The forecast, titled "The Recovery: Breakout or More Doldrums?," will offer a look at what the future holds, economically, for the Valley, region, state and nation through 2007.

"The Valley's recovery is no longer jobless, details on May 25," teased Daniel Blake, a CSUN economics professor and director of the center.

Blake elaborated by saying that on May 25 he and the other presenters will talk about "where the jobs are going and where they are not, as well as the past, present and future of housing prices."

Joining Blake on May 25 will be Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast and a senior economist with the California Controller's Office, who will discuss the economic trends in the Los Angeles region and the rest of the state, and Gary Zimmerman, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, who will address national trends in manufacturing and high-tech industries.

In addition to talking about the state of the Valley's economy and what the trends foretell of its future, Blake also will present the results of a recent survey of several hundred employers in the San Fernando Valley conducted by the center, Davis Research and J.D. Power and Associates.

The Sheraton Universal Hotel is located at 333 Universal Hollywood Dr. in Universal City.

Registration and breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by the presentations at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $110. Guests can register online at http://buslab3.csun.edu/sfverc/upcoming/forecast.html or pay at the door. Each guest will receive breakfast and copy of the conference findings.