San Francisco was one of the first cities in the world to implement a stay-at-home order. Businesses all over the world experienced a severely hard time during the coronavirus lockdown. With the State of California announcing its reopening in June, there is much to be excited about, and much work to be done to help rebuild and recover.

In this episode, Darlene Chiu Bryant, Executive Director of GlobalSF discusses the positive economic impacts brought to businesses in the State of California, thanks to the reopening. Investors and entrepreneurs from overseas are excited to return and to develop their businesses in California. GlobalSF is ready to serve and support more small-to-medium businesses, as well as to help them continue thriving in their target markets in the future.

The six-part GlobalSF New Economy Conference has just concluded this week. We looked at and addressed the unique challenges and opportunities California is facing in the post-pandemic world. Where do we go from here? We will continue to engage the state's policy-makers, including the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, and the State Senate Majority Leader, as well as the executive staff including those at the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR).

To watch all six sessions, go to https://www.globalsf.biz/new-economy-conference

Discussing the California Competes Tax Credit with BPM’s Abe Valdez Bravo, Sven Jost and Kathy Wong.

On one level, the California Competes Tax Credit is like any government incentive designed to attract economic investment in California. But for savvy business leaders, it can also be a lot more than that. On this episode of the podcast, guests Abe Valdez Bravo, Senior Lead Economist at BPM LLP, Sven A. Jost, Transfer Pricing Practice Leader and Economic Consulting Practice Co-Leader at BPM, and Kathy Wong, Tax Partner at BPM, explain why California Competes is really a business opportunity for businesses that plan to or already do business in California (and plan to continue doing so). They also discuss how interested businesses can apply for the credit and when businesses should consider not competing for the credit. To learn more, visit bpmcpa.com/globalsf.

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In this episode, Darlene and Bruce provide a recap the New Economy Conference. Recordings of session 1 through session 5 are now available online at:

Session 1: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities Post Covid in California https://www.globalsf.biz/nec-opening-session

Session 2: The International Dimension https://www.globalsf.biz/session-2-nec

Session 3: Investing in the New Economy and Keeping Businesses in California https://www.globalsf.biz/session-3-nec

Session 4: Sustainability and Urbanism https://www.globalsf.biz/session-4-nec

Session 5: Navigating Chinese Investment, Trade, and Technology https://www.globalsf.biz/session-5-nec

New Economy Conference Recap with Darlene Chiu Bryant and N. Bruce Pickering, Ph.D.

In this episode of the GlobalSF podcast, Darlene and Bruce share their biggest takeaways from the first four sessions of the New Economy Conference and give a preview of next week’s final session—Navigating Chinese Trade, Investment, and Technology.

Housing, infrastructure, education, workforce development, and climate change have figured prominently throughout the conference with an emphasis on equity, sustainability, and resiliency through a region-up approach.

Join us next week for the 5th session of the New Economy Conference—Navigating Chinese, Trade, Investment, and Technology at globalsf.biz/session-5-nec

Sign up for our next session on #urbanism and #sustainability on Wednesday May 12 at 10AM PST at https://www.globalsf.biz/session-4-nec. Join us on a journey to understand the impacts of Covid on urban planning in California led by Kate Gordon, Senior Advisor to the Governor on Climate. Speakers include regional economic development expert Kevin Klowden from the Milken Institute, real estate expert Lydia Tan with 30 years of experience, and city innovation activist Peter Hirshberg.

Register for the new economy conference at https://www.globalsf.biz/session-3-nec

Darlene and Bruce recap Session 2 of the New Economy Conference and share their key takeaways from the conference so far. This week’s session featured California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis; Oxford University Professor of Globalization and Development Ian Goldin; Supply Chain Consultant and former Director at the World Economic Forum Wolfgang Lehmacher; Haulistix CEO and Co-Founder Hans Galland; and Blue Diamond Growers CEO Mark Jansen. The panel discussed the risks and rewards of global engagement and how California can be a leader in promoting more equitable international trade and more resilient and sustainable global supply chains. Next week’s session on the New Economy Conference will focus on investment and business retention in the New Economy and feature California State Treasurer Fiona Ma; Central Valley Community Foundation President and CEO Ashley Swearengin; HBO Max Senior Vice President Katie Soo; and Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Programs and Dean of Extension Dr. Mary Walshok.

As we kick off our opening session of the New Economy Conference with a conversation with Nobel Prize winner Michael Spence, Director of McKinsey Global Institute Jonathan Woetzel, and Paul Granillo, head of regional economic Inland Empire Economic Partnership, we dived deep into the intertwined concepts of economic recovery and economic justice, bringing prosperity to not just San Francisco or Los Angeles but the whole state of California.

In this episode of the GlobalSF : So Future New Economy Series podcast, Darlene Chiu Bryant, Executive Director, and Bruce Pickering, Senior Policy Advisor, give a preview of the upcoming New Economy Conference. They’ll tell us what to expect from an impressive collection of moderators and panelists representing government, private industry, academia, and the non-profit sector from all parts of California and beyond.

Join Senate Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg and Governor Gavin Newson in our New Economy Conference co-hosted by GlobalSF and GO-Biz (Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development). Visit globalsf.biz to get your seat at the conference.