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Plan to attend the College of Business Executive Speaker Series to hear Jack Plunkett weave his very informed analysis of future trends.

(Houston, Texas)   The College of Business Executive Speaker Series presents Jack Plunkett, CEO of Plunkett Research, Ltd. on November 9, 2006 at 2:30 in the Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson auditorium on the third floor of the Academic Building.  

Jack Plunkett has his ear to just about every information source available in the business world.   His market research firm provides crucial information for many industries, corporations, universities and governments around the world.   The November speaker in the College of Business Executive Speaker Series is undoubtedly a guru of information mining.  

CEO Jack W. Plunkett, finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year competition sponsored by Ernst & Young, runs a healthy business providing market research and industry information to a host of serious purchasers.   Plunkett has authored or edited more than 30 industry research books.   He and his staff at Plunkett Research, Ltd. annually produce reports that are crucial to various industries, such as Plunkett's Airline, Hotel & Travel Industry Almanac; Plunkett's Energy Industry Almanac, Plunkett's E-Commerce & Internet Business Almanac and Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac.

It would be hard to avoid becoming an expert, given the mass of data going through Plunkett's hands each year.   Sure enough, the media, from newspapers and magazines to broadcast stations, view Plunkett as a man with his finger on the pulse, and they regularly interview him as an expert source.   You can find his opinions cited by columnists, radio commentators such as those on NPR's Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, and a host of other reporting agencies.

Constant contact with information also provides Plunkett with a global view of many business areas.    In his presentation to the UHD community, he will speak about The Top 10 Business Trends You Must Know About to Survive.   The material for this presentation comes from copyrighted materials and online databases maintained by Plunkett Research, Ltd.    The speech promises to offer a tantalizing view of business and lifestyle in the coming few decades.  

A quick glance through his list of trends below will confirm that you do not want to miss this presentation:

1. LOHAS creates opportunities for product development, marketing
2. Aging populations--Baby Boomers approach retirement
3. Health Care Costs Gobble up GDP/ personalized medicine approaches
4. Energy Costs move to the forefront for businesses, consumers/ A sea change in the auto industry
5. The Third Screen Surges
6. Convergence is Now--Mass Market for Broadband creates tipping point
7. Advertising moves online, marketing takes more effort
8. Offshoring creates challenges and opportunities--growing middle markets in India, China
9. Growth of Ethnic Markets
10. For the longer-term, think Nanotech and miniaturization

For more information about Jack Plunkett, click here.

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