Watch interview with AEG President and CEO Dan Beckerman '96 about leadership

As the leader of one of the world's leading sports and entertainment presenters, Dan Beckerman ('96) holds the keys to some of the world's best-known venues, including several 2014 FIFA World Cup stadiums. According to Beckerman, AEG established its presence in Brazil by following the same blueprint it used in other foreign markets successfully: open a home office and hire employees, develop relationships and invest in the community, then forge alliances with local partners and the government. AEG's international strategy is "not simply to export the American way of venue construction and management, operations and the fan experience," he said. "We try and adapt to the local customs and cultures as it relates to how they entertain, what type of food offerings they have, and the type of service they supply." Read more about Beckerman and AEG's international strategy in the upcoming issue of Assets Digital.

On June 26, UCLA Anderson's Center for Media, Entertainment, & Sports (MEMES) and Teradata crossed the pond to London to produce the third workshop in their Big Data series at Google's St. Giles High Street offices. Executives from eBay, Google, Hepsiburada, Novartis, Ogilvy & Mather, plus faculty from UCLA Anderson, Columbia, and Harvard Business schools gathered to learn how the data science revolution is transforming business, culture and even human behavior. UCLA Anderson alumni were treated to a variety of big data topics including presentations from our very own Professor Aimee Drolet Rossi on "Social Media & the Public Self" and a fireside chat with Professor Sanjay Sood and Studio Moderna's co-founder and president Sandi Cesko on "Maximizing Business Potential in Central Europe." Amidst the excitement of the FIFA World Cup and Wimbledon not all was business in London. Alumni and faculty gathered after the workshop at a reception to view the USA vs. Germany FIFA World Cup game.

An evening with winemaker and GM Bryan Kane '96 at Winery SF in San Francisco on July 17

Living or spending your summer in California, Washington, or New York? If so, come network with alumni and students at the 4th annual UCLA Anderson summer mixer series. Each mixer will consist of facilitated networking, an alumni or faculty keynote speaker, as well as food and drinks. Early bird tickets $25; regular tickets $35.

» Thursday, July 17: San Francisco, CA with Bryan Kane '96

» Tuesday, July 22: Seattle, WA with Professor Eric Sussman

» Thursday, July 24: Los Angeles, CA with Dean Judy Olian

» Thursday, July 31: New York, NY with Professor Eric Sussman

» Tuesday, August 5: Orange County, CA with TBD

» Thursday, August 14: Burbank, CA with TBD

Click on event links to get more info on speakers and specific venues.

Economic Forecast highlights

The UCLA Anderson Forecast held its second quarterly conference of 2014 where it presented a good news/bad news outlook. In partnership with the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, the special topic was "The Changing Landscape of Commercial Real Estate," and included initial results from the Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey. David Shulman, Forecast senior economist, predicted that, although there are major pressures and sweeping changes at work in the commercial real estate sector, not all is bad. "We will see a rebound in commercial construction," he told attendees. Read more...

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