Events Calendar

Time: 5:30 p.m.
City: Chapel Hill

WORKING Languages™ programs help students and working professionals learn languages and business cultures so they can conduct business internationally or manage diverse organizations.

These programs use a unique combination of interactive technology, distance learning, instructor-led workshops, conversation hours and an immersion to a country where the target language is spoken to create culturally sensitive language speakers who can function comfortably and effectively in the target language's workplace.

*Exact dates vary for each language

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

* Rescheduled for Jan. 31, 2012

UNC Kenan-Flagler marketing professor David Roberts leads this webinar on selling globally.

The webinar is designed for senior level business people of small and mid-size US businesses who have recently begun selling worldwide or are considering doing so.

Registration is free, but space is limited. Registration will open soon. Please check back.

Sponsored by the UNC Center for International Business Education and Research.

Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
City: Chapel Hill
Location: FedEx Global Education Center, 301 Pittsboro Street, room 1009

Carmen Braun, a native of Germany, is the Marketing Manager for VS America furniture company in Charlotte, NC. Ms. Braun will share and compare her experiences working for VS in Germany and the US and discuss how marketing strategies differ in European, US, and other markets worldwide.
The century-old German company VS is one of the world’s leading manufacturer of school furniture. VS focuses on ergonomics, use of high quality and environmentally friendly materials, as well as visual design. Significant criteria in the development of VS furniture include the consideration of environmental aspects. From the choice of raw-materials to the processing technology and right through to the packing and delivery of the furniture, VS thinks “green”.

VS opened its US branch in 2003 and has since consistently expanded its operation. VS’ workforce includes sales teams throughout all of the US, Canada, South America, and the Caribbean.

Open and free to the public. Parking available and free starting at 5.00 pm underneath the Global Education Center.

RSVP to europe@unc.edu.

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

UNC Kenan-Flagler marketing professor David Roberts leads this webinar on selling globally.

The webinar is designed for senior level business people of small and mid-size US businesses who have recently begun selling worldwide or are considering doing so.

Registration is free, but space is limited. Registration will open soon. Please check back.

Sponsored by the UNC Center for International Business Education and Research.

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Considerations for the Next Generation of Family Business: Motivations, Best Practices, and Process during Succession
Registration fee: $35/free for current Kenan-Flagler Business School students
Presented in cooperation with the Kenan-Flagler Family Enterprise Center

UNC Kenan-Flagler's Steve Miller will outline a framework for next generation family business leaders who are contemplating joining their family's enterprise or who are currently participating in their family's enterprise- as an employee or as an owner.

The presentation will include a discussion of the different types of successors, the impact of styles of incumbent leaders, and the importance of process during succession. Thiago Penido, MBA '09, will participate in the webinar to share his journey to leadership in his family’s enterprise, The Serveng Group, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
City: Chapel Hill (28th) Duke (29th)

Shared Tables: A Triangle Symposium on Global and Local Food Studies will provide a forum for local and global experts to explore key issues related to food studies in an inter-disciplinary academic and community gathering.

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: China, Brazil, Costa Rica

Students taking a Working Language spring course will travel to the country of their target language. The immersion programs feature intense language courses with native speakers, company visits, home stays, excursions, Mission (Im)possible, and a community service project.

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
City: Chapel Hill (17th); Durham (18th)
Location: UNC Chapel Hill (17th); Duke (18th)

CLS is an academic conference simultaneously focused on US-China relations and connecting future leaders in the dynamic. The goal of CLS is to promote the collaboration of student leaders in the American South in an exploration of China relations. CLS seeks to promote dialogue on the future of that relationship by utilizing convenient resources in the Research Triangle Park area, which is rich with Chinese researchers, corporations, and resources.

The theme of CLS 2012 is The Role of Changing Technologies in the US-China Dynamic. This theme was chosen by the CLS Executive Team to address various technological developments that will impact the US-China relationship through educational innovation, internet freedoms, demographics, and geopolitics. The annual theme of the conference reflects particular interesting developments ongoing in current world events, but does not serve to limit the interests of delegates who wish to apply. In addition to issues relevant to this year’s theme, CLS will continue to provide insights from academics, professors, policy makers, and entrepreneurs in a wide range of topics.

Applications for U.S. students are due at 11:59 PM on Friday, February 24. Applications for non-U.S. students are due at 11:59 PM on February 16.

City: Chapel Hill, NC
Location: Carolina Inn

2012 CIBER Business Language Conference

Today's global marketplace requires successful business people to develop foreign language proficiency in a business context. Join scholars and instructors from universities, colleges, K-12 schools, businesses and government organizations to explore new lines of research, rethink teaching techniques and create links between language classrooms and real businesses.

Sponsors:
Consortium of Centers for International Business Education and Research

Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
City: Chapel Hill
Location: Dey Hall, 105A South rd., Toy lounge

A Seemingly Old Subject, the Transatlantic Relations Might Help to Resolve the Global Crisis: An Attempt to Think Out of the Hat

A native German, Klaus Becker holds a M.B.A. degree and a Masters of National Economics from the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany. He is the founder, owner, and CEO of Nirosteel, LLC and is the co-founder of several companies, among them Estrela Specialty Steel, AMS Specialty Steel, and South Star Steel, at that time the largest importer of stainless steel bars in the US.

Mr. Becker currently serves as Director of the German American Chamber of Commerce in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Charlotte World Trade Association and the European American Business Forum. Previously, he served as Vice President of the NC World Trade Organization. Mr. Becker has won numerous awards, among them the North Carolina ‘Entrepreneur of the Year.’

Mr. Becker is fluent in five languages and acquired global business experience by working in a number of different countries – Germany, Italy, Brazil, and the United States.

Open and free to the public. Parking available and free starting at 5.00 pm underneath the Global Education Center.

RSVP to europe@unc.edu.

City: Chapel Hill
Location: Carolina Inn

Join a rare gathering of prominent thought leaders from the private sector and academia April 12-13 in Chapel Hill to discuss branding and marketing issues and how they impact the way we do business in a global economy.

Registration Fees
Academics - Early Bird (through March 7): $250 ($295 after March 7)
Industry - Early Bird (through March 7): $350 ($395 after March 7)
Students (no reception/dinner): $95
Students (with reception and dinner): $150


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City: Chapel Hill
Location: Carolina Inn

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
City: Chapel Hill
Location: Kenan Center, 3rd floor Board Room

City: Chapel Hill
Location: Center for School Leadership and Development

Each June, 50 educational leaders from across the state come to UNC at Chapel Hill for an intensive week-long study of global issues that impact students and communities. The objective is to help educators in leadership positions to plan and implement programs that will increase global understanding by faculty and students.

Topics and presentations include:

Globalization

Geopolitics in an Age of Terrorism

United States’ Place in the World

Population Dynamics, Immigration, and the Environment

Developing an Action Plan for your School or College