BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1979@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T133000 DTSTAMP:20230928T194616Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/2024-economic-forecast-featuring-t he-uci-paul-merage-school-of-business/ SUMMARY:2024 Economic Forecast featuring UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School o f Business DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="619507" img_size="fu ll" alignment="center" css_animation="fadeIn"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row ][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Join us for our signature annual even t\, as our focus is on the 2024 economy to help with budgeting\, finance\, real estate and investment decisions affecting you\, your business and yo ur success." font_container="tag:p|font_size:24|text_align:left" use_theme _fonts="yes"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_colum n_text]The 2024 Economic Forecast featuring the UCI Paul Merage School of Business is presented by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce and is an a nnual event that attracts hundreds of Orange County business leaders\, med ia and government officials and promises to deliver a powerful program pre sented by an esteemed and unprecedented panel of experts.\n\nLunch and Val et Parking included.\n\nFor sponsorship information\, please contact Steve Rosansky at 949-729-4404 or via eMail at steve@newportbeach.com.\nPlease register below.\n[icon icon="arrow-down"]\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_c olumn][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="619960" img_size="ful l" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_ro w][vc_column][vc_single_image image="619549" img_size="full" alignment="ce nter"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="6195 10" img_size="large" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_c olumn][gravityform id="214" title="false" description="false" ajax="false" ][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="Feature d Guest Speakers" i_icon_fontawesome="fa fa-line-chart" i_background_style ="rounded" border_width="3" add_icon="true"][vc_column_text]\n\nChristophe r Schwarz\n\n\n Professor\, Finance\, UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business\n Faculty Director\, University of California\, Irvine\, Cent er for Investment and Wealth Management\n\nChristopher Schwarz is a Profes sor of Finance at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management. During his time at UCI\, he has been published in all leading academic and practitioner finance journals. His research has also been cited by the Ne w York Times\, LA Times\, Wall Street Journal\, and the Financial Times an d provided a number of economic forecasts in the community. Prior to arriv ing at UCI\, Christopher received his Ph.D. from the University of Massach usetts Amherst\, during which he was also a Visiting Doctoral Fellow at Ya le University’s International Center of Finance. He received his B.S. fr om Babson College in Wellesley\, MA.[/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator ti tle="" border_width="3"][vc_column_text]\n\nMarshall Toplansky\n\n\n Inno vation Professor\, Management Science\nArgyros School of Business and Econ omics\nChapman University\n Co-Founder and Former Managing Director\nKPMG ’s National Center of Excellence\nin Data and Analytics\n Director of t he Harvard Business School\nAssociation of Orange County\n\nMarshall Topla nsky is an award-winning Innovation Professor of Management Science at the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University.  He is a research fellow at the Center for Demographics and Policy and is director of the school’s Analytics Accelerator program.   He and co-author Joe l Kotkin recently published an economic and social policy brief entitled\, “Nurturing California Industries”\, which discusses the issues the st ate faces in maintaining home ownership for the middle class and rebuildin g a positive business climate.  Marshall is also co-host of “The Feudal Future Podcast”\, which is seen twice monthly by viewers around the wor ld.\n\nCo-Founder and former Managing Director of KPMG’s national center of excellence in Data &\; Analytics\, Marshall also co-founded the big data company Wise Window\, a pioneer in analyzing social media\, blogs an d news stories to track business trends and predict elections\, which was acquired by KPMG in 2012.   Marshall was Chairman and CEO of Core Strate gies\, a technology industry marketing research and strategy consulting fi rm and formerly head of marketing for U.S. Robotics. \n\nHe earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a Director of the Harvard Business Sc hool Association of Orange County.  In 2020\, he was given a Global Human itarian award from CWS for his work with the organization addressing the g lobal refugee crisis.\n\nMarshall was elected to the Computing Industry Ha ll of Fame in 2011` for his role in creating the industry’s largest tech nical service certification program\, A+\, which has certified more than 3 million computer technicians worldwide. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/v c_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/08/600x600tile.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Balboa Bay Resort\, 1221 W. 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