A vibrant and healthy economic and environmental future for the ports is vital to us all.

We must meet the ports' environmental challenges. But to do this, it is essential that we build needed marine and landside shipping facilities and improve our transportation corridors. Without these improvements, congestion and air quality will only worsen. Inaction or delay is not an option .In order to green the ports, we must grow them.

FuturePorts supports greening and growing our ports.

The Economy, Goods Movement, and Your Job
in Southern California: What You Need to Know
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

honoring Richard A. Hollingsworth, Marianne Venieris & the CSULB Center for International Trade & Transportation Global Logistics Specialist program

download presentations by event speakers:
Dr. John Husing, Economics & Politics, Inc. (2.8 MB .pdf)

contents of flash drive handouts

download the flyer (.pdf)

The Importance of Ports for Trade and the Economy, presentation by Paul Bingham of Global Insight (.pdf)

Press:

Southern California's Ports are the gateway to the world, and your job or your business depends on the Ports more than you think. If you work or own a business in Southern California, you won't want to miss what these global thinkers have to say about the economy, and how the goods movement industry in Southern California will affect the future of your job or business!

Moderator:
Mickey Kantor, Former Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative

Confirmed Speakers:
Paul Bingham, Global Insight
Dr. John Husing, Economics & Politics, Inc. download the presentation

Join these leading trade experts and economists as they discuss how Southern California's goods movement industry impacts the local, regional, national and international economies. The opportunities and the challenges: Your business will be affected, but how? Will it thrive, struggle to hang on, or be eliminated altogether?

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