The 37th Annual Antelope Valley Business Outlook Conference is North Los Angeles County's premier business event with presentations from renown economists, industry leaders and nationally-recognized speakers. This next year's event will take place on February 20, 2009 at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. For more information about tickets and sponsorship packages, please call (661) 942-9581.

ANDREW S. WINSTON BUSINESS STRATEGY As the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and co-author of the best-selling book ''Green to Gold'', Andrew Winston is one of the nation's most sought after business strategists, helping leading companies such as Bank of America, Reuters, Cisco, HP and IKEA use environmental thinking to innovate and grow. Formerly the Director of the Corporate Environmental Strategy Project at Yale, Winston has worked for Boston Consulting Group and was the director of business development for MTV and VH1 networks.

DR. ROBERT ROGAN | SOLAR ENERGY Mr. Rogan is the Senior Vice President of North American Markets for eSolar, an Idealab company. eSolar develops scalable solar thermal power plants using a low-impact, pre-fabricated form factor with advanced optics and computer software engineering. Funded by Google.org, Idealab and Oak Investment Partners, eSolar looks to dramatically reduce the cost of solar thermal technology starting with the development of 1 GW of concentrating solar plants in the Antelope Valley.

	DR. NANCY SIDHU | NATIONAL ECONOMY Dr. Sidhu, Vice President and Chief Economist for the Kyser Center for Economic Research of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, will be presenting the annual economic update at the conference. As one of the nation's leading business forecasters and trend watcher, Sidhu has provided economic insight to commercial bankers and credit policymakers around the globe regarding economic trends affecting the metals, chemicals, electric utilities, automotive, machinery, and construction industries.
	GREG ST. CLAIR | TRADE & INVESTMENT Greg St. Clair is President and Chief Operating Officer for Larwin Investment Company. Since its inception, Larwin Investment Company has acquired, built, managed and marketed more than 3,000,000 square feet of office and industrial properties in the southwest United States. With over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate financing and investment markets, St. Clair is a leading proponent of inland port development to supplement Southern California's role as a leader in world trade and logistics.
	HAL SNYDER | ENERGY Hal Snyder is the Vice President of Customer Programs for Sempra Energy. Sempra, the San Diego-based parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity and natural gas to over 23 million customers in California. Snyder will be presenting on the transformation of utilities from regional service providers to worldwide alternative energy generation pioneers.
	ROBERT TRAUTMAN | HEALTHCARE Robert Trautman is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Lancaster Community Hospital, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services Inc. He is responsible for operations at the 117 bed hospital and the soon to be completed state of the art Palmdale Regional Medical Center currently under construction. A thirty year industry veteran, Trautman will discuss the ever-changing role of healthcare providers and future of medical services in the Antelope Valley.
	GAVEA ROUNDTABLE REPORT The 37th Annual Antelope Valley Business Outlook Conference will feature the release of the 2009 Economic Roundtable Report compiled by the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance (GAVEA). This highly anticipated, regionally-focused annual report is a vital benchmarking and business attraction tool used by many local and national employers, investors and developers.
	2009 BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR A highlight of the 2009 Antelope Valley Business Outlook Conference will be the presentation of the ''Antelope Valley Businessperson of the Year'' Award. A joint collaboration of the Antelope Board of the Trade, the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance and the Antelope Valley Press, this award is given out annually to one of the region's most accomplished business leaders.

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