VCEDA's 42nd Annual Business Outlook Conference will take place on November 7, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center. The event typically attracts 200-300 business and community leaders from Ventura County to focus on issues impacting local businesses. This year's theme is on education and its link to business, with the goal of ensuring a skilled workforce to help businesses flourish in the new economy. Tony Wagner, an Innovation Education Fellow from Harvard, will be the keynote speaker.