Economic Outlook Summit

Tarun Chopra, Vice President of Product Management Data and AI for IBM, will present the keynote address at the 11^th Annual East Stroudsburg University Economic Outlook Summit on Friday, May 17, 2024 from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions - Poconos.

The Summit will feature presentations on the economic resurgence underway in the Poconos: Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties, a region that attracted more than 30 million visitors in 2023 with an economic impact of $4.3 billion.

Featured topics include Artificial Intelligence (AI), Rail Transportation to the Poconos, Housing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; in addition to the Annual Pocono Economic Scorecard which includes data on Income/Wages; Employment; Business Climate; Housing; Healthcare; Arts, Entertainment and Recreation; and Education.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Lianna DeSantis, (570) 422-3179, ldesantis1@esu.edu.

• 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast & Networking
• 8:30 a.m. - Poconos: Year in Review 2023 VIDEO
• 8:40 a.m. - Kenneth Long, President, East Stroudsburg University, Welcome and Opening Remarks
• 8:50 a.m. - Tarun Chopra, Vice President, Product Management, Data and AI, IBM, Keynote Speaker
• 9:30 a.m. - Ryotaro Tashiro, Senior Outreach Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Pocono Economic Scorecard Data Analysis
• 9:55 a.m. - Governor’s Economic Development Plan for Pennsylvania
• 10:15 a.m. - Break
• 10:30 a.m. - Housing Case Study
• 10:50 a.m. - Entrepreneurship in the Poconos VIDEO
• 11:15 a.m. - Entrepreneur Showcase: Meet Pocono Entrepreneurs
• 11:20 a.m. - Eliot Hamlisch, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer,  Amtrak
• 11:50 a.m. - Conclusion

Poconos: Four County Region - Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne