This year's speakers will provide a global, national and local view of the emerging trends in the economy.

Bruce Benson, President, University of Colorado

Chuck Berry, President of the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry

Fred Crowley, Ph.D., Assistant Director and Senior Economist for the Southern Colorado Economic Forum

John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor

William Hybl, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of El Pomar Foundation

Cary Kennedy, Colorado’s Public Employee Retirement Association

James W. Paulsen, Ph.D., Chief Investment Strategist at Wells Capital Management

Alan Poe, Holland & Hart LLP

Scott Smith, Chairman of the Board and CEO of La Plata Communities

Frederick Veitch, Vice President, Nor’wood Development Group

Tom Zwirlein, Ph.D., Professor of Finance and the Director of the Southern Colorado Economic Forum, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs