Annual Summer Meeting & Lobster Bake

Sebasco Harbor Resort – June 18, 2026

8:30AM – 2:30PM​​

 

 

 

 

Agenda​

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8:30    Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking

 

9:00   Welcome and Program Overview: Keith McBride, EDCM Board President 

                 

Keynote Speaker: Michael Duguay, Commissioner, Department of Economic & Community Development

 

9:45    Maine Economy Update – Current Trends and Forecast for the Future

 

Andrew Crawley – Assistant Professor of Economics/UMaine

Jim Damicis – Senior Vice President, Camoin Associates

 

10:45   Networking Break

 

11:00   Emerging Sectors in the Maine Economy

 

Mike Conathan- Center for the Blue Economy

John Karp and Jeremy Qualls – Maine Space Consortium

 

11:45    Grid Resilience Project

Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission, Energy Resilience Plan

 

James Rather, Director of Strategic Initiatives

Karina Graeter, Sustainability Division Director

 

12:30   Closing Remarks   

 

  1:00   Networking & Lobster Bake

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