The following resources and publications are included for your reference to provide background on issues impacting Iowa's economy and the work of the Iowa Business Council.

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MEETING RESOURCES & PRESENTATIONS

• IBC Diversity Conference - June 12, 2007
  IBC Diversity Survey Results - Jane Knaack-Esbeck and Karin Peterson
  Keynote Speaker Presentation - Marcella David
  Diversity Focus - Alfred Ramirez
  Positively Pella - Kat Whitson


• Early Childhood Summit - March 1, 2006
  Brain Research - What you Need to Know - Presentation by Dr. Andrea McGuire, MD, MBA
  Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children is an Economically Efficient Policy
      - Presentation by Dr. James J. Heckman
  Iowa Business Council Early Childhood Summit: What Business Leaders and Legislators Need to Know - Agenda


• Iowa Business Council Annual Partnership Program and Dinner
  22nd Annual Partnership Meeting Speech, Iowa Business Council, January 2008
  22nd Annual Partnership Meeting Presentation, Iowa Business Council, January 2008
  21st Annual Partnership Meeting Speech, Iowa Business Council, January 2007
  21st Annual Partnership Meeting Presentation, Iowa Business Council, January 2007
  20th Annual Partnership Dinner Speech, Iowa Business Council, January 2006
  20th Annual Partnership Dinner Presentation, Iowa Business Council, January 2006
  19th Annual Partnership Dinner Speech, Iowa Business Council, January 2005
  18th Annual Partnership Dinner Speech, Iowa Business Council, February 2004

WHITE PAPERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

The Iowa Business Council has developed many white papers and other publications. A partial list is included below. For publications without links, you may request a hard copy of the publication.

ITW Recommendations 2009, by the Institute for Tomorrow's Workforce, October 20079

2007 Iowa Competitiveness Bluebook: Key Indicators of Iowa’s Business Climate, by the Iowa Coalition for Innovation and Growth, the Iowa Chamber Alliance, and the Iowa Business Council, January 2007

A Framework for Action, Iowa Business Council, February 2002

A Case for Change, Iowa Business Council, April 2001

Iowa's Economic Future: People, Knowledge, and Know-How, Iowa Workforce Development and Iowa Business Council, January 1999

Strategies to Improve the Quality of Life for Iowans: The Decade Ahead, Iowa Business Council, January 1997

A Blueprint for Economic Development in Iowa: The Next Decade, Iowa Business Council, February 1996

Change in the Pork Industry, Iowa Business Council, March 1995

Making the Grade: Keys to Success on the Job in the 90s, Iowa Business Council, February 1995

Economic Development in Iowa: Strategies for State Government, Iowa Business Council, March 1994

Principles Concerning Cost, Quality & Access of Health Care in Iowa, Iowa Business Council, March 1993

Statement on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Iowa Business Council, March 1993

Transportation and Iowa's Economic Future, The University of Iowa Public Policy Center, 1993

The Business of the Environment, Iowa Waste Reduction Center, University of Northern Iowa, March 1992

Labor Supply in Iowa: Policies for Economic Growth, The University of Iowa Public Policy Center, March 1991

Job Creation in Animal Agriculture in Iowa, Iowa State University, May 1990

Growth and Diversification of the Iowa Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, January 1990

Review of the State of Iowa's Information Resources, Systems and Technology,
     Ernst & Young, December 1, 1989

Welfare Reform in Iowa: Options & Opportunities, the University of Iowa Public Policy Center, January 1989

Iowa's Entrepreneurial Economy: Making it Work Better, Iowa Business Council, 1988

Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on Iowa, Policy Economics Group of Peat Marwick Main & Co., April 1987

The Iowa Economy: Dimensions of Change, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1987