Rotary Melbourne Weekly Lunch Meeting 31July24

Guest Speaker Dr Kim Houghton, Chief Economist at the Regional Australia Institute
Topic "Regional Economic Insights"

12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm at No35 Sofitel Melbourne & by ZOOM

Dr Kim Houghton is Chief Economist at the Regional Australia Institute. Kim manages the Institute’s policy and research portfolio to ensure that the work has practical application and supports a better policy environment and more vibrant regional economies. Kim has played a leading role in recent research on housing, population mobility in regional Australia, analysis of regional labour markets, and the impact of the net zero transition on regional economies.
Dr Kim Houghton is an economist with a passion for small business and a great communicator with a deep interest in small businesses and regional communities, having written a book in 1996 on the importance of small businesses in regional economies called Jobs in Our Regions: Building on the Small Business Base. Kim established Strategic Economic Solutions (SES) in 1997 as a vehicle for helping regional communities understand and prosper from economic changes happening around them. SES has undertaken a wide variety of practical and research projects on issues affecting regional economic growth.

Join us for lunch, be informed and form connections.