Economic Summit + Outlook 2025

What’s next for Connecticut’s economy?

CBIA’s Economic Summit + Outlook 2025 explored the many opportunities for reimagining Connecticut’s workforce, economy, and quality of life.

Indeed’s Jack Mahoney discussed the Stamford-based company’s bold ambitions to disrupt the industry, how workforce development drives economic opportunity, and why technology—including AI—will make hiring faster, more effective, and fairer.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York president and CEO John Williams reviewed the state of the regional and national economies and shared his outlook for GDP growth, interest rates, and the labor market.

Gov. Ned Lamont outlined his policy goals for the coming legislative session and a bipartisan group of state legislators shared their priorities, with policymakers charged with developing a new, two-year budget without the support of federal pandemic relief funds and amid renewed pressure to weaken the state’s critical fiscal guardrails. 

Agenda

7:30 am | Networking Breakfast

8:30 am | Opening Remarks

• Chris DiPentima, President & CEO, CBIA
• John Ciulla, Chair & CEO Webster Financial Corporation; Chair, President & CEO, Webster Bank

8:45 am | Gov. Ned Lamont

9:15 am | Reimagining Connecticut: 2024 General Assembly Session

• Moderator: Chris Davis, VP, Public Policy, CBIA
• Sen. Ryan Fazio (R-Greenwich)
• Sen. Cathy Osten (D-Baltic)
• Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D-Avon)
• Rep. Tammy Nuccio (R-Tolland)

10 am | Networking Break

10:15 am | Bold Change: Reinventing Talent Recruitment & Retention

• Jack Mahoney, Head of Revenue & Growth Finance, Indeed

11 am | 2025 Economic Outlook

• John Williams, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

11:45 am | Adjourn