Conversations in Place 2014

TOMORROW Sunday, September 14, 2014 ? 1:30 - 3:30pm Should Our Future Cling to the Past? The Speakers: Joel Kotkin & Julia Huang The Conversation: Joel Kotkin, Julia Huang and Gustavo Arellano with co-moderators Claudia Jurmain & D.J. Waldie What about tomorrow? If you?re Joel Kotkin, international expert on economic, political and social trends; Orange County Register columnist, and scholar?the year 2050 mirrors patterns in place. From yesterday?s suburbs to cross-cultural communities today, Southern California races ahead, fueled by diversity, technology, economic growth and sustainability to somewhere called home, family and opportunity. Julia Huang, founder and CEO of interTRENDS in Long Beach, is a first generation Taiwanese-American raised in Japan. Her firm guides Fortune 500 companies? focus on the growing Asian-American communities. Gustavo Arellano, editor of the OC Weekly and author of ¡Ask a Mexican! parries stereotypes with wit, sarcasm and the news. How we channel the past in the future is at the heart of the Conversation today. The Conversations in Place 2014 series is supported by Metabolic Studio, IMPRINT Culture Lab, Port of Long Beach, Michael F. Sfregola, Mary Alice and Bob Braly, and Gelson?s.