NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 2011) Iona College’s Hagan School of Business and the University of Connecticut’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) will present the sixth annual summer regional symposium, “The Changing Face of Globalization.
The two-day conference will be held Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25 at Iona’s LaPenta Student Union, Iona College, 715 North Ave. New Rochelle, New York. The guest speaker on Friday will be Christopher Coleman, Chief of Mediation Support Unit/Policy and Mediation Division. Department of Political Affairs, United Nations. His topic will be Globalization and Africa.
The program will continue on Saturday with a day-long series of panels and presentations on a variety of international business topics that will examine and assess the impact on the globalization of business, exploring who the winners and losers are in this unstable era, the role of technology and social media and how business leaders can be prepared to meet the challenges of this new environment.
In addition to Iona’s Hagan School of Business and the University of Connecticut’s CIBER, the Symposium is sponsored by the Planning Committee of The International Business and Economy Conference 2012.
There is no registration fee to attend but reservations are required by sending an e-mail to Dr. Eleni Mariola, HYPERLINK “mailto:emariola@iona.edu” emariola@iona.edu.
For conference program details, please visit www.iona.edu.
Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona – currently listed in the top tier of US News and World Report’s annual “America’s Best Colleges 2011”; The Princeton Review’s Best Northeastern Colleges 2011 edition and Business Week’s Top 25 Undergraduate Business Schools in the Northeast – offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs.
