An Expert's Perspective with Dr. Loren Scott

Schedule

Thu Oct 02 2025 at 07:00 am to 09:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Le Pavillon at Parc Lafayette | Lafayette, LA

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Reserve your seat today for the highly anticipated return of Dr. Loren Scott to Acadiana for An Expert's Perspective.
Mark your calendar for Thursday, October 2, as One Acadiana and First Horizon Bank welcome Dr. Scott to deliver his sharp take on the oil and gas market, the Lafayette MSA, and the major economic trends shaping Acadiana’s future.
Event Agenda
7:00 a.m. - Doors Open / Breakfast and Networking
7:30 a.m. - Programming Begins
8:45 a.m. - Audience Q/A
9:00 a.m. - Event Concludes
About Dr. Loren Scott
Dr. Scott is the President of Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc., a 43-year-old economic consulting firm whose clients include such large national firms as BP, BellSouth, Capital One Financial, Entergy, ExxonMobil, J.P. Morgan Chase, Nucor, Sasol, and a diversity of others. He is one of the 50-member National Business Economic Issues Council, which meets quarterly to discuss issues of state, national, and international interest. This group has experts who cover international trade, Washington economic policy, retail trade, trucking, steel, chemicals, etc. Dr. Scott is an energy specialist on the NBEIC. He has been interviewed on CNBC, MSNBC, and Bloomberg TV, in addition to several local TV stations, and his work has been cited in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, and the Financial Times, to name a few. His career started at Louisiana State University in 1969 where he spent the next 33 years, rising through the ranks from assistant professor to the prestigious Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair of Economics and the Director of the Division of Economic Development and Forecasting. Over the thirteen-year period from 1983-96, he was the chairman of the Economics Department at LSU. During that time, the Department’s ranking among the 3,000 economics departments in the U.S. rose from 101st to 38th. He is presently Professor Emeritus at LSU and gives 50+ speeches each year on the state of the economy.
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Where is it happening?

Le Pavillon at Parc Lafayette, 1913 Kaliste Saloom Rd, Lafayette, LA 70508-6115, United States

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One Acadiana

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