CONFERNCE CO-DIRECTOR: Anitha Vadavatha
Overview of Democracy & Development
Politics of Change
The Importance of Development
Citizen Access and Change
Aid, NGOs and Business
The Security Environment
How The Spread of Democracy Impacts Fulton County and Metro Atlanta
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Lori E. Murray, Ph.D, President, World Affairs Councils of America
Carrie Manning, Ph.D, Professor & Chair, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University
John Stremlau, Ph.D, Vice President of Peace Programs, The Carter Center
Daniel M. Runde, Director on Project U.S. Leadership in Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
Jim Clancey, Anchor, CNN/CNNI
Marika McCauley, Director, International Government Relations & Public Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Liz McLaughlin, Executive Director, Institutional Fundraising & Partnerships, CARE USA
Rep. Scott Holcomb, Representative, Georgia House of Representatives, District 82, Former Prosecutor & International Law Attorney, U.S. Army JAG Corps
Panayotis Yannakogeorgos, Ph.D., Cyber Defense Analyst & Faculty Researcher, U.S.Air Force Research Institute
John Eaves, Ph.D., Chairman, Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Ramnath Chellappa, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Caldwell Research Fellow, Information Systems & Operations Management, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company, Robinson College of Business
CONFERENCE CHAIRWOMAN & DIRECTOR: Anitha Vadavatha
Understanding Competitiveness and Sustainability
Role of Young Leaders; Role of Social Entrepreneurs; Role of Geo-politics; Role of Technologies; Role of Markets; Role of Resources; Role of Civil Society
Featured Speakers:
Afzaal Malik, Vice President, International Government Relations, The Coca-Cola Company
Dr. Steve Olson, Executive Director, Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
Linda DiSantis, General Counsel, CARE USA
Terrence Williamson, Diplomat-in-Residence, Morehouse and Spellman Colleges; Information Management Counselor, Mission Germany
Fenwick Huss, Dean, J.Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
John Hardman, Investment Manager, First Light Ventures
Sanjay Parekh, Co-Founder, Shotput Ventures
Presented in partnership with the GSU Robinson College of Business
Sponsored by GSU Robinson College of Business and The Coca-Cola Company
Dennis Lockhart, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; David Abney, Chief Operating Officer, United Parcel Service; Mark Becker, Ph.D., President, Georgia State University; W. Frank Blount, Chairman & CEO, JI Ventures, Jeffrey T. Bowman, President & CEO, Crawford & Company; Clyde C. Tuggle, Senior Vice President, Chief Public Affairs & Communications Officer, The Coca-Cola Company; Eric J. Joiner, Vice Chairman, AJC International; Ambassador Gordon D. Giffin, Partner & Chair of the Public Policy & International Department, McKenna Long & Aldrige; Fenwick Hauss, D.B.A., Dean, J.Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University; Kwanza Hall, District 2 City Council Member, Atlanta City Council and Director of Business Development, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting, Inc.; Dave R. Forquer, Assistant Dean for Executive Education, Robinonson College of Business, Georgia State University; H. Wayne Lord, Ph.D.., Professor of International Executive Education, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University; Christopher L. Brown, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University; Clare Morton, Council Administrator, World Affairs Council of Atlanta
ARTICLE CO-AUTHORS & INTERVIEWERS: Anitha Vadavatha and Prashant Das
EXPERTS INTERVIEWED: Paul Christopher, CFA and Sean Lynch, CFA, Wells Fargo Advisors
As an outcome of its endeavor to assess the investment potentials in India, Wells Fargo Advisors released a report titled "India Comes of Age" which takes a fresh look at the risk and return characteristics of the Indian markets and identifies their relationships adopting a macroeconomic perspective.
Read the interview here: http://www.icainstitute.org/opeds/wells_fargo.pdf
Written for & published in ICA Institute ChindiaBiz
CONFERENCE CHAIRWOMAN & DIRECTOR: Anitha Vadavatha
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Lawrence Spinelli, Acting President of Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Jagdish Sheth, Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
David Bruce, Professor, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Kelly Marchese, Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Alex Steubler, Director, Siemens Energy & Automation
Arun Prasad, Vice President, Itaas, Inc.
Speakers focused on managing the economic downturn and its effects on global industry, including the non-profit sector; understanding the underlying challenges and opportunities vis-a-vis energy and automation; an overview of current economic policies, trends and forecasts; and understanding the underlying challenges and opportunities of the domestic and international investment climates.
The conference is organized by Southern Center for International Studies Young Professionals and is hosted by the Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
