Mayor Teresa Jacobs’ annual Economic Summit was launched in 2013 following a series of nine economic and job summits designed to examine the area’s varied needs and improvements. This year's Summit will feature Orange County's annual economic forecast by Sean Snaith, Ph.D., director of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competitiveness as well as a competitive analysis of various aspects of our local economy by Rick Weddle, President of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission. The 2016 Orange County Economic Summit is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at the Orange County Convention Center’s new Tangerine Ballroom in the West Concourse at 8:30 a.m.