As part of its Future 2010 Economics Roundtable speaker series, UCSD Extension is hosting Google Chief Economist Hal Varian on “Predicting the Present With Google Trends.” Varian started at Google in May 2002 as a consultant and has been involved in many aspects of the company, including auction design, econometric analysis, finance, corporate strategy and public policy. More information and online registration is available here. The $50.00 charge per person charge includes continental breakfast and parking. More information and online registration is available here.