Get an update on next year's economic outlook and learn about health care reform by attending the Carlsbad Chamber's First Friday breakfast next month, which will actually take place on the second Friday.
The featured speaker is Brian Cooper, managing director of Principal Global Investors. Commentary will be provided by Chris Donnager, vice president and regional retirement director of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
The networking event is sponsored by Intercare Insurance Solutions. During the First Friday Breakfast, Cooper will talk about:
• 2010 economic outlook: Local vs. global perspective, capital markets update, including its affect on 401(k) investments, and legislative developments affecting employers, including new compliance requirements, the changing landscape of retirement plans and health care reform.
• Signs of a recovery: Leading indicators and preparing for an upturn.
Based in Seattle, Cooper and his team are responsible for sales and monitoring of a full-range of Principal Global Investors products. Donnager is responsible for sales and marketing in the western United States and Canada with a focus on retirement assets across a broad range of defined contribution investment-only, mutual fund and insurance products.
First Friday Breakfast is the chamber's premiere networking and business promotional event, and one of the most regularly attended monthly programs. The breakfast will be from 7 to 9 a.m. Jan. 8 at Windmill Banquet & Catering, 890 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, 92008.
Tickets for the event are $30 for chamber members and $50 for prospective members registered by Jan. 4. After Jan. 4, and at the door, tickets are $55. At the door, seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Tabletop exhibits or Soapbox presentations are available to promote your business for $70 each, which includes one breakfast, and must be reserved in advance by calling Deveney Gibbons, the chamber's member services manager, at (760) 931-8400.
To register for the Jan. 8 First Friday Breakfast, visit www.carlsbad.org, go to the calendar on the right side of the home page and click on Jan. 8.
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