CITD SEMINARS

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EVENTS

Wednesday, May 14
International Trade Outlook
Breakfast & Networking: 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.  Program: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. At Keesal, Young and Logan (400 Oceangate, Long Beach - Union Bank Building – 14th Fl.), Long Beach. General public: $50.

Foreign Direct Investment is a major contributor to LA County’s economy.  Join us to preview this special report on FDI along with the International Trade Outlook report highlights. Speakers to include Port of Long Beach Commissioner Jim Hankla, California Transportation and Logistics Institute President Al Shepetuk, and LAEDC Chief Economist Jack Kyser. Special remarks by City of Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster.

Friday, May 16
World Trade Week Luncheon" The Improbable Ports of San Pedro Bay
11:00 a.m. Check-in. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Program. At the Hyatt Regency Beach Hotel, Long Beach. $45 per person. $25 student. $500 table of 10.

Dr. Steven Erie, UC San Diego professor of political science, history, and Director of Urban Studies & Planning, will speak about Southern California's public-private ventures, oil, rail power, and the "heavy lifting" or regional power brokers who began shaping the critical turning points of port and civic development in Long Beach and Los Angeles more than a century ago. Prior reservations absolutely required.