and is being administered every six months until the end 2009. The survey asks executives about challenges and opportunities associated with the state's economy and business climate.

The associations involved in the Forum include the NJ Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the Health Care Institute of NJ, Financial Executives International, the NJ Technology Council, BIO-NJ, the NJ Society of CPAs and the NJ Business and Industry Association.

At this year's Forum, the latest C-Suite survey results will be presented and compared to previous versions. There will also be two panel discussions, one featuring our association partners and the other consisting of C-Suite level executives from participating companies. The executives panel will conclude in a town hall-style format where audience members may ask questions of the participants. Brian Thompson, New Jersey Correspondent for NBC News4NY, will moderate the town hall discussion. Governor Corzine has been invited to be our keynote speaker, and we will conclude with a noon luncheon.

Click here to register for the Forum*.

* Important - The cost per person to attend the Forum is $65. The per person price does not include the 12:15 p.m. luncheon, which is by invitation only. The entire event is free of charge for those who took the C-Suite survey.

Program Agenda

Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. 

Welcome 
9:00 a.m. 

• Joan Verplanck, President, NJ Chamber of Commerce
• Gil Medina, Executive Managing Director of NJ Region, Cushman and Wakefield, Inc.
• Governor Jon. S. Corzine

C-Suite Survey Methodology & Results
9:30 a.m. 

• Marc D. Weiner, J.D., Ph.D., Faculty Fellow and Associate Director, Bloustein Center for Survey Research
• Jim Hughes, Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

New Jersey Economic Data
9:45 a.m. 

• Joe Seneca, Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

The New Jersey Workforce: Enhancing the State’s Greatest Competitive Advantage in a Global Economy
10:00 a.m. 

• Carl Van Horn, Professor of Public Policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Director, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
  

Association Leaders Roundtable
(Panelists will compare C-Suite survey data to their own association findings)
10:15 a.m. 

• Moderator: Joan Verplanck, President, NJ Chamber of Commerce
• Hon. Bob Franks, President, Healthcare Institute of New Jersey
• Michael McGuinness, Executive Director, New Jersey Chapter, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
• Maxine Ballen, President & CEO, NJ Technology Council
• Cheryl Graziano, Vice President, FERF Research and Operations, Financial Executives International
• Debbie Hart, President, BioNJ
• Jim Bourke, Immediate Past President, NJ Society of CPAs

C-Suite Roundtable & Town Hall Meeting on How to Improve New Jersey’s Economic Performance
(Executives will react to the finding in the C-Suite survey results and answer questions from the audience)
11:00 a.m. 

• Moderator: Brian Thompson, NJ Correspondent, NBC News4NY
• Ken Parker, President, Atlantic City Electric
• Bruce Mosler, President & CEO, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
• John F. Crowley, President & CEO, Amicus Therapeutics
• Dan Schulman, CEO, Virgin Mobile USA

Luncheon Program
(The lunch is open only to those who took survey and other invited guests)
12:15 p.m. 

• Keynote: Jerry Zaro, Chief, New Jersey Office of Economic Growth

Adjourn
1:30 p.m. 

Call Kevin Friedlander at (609) 989-7888 with questions.