Greetings from the Center for International Business Education and Research.

 

The following three events may be of interest to you.

 

Sustaining Rapid Growth: Policy Challenges for China

Thursday, May 1, 2008

4:30 – 6:30 p.m. (reception 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.)

Wisconsin School of Business, Grainger Hall, Madison, WI

 

This seminar will help inaugurate the Wisconsin China Initiative, designed to create partnerships between educational, governmental, and corporate institutions in China and Wisconsin, to promote global competence, and to advance internationalization with respect to China. The evening will include a presentation by Nicholas Lardy on "Sustaining Rapid Growth: Policy Challenges for China," followed by discussion facilitated by John Ohnesorge, a UW-Madison law professor.

 

For more details about this program, please contact Cynthia Williams, Director of External Relations, UW-Madison Division of International Studies, at (608) 262-3929 or cwilliam@facstaff.wisc.edu.

 

 

Building Bridges to Vietnam: Investing & Business Partnerships with Asia’s Most Dynamic Emerging Economy

Thursday, May 15, 2008

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (reception 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Milwaukee Art Museum)

Milwaukee Athletic Club, Milwaukee, WI

 

With a population of more than 85 million and a median age of 26, Vietnam offers a young, educated workforce, and a destination market for goods and services. Over the last decade, its GDP has averaged 7.5 percent annually, making Vietnam the second fastest growing free-market economy in the world. We are honored to be joined by H.E. Le Cong Phung, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the U.S., and panels of experts who will discuss how to invest and conduct business in Vietnam. Topics will include a discussion of the legal, regulatory and investment environment, case studies from manufacturers already active in this marketplace, as well as a description of opportunities in physical and IT infrastructure, real estate and equities.

 

For more details about this program, including an agenda, speaker biographies and a registration form, please see the attached flier or click here.

 

Sponsored by Hathaway-Nguyen Capital Management, Inc., Vietnomics, DuaneMorris, Roth, UW-Madison CIBER, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee World Trade Association and Institute of World Affairs.

 

 

Entering the Global Marketplace: Building a Solid Foundation for International Success

Thursday, June 5, 2008

7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Wisconsin School of Business, Grainger Hall, Madison, WI

 

The World Trade Center Wisconsin presents an executive briefing on entering the global marketplace, focusing on building a solid foundation for international success. This interactive briefing will be presented by local practitioners in key areas of international business.

 

For more details about this program, including speaker biographies and an agenda, please see the attached flier. To register, please click here.

 

Sponsored by World Trade Center Wisconsin, Wallonia-Belgium Export & Investment, and UW-Madison CIBER.

 

 

 

Julie Lane

Graduate Project Assistant

Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

975 University Avenue, 2266 Grainger Hall, Madison, WI 53706

(608) 265-9719   phone

(608) 263-0477   fax

www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber