Downtown's Progress and Innovation Employers in US Urban Centers of Innovation continue to evolve, and the spaces designed to support them are morphing as well. Come hear details of downtown’s development projections and accomplishments through the eyes of Civic San Diego Executive, while hearing from a developer and architect about two innovation projects focused on…

Peter Callstrom, President & CEO of San Diego Workforce Partnership, will highlight the significant role of San Diego’s healthcare organizations as major employers, and discuss the demands for a qualified workforce for the healthcare sector.  Max Villalobos, Chief Operating Officer of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals San Diego Service Area, will preview the opening of the new…

This is our club’s 42nd year of bringing high school juniors to camp where they learn about the Free Enterprise System! The camp provides an important learning environment for all to gain leadership skills and experience team building, and students come away with a greater awareness of their possibilities. Join us as we send these…

"Lessons on Leadership - Silicon Valley and San Diego's Innovation Economy" Annually, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group produces the "Silicon Valley Competitiveness Project," with 20 key indicators by which to contrast Silicon Valley with the other five top Tech Regions in the United States, including Southern California (San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties), Austin,…

Tom Seidler, Senior VP  and member of the ownership group, along with Erik Greupner, COO, will catch us up on all things Padres and what's in store for the new season!

Dr. Eli Berman will summarize a decade of research on economics in conflict zones, and draw lessons for confronting ISIS and stabilizing Iraq and Syria. Using evidence from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts, Berman will explain why local allies must be induced by foreign powers to provide governance and enable economic development to stabilize Syria…

A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just a young teenager in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, the heinous death camp. Her parents lost their lives there. Toward…