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"As we talk about work-force training, we must keep in mind that the new technology must also be a jobcreating technology," she said. "The technology today is eliminating jobs."
Richard Celeste, former governor of Ohio, agreed with Finney that technology would sometimes substitute for jobs, but said that the jobs that were based on technology and investment in the manufacturing process became the most secure and most valued jobs.
Nearly 200 Kansas business leaders and public officials gathered at the Kansas Union Friday to attend the 18th annual Economic Outlook Conference. This year's conference focused on the role of emerging technology in the state and national economies.
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Gov. Joan Finney opened the conference by discussing the relationship between fears about the role technology will play in the future and its impact on jobs.
Leaders discuss technology
By Heather Kirkwood Special to the Kansan
"What we have to understand is that you can't stand there and protect the jobs against the technology," he said.
Economic issues fuel conference
Celeste outlined what he called the essentials for state-technology strategies.
States should develop a plan that reaches beyond the typical three to five years that lawmakers plan for because businesses are attracted to states that know where they want to go. The plan should address ways to improve the working relationship between the public and private sectors so that technology can be moved from university laboratories to the marketplace.
States must be selective about the way they use resources to develop industry. "There is often a temptation to want to have one of everything. You have to say where can we really be excellent, because that is where
we will have our distinctive edge and that's where we can be significant in the market place," he said.
Christopher Coburn, director of public technology for the Battelle corporation in Cleveland, presented a report on technology initiatives in all fifty states. He said that as the national government becomes more interested in the role technology will play in the economy, it can look at the state as a model to implement future policies.
States must be prepared to take risks and be patient.
Coburn praised Kansas for its efforts in these areas.
"The beauty of the Kansas approach is that it was hammered out not to try to rustle up federal dollars but to try
to gain the benefits for the Kansas economy of native technology strengths and emerging technology strengths," he said.
The conference was co-sponsored by the University, the Kansas Bankers Association, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Kansas Council for Economic Education, the Kansas Department of Commerce, Kansas Inc., Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, and the National Institute for Standards and Technology/Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center.
Other topics discussed during speeches and panel discussions were the nurturing of new technology firms in Kansas and how telecommunications will enhance business competitiveness.
By Heather Kirkwood Specie to the Kansan
The economy of the United States will grow more in 1995 but at a slower pace than in 1994, said Norman Clifford, director of forecasting for the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research at the University of Kansas.
Economic growth will slow but continue to improve
Clifford presented a report Friday to about 200 Kansas business professionals and public officials at the annual Economic Outlook Conference in the Kansas Union.
The national economy has grown significantly in 1994, Clifford said, but this growth will slow down in 1995 for four reasons. .
■ Firms have added to their inventories at high levels in 1994, he said. Now that their inventories are well stocked, the firms will be less likely to continue the trend.
The defense department increased its spending in 1994, a change from the downward trend of the past few years, Clifford said. However, this is not expected to continue.
Exports have increased and are expected to continue to grow at healthy levels, Clifford said. The Kansas economy also is stable.
He said consumer spending had been rising for the past couple of years as consumers increased the amount of money they borrowed. Much of the increase has been in durable goods, which are long-lasting items such as cars and refrigerators, so the trend is not expected to continue.
"I think we will see a reasonably stable economy in Kansas," he said. "Some of the things that will be hurt by a slower U.S. economy are going to be helped by some local factories."
Clifford said the construction industry had been especially strong in Kansas during the past year and would continue to grow in 1995. Printing, publishing and the manufacturing of machinery were two other industries he cited as doing especially well and looking healthier the next year.