Tickets will be made available soon. The British-American Business Council Northern California cordially invites you to the 29th Annual BABC Economic Forecast Luncheon. Once again, our panel of experts will discuss the state of the economy and share their forecasts on how local and global economic patterns will evolve and how they will affect your business in 2019. We will also dig into the probable outcomes of the currently strong conditions, but skittish markets, here in the US and the Bay Area, including predictions on the markets and the environment for IPOs and M&A exits.
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SEAN RANDALPH President & CEO, Bay Area Council Economic Institute Sean Randolph is President & CEO of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, a public-private partnership of business, labor, government and higher education that works to foster a competitive economy in California and the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco, Oakland and Silicon Valley. Dr. Randolph previously served as President & CEO of the Bay Area Economic Forum, which merged with the Bay Area Council in January 2008, and as director of international trade for the State of California, where he developed trade strategy and directed international business programs to stimulate exports and introduce California companies to overseas markets. Before service with the state, he was Managing Director of the RSR Pacific Group, an international business consulting firm specializing in Asia and Latin America, and before that served as International Director General of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, a 15-nation international organization of leading U.S., Asian and Latin American corporations. His professional career includes extensive experience in the U.S. Government, including the U.S. Congress staff, and the White House staff. From 1981-85 he served in the U.S. State Department, as officer for Asia on the Policy Planning Staff, as Special Adviser for Policy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and as Deputy/Ambassador-at Large for Pacific Basin affairs. From 1985-88 he served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, managing nuclear non-proliferation, energy research, and global oil and gas issues. Dr. Randolph holds a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center, a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts and Harvard Universities), a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, and studied at the London School of Economics. a |
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JONATHAN HALL Chief Economist, Uber Dr. Jonathan V. Hall is the Chief Economist at Uber. Prior to joining Uber Technologies in 2014, Dr. Hall held research positions at Google and Pandora Media. Dr. Hall received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College in 2007, an A.M. in Economics from Harvard University in 2008, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2010. Dr. Hall leads the Economics team at Uber. He and his colleagues write and publish research on a wide range of topics, such as the labor market for drivers, the value of flexible work arrangements, the benefits of dynamic pricing, and the consumer surplus derived from ride sharing. The team provides economics expertise to the company's legal department and works cross-functionally with data scientists on understanding Uber's marketplace. |
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NADIA SOBOLEVA Senior Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting Dr. Soboleva’s expertise includes the economics of firm and industry performance, pricing, business investments, and innovation. She specializes in the economics of antitrust and intellectual property. She has applied economic analysis to client cases involving joint ventures, allegations of price fixing, monopolization and collusion, exclusionary conduct, as well as trade secrets, patents, and copyright issues. She also has extensive experience in advising companies on business strategy based on statistical modeling and econometric analysis of large data sets. She has worked with domestic and international businesses on cases involving payment cards, automobile, airline, telecommunication, semiconductor, retail, pharmaceutical, consumer products, medical device, and information technology industries. Dr. Soboleva received her MA in development economics from Williams College, and a PhD in economics, with a concentration in industrial organization and international trade, from Yale University. |
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RICHARD WATERS West Coast Editor, The Financial Times Richard Waters is the West Coast Editor for the Financial Times. His beat covers the technology industry. Before moving to the West Coast, Mr Waters was based in the FT's New York office for nine years. His roles there included Wall Street reporter, New York bureau chief, and the FT's first information industries editor, overseeing global coverage of technology, telecommunications and media. He previously worked at the FT in London where he held a number of positions, including editor of international capital markets, securities industry correspondent and accountancy and taxation correspondent. Before working for the FT, Mr Waters worked as a reporter and editor for several financial magazines. He also worked for two years at Lloyd's Bank International and lived in Chile, also working as a teacher. In 2004, he was awarded Corporate Finance Reporter of the Year for his coverage of Google's IPO. He was shortlisted for the Business & Finance Reporter of the Year award at the British Press Awards in 2003 and won the award in 1992 as part of a team covering the BCCI scandal. In 1988, he was named Accountancy Journalist of the Year. He appears regularly on the BBC, CNBC, MSNBC, CNNfn and NPR. Mr Waters received his Bachelor's degree from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University. |
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM PST
Ticket includes a three course luncheon, tea/coffee. No-Host Bar.
$100
BABC Member Ticket
$85
BABC Young Professionals Member Ticket
$1,000
BABC Member Table of 10
$150
Non Member Ticket
$1,500
Non-Member Table of 10
$100
Participating Chamber Individual Ticket (Code: PromoPartnerTicket)
$1,000
Participating Chamber Table of 10 (PromoPartnerTable)
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