The Newsletter
January 2015 
 
In This Issue
Economic Forecast Conference
Economic Forecast Conference - Speaker Spotlight
Far North Articulation & Dual Enrollment Summit
California Economic Summit
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Director's Message
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The Center for Economic Development would like to thank our readers for continuing to subscribe to our newsletter. We're excited for the Economic Forecast Conference this week and we hope you are too. Below we've highlighted the main speakers for the event. Also check out the article that ChicoER wrote on the 2015 Conference. It includes an interview with the keynote speaker, Jake Soberal.

Next month is the Far North Articulation & Dual Enrollment Summit, so please check out the article about it to see if you might be interested in attending. Finally, the California Economic Summit has released a set of proposals aiming to increase prosperity in California.

Dan Ripke
Director

Economic Forecast Conference   

2015 Northstate Economic Forecast Conference 

The Economic Forecast Conference has been featured in an article by ChicoER. This year's keynote speaker, Jake Soberal, was interviewed for the piece.  

CLICK HERE to read the article.  

 

We're still accepting EFC registrations! To register please visit the registration page.   

 

The 2015 Economic Forecast Conference opens at 8:00 AM on January 22, with breakout sessions lasting until 3:30. Featuring returning speaker Dr. Robert Eyler looking at the regional economy, Dr. Jaana Remes of the McKinsey Global Institute examining the effects of changing global forces, and keynote speaker Jake Soberal, CEO of Bitwise Industries.  

 

This year's breakout sessions will look at some the region's key economic drivers, including agriculture, water, linkages between industry and education, energy, marketing, solar applications for agriculture and commercial use, manufacturing, and global commerce in our rural region.  

 

The conference trade show will be open from 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Registration for exhibitors is open until January 20. To purchase a trade show booth, visit the registration page.

 

For more information, contact Georgia Nilsson at [email protected], or 530-898-3858. 

Economic Forecast Conference - Speaker Spotlight

Jake A. Soberal, CEO Bitwise Industries
Jake Soberal is the Chief Executive Officer of Bitwise Industries ("Bitwise"). Bitwise was founded in 2013 to move the technology industry in the Fresno Region forward. Bitwise is comprised of four divisions: Geekwise Academy, a training program that teaches computer programming at a super-fast pace; Hashtag, a collaborative workspace; Shift3 Technologies, a software development and online marketing firm; and a building division.

Prior to co-founding Bitwise, Jake was an intellectual property attorney at Walter & Wilhelm Law Group.
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Dr. Robert Eyler, Sonoma State University

Robert Eyler is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Regional Economic Analysis at Sonoma State University. Robert earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1998. He earned a B.A. in Economics at CSU, Chico in 1992. Robert is also the CEO of the Marin Economic Forum, a private-public partnership aimed at Marin County's sustainable growth through business vitality, social equity and environmental balance.

Robert is the author of two books and several academic articles concerning economic sanctions, the economics of the wine industry, and monetary economics.
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Dr. Jaana Remes, McKinsey Global Institute
Dr. Jaana Remes is a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey's business and economics research arm, based in San Francisco.

Since 2003, Dr. Remes has led MGI's research on productivity, urbanization, competitiveness, and growth. Her most recent research looks at the cities and the global company landscape, the rising urban consuming class and shifting economic power of cities, as well as the patterns of urban growth and renewal across the Americas.
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 To register for the Economic Forecast Conference, please visit the registration page.  

 

Far North Articulation & Dual Enrollment Summit
Save the Date

Save the Date for Tuesday, February 24th to attend the Far North Articulation & Dual Enrollment Summit! Community college and high school partners are invited as teams to learn about best practices in dual enrollment and articulation.  

 

Who Should Attend


From Community Colleges: CEO's, CIO's, CTE Deans & Directors, Articulation Officers, Counselors, CTE Faculty.


From K-12 Partners: District Superintendents, High School Principals, CTE Teachers, Counselors, District Curriculum and CTE Directors.

 

Participants in this no-cost event will have a chance to win a Google Nexus 7 Tablet.
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For free registration please visit: http://cedcal.com/events 

 

Travel and lodging can be provided. Register by January 20, 2015 to reserve travel and lodging reimbursements. For more information, contact Amy Schulz at [email protected] or (530) 283-0202 x358.  

California Economic Summit
A Roadmap To Shared Prosperity

The Roadmap also includes a detailed proposal for how the Summit's seven action teams and partners will get this done.

The right next steps toward sustainable growth: Open the Roadmap
  
[On Jan 11, 2015], the California Economic Summit is proud to announce the release of A Roadmap to Shared Prosperity.
 
It's a broad set of proposals aimed at helping every region in California to accelerate middle-class job growth-and take on problems from growing income inequality to the environmental and economic challenges of climate change.
 
The Roadmap outlines a set of overarching priorities the Summit team believes can grow prosperity for all Californians. It identifies the "right next steps" to advance these goals in 2015 and beyond-from aligning workforce programs with industry needs to integrating the state's myriad climate adaptation efforts. 

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