8:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides hosts the Department of State’s first Global Business Conference to bring together 200 representatives from business support organizations and the private sector. The conference aims to inform the private sector about the Department’s support for U.S. businesses, update them on the Secretary's economic statecraft agenda, and engage them on how the Department can more effectively promote U.S. business overseas.
I did a search on Global Business Conference and found that there were quite a few out there. It was only when I added "Clinton" to the search terms that I found the one she is hosting, the State Department's first ever Global Business Conference (as opposed to those held by private sector businesses).
Press Release:
Secretary Clinton to Host Global Business Conference
On February 21-22, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host the first-ever State Department Global Business Conference. The Conference will bring together senior officials from U.S. business support organizations from over 100 countries; U.S. private sector executives focused on international business; and senior U.S. government leaders from the White House, the Departments of State, Commerce, Treasury and Energy, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
Building on the President’s agenda to accelerate America’s economic renewal, the Conference will highlight how the U.S. government can promote U.S. businesses abroad, increase U.S. exports, attract new investment to the United States, and create American jobs.
The first day of the event will feature sessions on export promotion, increasing foreign investment in the United States, creating public-private partnerships, facilitating business and leisure travel to the United States, and key policy topics of interest to businesses abroad. The second day will include breakout sessions, hosted by the State Department’s regional Assistant Secretaries, to discuss regional strategies to advance shared economic interests.
The following events on the first day will be open to the press:
* Opening session with remarks by Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (8:45 to 9:15 a.m.) – Loy Henderson Auditorium
* Remarks by U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue (9:15 to 9:45 a.m.) – Loy Henderson Auditorium
* Keynote remarks by Secretary Clinton and Boeing Company Chairman, President, and CEO W. James McNerney, Jr. (12:45 p.m.) – Benjamin Franklin Room
* Remarks by John Bryson, Secretary of Commerce (3:00 to 3:45 p.m.) – Loy Henderson Auditorium
The Secretary’s remarks will be livestreamed on state.gov.
Events on the second day are closed press.
Below are a few of the Global Business Conferences held by private businesses.
From Inside Costa Rica: 2012 Global Conference on Business and Finance
Costa Rica plays host on May 22-25
Costa Rica keeps playing the role of gracious and comely host to the international community, and to that extent we have some of the most interesting fair and conferences coming up.
From May 22nd to the 25th, the Institute for Business and Finance Research will be holding a Global Conference on Business and Finance in San Jose. Presenters at the conference will read from works related to different fields of interest within the world of international business. Some topics will include accounting, finance, marketing, public administration, and more.
In the past, this conference has been held at the Ramada Plaza Herradura Hotel in San Jose, the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, and the Keahou Beach Resort in Hawaii.
The proceedings of the conference are published in a variety of business and academic journals. Presenters can submit papers for peer review in English or Spanish. The call for papers is now, and the deadline for submission is March 15. For visitors who wish to stay at the same hotel as the conference, the deadline for reservations is April 19. There will also be a web simulcast for those who cannot attend in person.
In the past, the Global Business Conference has touched upon important subjects such as the socioeconomic progress that can be realized from tourism, as well as the monetary figures derived from the global growth of international visits. Another notable topic at past conferences included a close look at the failure of American investment banking firm Bear Stearns and how its failure due to short-term debt prevented the fair calculation of other high-quality assets in its portfolio.
An even more interesting paper presented in the past looked at how Latin American investment banking firms are thriving despite keeping less cash on reserves and being exposed to higher margins on their debt holding when compared to their counterparts on Wall Street. Cash management in Latin America involves a different mindset of operating without much liquidity and somehow staying afloat in periods of high economic turmoil.
Papers are being accepted now. Interested presenters should read the details of the call for papers at the IBFR website, and non-presenting attendees can register from the same web page. The IBFR can be also be contacted via their office in Hawaii: (808) 959-9120. This is a great opportunity to network and learn important factors that affect the global economy.
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Global Business Conference 2012
This one has its own website: http://www.gbc-2012.com/
It's being held in Croatia
From their website:
Conference Purpose and Objectives
The world is increasingly becoming a global village: people are traveling more than ever; Internet and other developments of communication technologies enable instantaneous access to information; companies compete in international environments. As a result, culture merges toward a few “generic types”. However, an argument can be made that the world has grown in diversity: new countries are developed; markets are merged and divided; subcultures are developing; political-economical unions are gaining new members and losing old; people feel threatened by globalization thus strongly acting to preserve their existing cultural values. So, the question of standardization grows in importance: should there be global players competing on all markets or will niche players create greater value and greater profits. Dealing with global markets and diverse audiences presents a problem of great importance for both academics and practitioners.
The purpose of the conference is to provide a research platform for academic researchers, doctoral students and practitioners engaged in generating insights on standardization/adaptation problems in today’s business. This conference provides an opportunity for an interdisciplinary take on this issue from marketing, finance, accounting, management and economics viewpoints. Besides its interdisciplinarity, this conference wants to provide a platform for constructive dialogue on these important issues.
We welcome diverse contributions: conceptual and empirical; abstracts and full papers; research in early stages and fully completed papers. All submissions will be arranged in the four tracks, and we provide some ideas on what your research can focus (see Call for Papers). However, this list is just indicative but not exhaustive - so we welcome also ideas that are not covered by our suggestions.
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