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Extra-Curricular Learning

2004-05 International Business Events

2004-05 Extra-Curricular Speakers at the Johnson School

  1. Patricia Warner, inter-cultural trainer, "A Quick List of Key Cross-cultural Skills"

  2. Jason Jagatic, American Express, "Determining Sales Potential in a Difficult Market: the case of Brazil"

  3. Jon Moeller, Director of Finance, Global Beauty Care, Procter & Gamble, "Managing a Global Finance Team with Active Mergers and Acquisitions"

  4. Veronica Taylor, University of Washington Law School "Japanese Industrial Law and Regulations"

  5. Xiaobo Zhang, IFPRI, "Development Strategies and Income Inequality in China" (co-hosted with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

  6. James Feliciano, Wyeth Inc., "A Strategic Plan for Asia-Pacific"

  7. Walther Kraft, Agency 141 (advertising) Frankfurt, "The Loss of Brand Trust and Shift to Generics: the case of Germany"

  8. Luc Kindt, Executive Vice President, BARCO, "Dealing with the Challenges and Opportunities of China" (co-hosted with Engineering)

  9. Robert Camp, Director, Global Benchmarking Network, "International Consulting: a benchmark experience"

  10. Sheryl WuDunn, writer and editor, New York Times, "Six Barriers to China's Continued Economic Growth" (co-hosted with the College of Arts & Sciences)

  11. Michael Train, President, Control System Asia, Emerson Electric "Growing the Asian Market for Industrial Products"

  12. Fernando Xavier Ferreiro, CEO, Telefonica do Brasil, "The Telecommunication Industry in Brazil"

  13. David Riffelmacher, consultant, "Ethics and Culture of International Management"

  14. Lisa Ridgeway, Judge, US Court of International Trade, "Customs Classifications: more complex and interesting than you would think" (co-hosted with the Law School)

  15. Stanley Ting, Principle, Jade Ventures, "Doing Business Between Brazil and China"

  16. William Besgen, President, Hitachi Capital America, "Leading a Subsidiary of a Japanese Company: an American's perspective" (co-hosted with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

  17. Kim Lowery, Kabissa, "An NGO's Efforts to Support Internet Development in Africa"

  18. Cha-Joon Koo, CEO, LG Insurance, "The Korean Economy and the Growing Insurance Industry"

  19. Stef Coetzee, University of Stellenbosch, "Changing an Organization Culture to Accept Diversity" (co-hosted with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

  20. Jason Bauer, OTF Group, "Strategies for National Development: the case of Rwanda" (co-hosted with the Institute for African Development)

  21. Eric Green, United States State Department, "Oil and the Caspian Sea Region"

  22. Shuming Zhao, Nanjing University Business School, "Human Resources in China" and "Corporate Restructuring in China" (co-hosted with the School of Industrial and Labor Relations)

  23. Shane Tedjarati, President, Honeywell China, "Honeywell's Business in China: a source of growth"

  24. Prasanta Kumar Banerjea "Business Ethics and Corporate Governance: an international perspective"

  25. Matthew Sola, "Branding a New Financial Product in Japan: the case of Prudential-Mitsui"

  26. Thomas Gibson, Founder, SME Finance Institute, "A New Model for Financing Businesses in Less Industrialized Countries"

  27. Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor, University of Capetown, "The Impact of the Internet on African Culture" (co-hosted with the College of Arts & Sciences)

  28. Samer Badawi, The World Bank, "Where Microfinance is Headed"

  29. David Welch, IFC/World Bank, "Funding Tourism and Hospitality Projects Using the Equator Principles for Sustainability as a Guide" (co-hosted with the Hotel School)

  30. Luciana Togeiro de Almeida, University of Sao Paulo, "Sustainability and Trade in Brazil" (co-hosted with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

  31. Jayaran Chigurapati, CEO, Zenotech Laboratories, "The Pharmaceutical Industry in India at a Crossroads"

  32. Ann Fudge, Chairman and CEO, Young and Rubicam Brands, "Leaders as Catalysts in a Turbulent World"

  33. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, former Director-General of the World Health Organization, "Sustainable Development: Our Common Future - 20 Years Later" (co-hosted with Cornell central administration)

  34. Thomas Barry, Founder and CEO, Zephyr Investment Management, "Financing in Emerging Markets"

  35. Glenn George, Director of Energy Group, Nomura Securities New York, "Energy Concerns in the Global Environment"

  36. Joseph Iarocci, Senior Vice President of Strategic Support and Chief Financial Officer, CARE USA, "A Tsunami Every Day"
Additional International Speakers in Classes
  1. Jed Beckstead, Downsream Treasurer's Office, ExxonMobil (Irving, TX), "My experiences with political risk management while working on the Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project"

  2. Fuad El-Hibri, Chairman and CEO, BioPort Corporation (Lansing, Michigan), "Bio-defense: the view from the only FDA licensed manufacturer of Anthrax vaccine"

  3. Nancy Smith-Nissley, Senior Advisor for Business Outreach, Office of Commercial & Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State (Washington DC), "The US Department of State's Annual Award for Corporate Excellence"

  4. Paul Tebo, Consultant, former Vice President for Safety, Health and the Environment, DuPont "Re-orienting Companies for Global Sustainability"

  5. Robert Staley and Albert Suter, both Vice Chairmen (retired) of Emerson Electric and now special consultants to the Emerson Electric CEO (Saint Louis, MO), "The Emerson Way and What it Means for Global Manufacturing and Sales"

  6. Gilbert Nicolaon, ANVAR (France), "A Strategy for Promoting and Financing Innovation in Small and Medium Sized Companies in France"

  7. Jaques Doniat, entrepreneur (France), "Entrepreneurship in the French Environment"

  8. Thibaud de Saint Sernin, Cabinet Sain Sernin Societe D'Avocats (France) "Legal Consulting for Entrepreneurs in Europe"

  9. Ed Mlavsky, Chairman, Gemini Israel Funds (Israel), "Venture Capital in a Hot High Tech Country"

  10. Benson Lee, President, Technology Management, Inc. (Cleveland, OH), "An Entrepreneur's Commitment to Sustainable Development"

  11. Matthew Arnold, Consultant, Citigroup (New York, NY), "Forest to Market: Sustainability in the Global Supply Chain to Green Marketing"

  12. John Brots, Executive Vice President - Global Operations & Supply Chain, Tellabs, Inc. (Naperville, IL) "Creating a Global Supply Chain"

  13. Steven Barry, Vice President - Global Operations, The Sentry Group (Rochester, NY) "A New Product Line and a New Manufacturing Location: gun racks made in China"

  14. Jose Solera, Project and Program Manager, Intel (Santa Clara, CA) "Intel's Global Operations with a Focus on South America"

  15. Dr Wolfgang Soehngen, CEO, PAION www.paion.de (Germany) "Taking a German Biotech Company Public in 2005"

  16. Mats Pettersson, CEO, Biovitrum www.biovitrum.com (Sweden) "Entrepreneurial Biotech in the European Union"
2004-05 International Symposia
With the exception of Labor, Management and Human Rights in China, all of the following events were held in Sage Hall, the Johnson School's building.

"The Hidden Costs of Doing Business in a Global Environment"
Organized by the Strategic HR Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness group (joint program of the Johnson School and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations)
November 12, 2004
Outside Speakers:

"Information Communication Technology for Development in Africa"
Organized by the Institute for African Development in cooperation with the Johnson School
November 19/20, 2004
Outside Speakers: In addition, there were nine other speakers who focused on the impact of ICT on the African educational system, particularly university education.

"European Turkey: Modernization, Secularism and Islam"
Co-sponsored by the Johnson School with the Institute for European Studies, Near Eastern Studies, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Music Department
December 3/4, 2004
Outside speakers with a focus on business issues: In addition, there were eleven other speakers who provided insights into other aspects of Turkey's history, political relations and religious conditions.

"Base of the Pyramid Learning Laboratory"
Organized by the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprises, Johnson School
February 17/18, 2005
Outside Speakers: "Sustainable Global Enterprises"
Organized by the Johnson School Center for Sustainable Global Enterprises
April 1, 2005
Outside Speakers: "The Alien Tort Claims Act: Recent Events and Implications for Multinational Corporations"
Cosponsored by the Johnson School and Cornell Law School
April 8, 2005
Outside Speakers: "Labor, Management and Human Rights in China"
Cosponsored by the Johnson School, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and the East Asia Program
April 11, 2005
Outside Speakers: "Brazil in Interdisciplinary Perspective"
Cosponsored by the Johnson School with the Latin American Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, and others
April 29/30, 2005
Outside speakers with a focus on business issues: In addition, there were ten other speakers who provided insights into other aspects of Brazil's political situation, environmental conditions, and culture.

2004-05 World Smarts Dinners
The 2004/05 countries were: 2004-05 Daytime Events