Events
 
  UCLA Anderson Forecast presents
  MARCH 2012 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
  Special Topic: Where are the Jobs?
 
  Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA Anderson School
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
7:30am - 11:30am

  (Registration from 7:30am to 8:30am)
 
 
  Overview
  The recent signs of life of the labor market have left millions of workers without jobs, and with very few prospects. The specter of a large class of permanently unemployed workers looms over the United States. Who is suffering the most? What will it take to get America back to work? Where are the jobs going to be, and what kinds of skills will be required?
 
  Agenda
   
  7:30am-8:30am
Registration
 
  8:30-8:35am
Welcome and Introductions
 
  8:35-9:20am
I. National and State Outlook
 
  • Which sectors and which locations are recovering?
  • Has the recovery become self-sustaining?
  • Has housing really bottomed?
  • Will the unemployement rate be below 8% on election day?
  • Has Inland California started growing?
  • When will residential construction come back in California?
  • What about the bullet train?
 
  9:20-9:35am
II. Update on the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index
 
  9:35-9:50am
Break
 
  9:50-10:15am
III. Keynote Address - Where are the Jobs??!?!?!!
 
  10:15-11:15am
IV. Executive Panel - What forces are determining job destruction and job creation? Technology? Globalization? Education? Cycle?
 
  • Which sectors and which locations have the most jobs?
  • Who is out of work and for how long?
  • What should our children be doing to prepare for the job market of the future?
 
  11:15-11:30am
V. Questions and Answers
 
 
 
  Forecast book now available for purchase: $350
 
 
  Keynote Speaker:
  Caroline W. Nahas, Managing Director, Southern California Korn/Ferry International
 
  Speakers:
  Edward Leamer, Director, UCLA Anderson Forecast
  David Shulman, Senior Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast
  Jerry Nickelsburg, Senior Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast
  William Yu, Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast
  David T. Feinberg, M.D., M.B.A., President, UCLA Health System, Chief Executive Officer, UCLA Hospital System, Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences
  Paul Audley, President, FilmL.A., Inc.
  Steve Poizner, Founding Partner and CEO, Empowered Careers
  John Grant, Secretary-treasurer, UFCW Local 770
 
 
  Sponsors:

  Ceridian
 
  UCLA Health System
 

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  For more information regarding this event please contact:

UCLA Anderson Forecast
110 Westwood Plaza, Gold Hall, Suite B302
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Office: 310.825.1623
Fax: 310.206.9940
forecast@anderson.ucla.edu
 
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Last updated: August 11, 2011