BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:744@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171027T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171027T140000 DTSTAMP:20171003T164233Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/2018-economic-forecast/ SUMMARY:2018 Economic Forecast featuring the UCLA Anderson Forecast DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The 2018 Economi c Forecast presented by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce is an annual event that attracts hundreds of Orange County business leaders\, media an d government officials and promises to deliver a powerful program presente d by an esteemed and unprecedented panel of experts.\n\nLunch included. V alet Parking - $10\n\nFor sponsorship information\, please contact Steve R osansky at 949-729-4404 or via eMail at steve@newportbeach.com.\n\nPlease register below to attend.\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="277352" img_size="full" alignment="ce nter"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2562 76" img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc _column][vc_text_separator title="Featured Guest Speaker" i_icon_fontaweso me="fa fa-line-chart" i_background_style="rounded" border_width="3" add_ic on="true"][vc_column_text]\nProspects for the U.S. and California Economie s in 2017\n\n\n\n\nJerry Nickelsburg\, Ph.D.\n\n\n Adjunct Professor of E conomics\, Anderson School of Management\, UCLA\n Senior Economist\, UC LA Anderson Forecast\n\nJerry Nickelsburg joined the UCLA’s Anderson Sch ool of Management in 2006. He teaches economics in the MBA program with a focus on Asian economies. At the Anderson Forecast he plays a key role in the economic modeling and forecasting of the National\, and California eco nomies. He has conducted research in the areas of labor economics\, indust rial organization\, statistics\, and international monetary economics\, fo cusing on the development of new data and the application of economic theo ry and statistical methods to policy issues. His current academic research is on specific skills\, structural unemployment\, and the seasonal adjust ment of time series. He is a regular presenter at Economic Conferences is cited in the national media including the Financial Times\, Wall Street Jo urnal\, New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, and Reuters.\n\nHe received h is Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota in 1980 specializin g in monetary economics and econometrics. He was formerly a professor of E conomics at the University of Southern California and has held executive p ositions with McDonnell Douglas\, FlightSafety International\, and FlightS afety Boeing during a fifteen-year span in the aviation business. He also held a position with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors developing for ecasting tools\, and has advised banks\, investors and financial instituti ons.\n\nHe has published over 100 scholarly and popular articles on moneta ry economics\, economic forecasting and analysis\, labor economics\, and i ndustrial organization and he is the author of two books on monetary econo mics and exchange rates.[/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title="Feature d Guest Speaker" i_icon_fontawesome="fa fa-line-chart" i_background_style= "rounded" border_width="3" add_icon="true"][vc_column_text]\nInvestment St rategies for 2017\n\n\n\nJohn Brynjolfsson\n\n Chief Investment Officer\ , Armored Wolf Family Holdings\n\nJohn Brynjolfsson is chief investment o fficer at Armored Wolf Family Holdings\, a family office focusing on ident ifying inflationary or deflationary pressures and investing from the long or short side in commodity\, emerging market and other sectors. Before Arm ored Wolf Family Holdings\, John was managing director and fixed income po rtfolio manager of real return products at PIMCO.\n\nJohn’s expertise li e within inflation\, deflation\, commodities\, emerging markets breaking n ews\, making news and analysis.[/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=" Featured Guest Speaker" i_icon_fontawesome="fa fa-line-chart" i_background _style="rounded" border_width="3" add_icon="true"][vc_column_text]\nThe 20 16 Election Coin Toss\n\n\n\nScott Baugh\n\n\n Attorney\, Newport Beach\n Former California State Assemblyman and Assembly Republican Leader\n 2 004-2015 Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County\n\nScott Baugh is an attorney in Newport Beach\, California.  Mr. Baugh also serves as the Sr. VP of Law and Government at Strathspey Crown\, LLC.  Strathspey C rown is an innovative lifestyle healthcare-focused growth equity firm that partners with thousands of board certified physicians across the globe in the commercialization of groundbreaking technologies and services for pat ients worldwide.  In 1995\, Mr. Baugh was elected to the California State Assembly.  In 1999\, Mr. Baugh was elected as the Assembly Republican Le ader.   In 2004\, Mr. Baugh was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County and served as Chairman for 11 years from 2004 -2015\, whe re he raised over twenty million dollars for Republican candidates. \n\nM r. Baugh served on the presidential campaigns of President George W. Bush\ , Senator John McCain\, Governor Mitt Romney\, and Senator Marco Rubio.   Mr. Baugh is also the founding Chairman of the OC Marathon that operates a marathon\, a half marathon\, several 5k’s and a “Kid’s Run.”  Th e Kids Run has over 8\,000 participants from Orange County grammar school s and is designed to fight obesity by teaching children the importance o f exercise and nutrition. \n\nMr. Baugh is a 25-year resident of Hunting ton Beach where he lives  with his wife Wendy and son Jackson. [/vc_colu mn_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2017/08/600x600tile.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Balboa Bay Resort\, 1221 W. Coast Highway\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 9 2663\, United States GEO:33.615623;-117.914996 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1221 W. 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