The Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), part of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University, is hosting the 40th Annual Kansas Economic Outlook Conference on from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Century II Convention Center, 225 W. Douglas.

Experts will deliver insights on the economy, which will consist of state and local industry-level employment projections, real estate forecasts, small business economic conditions and an aerospace update.

• Holly Wade, director of National Federation of Independent Business
• Tom Kim, senior vice president of commercial real estate finance at Mortgage Bankers Association
• Tom Gentile, CEO at Spirit AeroSystems
• Stan Longhofer, director of the Center for Real Estate at WSU
• Jeremy Hill, director of the CEDBR.

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