Louisiana topped more than $20 billion in capital investment in 2022, its fifth consecutive year of investment growth, according to the Louisiana Economic Development 2022 Annual Report. Ucore announced a $75 million acquisition in rare earth minerals manufacturing facility in Alexandria. Placid Refining relocated its headquarters from Texas to Baton Rouge, and a joint venture by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Sustainable Fuels Group is exploring a $4.6 billion ammonia facility in St. Charles Parish. Meanwhile, new tech development also continues to grow across the state with investments by companies like Excella and Big Fish Games.
Industrial Tax Exemption Program: Offers a property tax abatement for up to 10 years on a manufacturers’ eligible new capital expenditures.
Quality Jobs: Offers up to a 6% rebate on annual payroll expenditures for up to 10 years and a tiered state sales/use tax rebate on capital expenditures, or a 1.5% investment tax credit for qualified jobs.
FastStart: Nationally recognized workforce program offering customized employee recruiting, training and retention programs to eligible companies at no cost.
Angel Investor Tax Credit: Offering up to a 2% tax credit for individual investors who invest in early-stage, wealth-creating businesses that seek startup and expansion capital.
Research and Development Tax Credit: Encouraging research and development activities by providing up to a 30% tax credit for in-state research expenditures, with no cap and no minimum requirement.
Louisiana Economic Development
opportunitylouisiana.com
Baton Rouge Area Chamber
brac.org
Greater New Orleans, Inc. Regional Economic Development
gnoinc.org
Greater Shreveport Chamber
shreveportchamber.org
LED FastStart offers employee recruitment, screening, training development and training delivery at no cost to participating employers. The discretionary program has expertise in a range of industries, including manufacturing, tech and research and development. The program has developed comprehensive workforce solutions for a variety of Fortune 500 companies, as well as venture capital funded high-tech firms, including Microsoft, Boeing and IBM.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns. They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning. Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process. This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented. If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form. The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
Limited space available.
10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS
General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.
The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.
