TRENDS 2026 Welcomes Dr. Loren C. Scott
President of Loren C. Scott & Associates to Keynote TRENDS 2026
Dr. Loren C. Scott is a prominent Louisiana-based economist, President of Loren C. Scott & Associates, and Professor Emeritus at LSU. Known for his 45-year analysis of the Louisiana economy, he specializes in forecasting, energy trends, and regional economic development. He is a frequent media commentator (CNBC, Bloomberg) and previously chaired LSU’s economics department.
Dr. Loren C. Scott, President of Loren C. Scott & Associates, Professor Emeritus of Economics at LSU
About Dr. Loren
Dr. Loren C. Scott is President and founder of Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc., a 35-year old firm that provides economic consulting and public speaking services for a wide range of clients. Consulting activities include impact studies, forecasting services, analysis of policy proposals, and general economic analyses. Consulting clients include BP, ExxonMobil, Entergy Corporation, J. P. Morgan Chase, Capital One Financial, Nucor, Sasol, and a diversity of others. Dr. Scott was on the Economics Department faculty at Louisiana State University from 1969 to 1998, where he rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor to the holder of the Freeport-McMoran endowed Chair of Economics. He is presently Professor Emeritus of Economics at LSU.
Over the thirteen-year period from 1983-96, Dr. Scott was the chairman of the Economics Department at LSU. During that time, the Department’s ranking among the 3,000 economics departments in the U.S. rose from 101st to 38th. He received 7 awards at LSU for outstanding classroom teaching.
Dr. Scott is co-developer of the Louisiana econometric model, a model used for providing annual forecasts of the Louisiana economy, which are released each fall. He was a co-investigator on over $1 million in grant research at LSU and is the author of over 75 articles and technical reports in addition to reports written for consulting clients. Dr. Scott makes 50-70 presentations a year on the state of—and the outlook for—the economy and the energy sector in particular.
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