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WORLDVIEW INSTITUTE General Information - Spring 2008 Term The Worldview Institute UNA-NY is a corporate executive training program of the United Nations Association of New York. It consists of ten seminar modules geared to develop and enhance the scope of the work and activities of young business executives at U.S. based multi-national corporations and young professionals within the NGO, U.N., and diplomatic and academic communities. Our aim is to provide a forum for understanding political, economic and social trends in today's business environment in different regions of the world. The program also addresses the role of the United Nations within these contexts and is offered in conjunction with the Department of Public Information (DPI) of the United Nations. Distinguished lecturers include ambassadors, university professors, and accomplished leaders in global business, as well as U.N. personnel. Download a description of the Institute and the Spring 2008 seminar schedule. All sessions begin with a reception from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Class is from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Spring 2008 term is limited to 25 participants! Register now to reserve your place! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! Seminar 1 - April 2, 2008 Exploring the Challenges of Doing Business Globally Today Brief Description: Business, like everyone else everywhere, faces the daunting challenges and promising opportunities of high-velocity globalization. Yet the private sector and its capital are largely controlling this most dynamic transformation in the global economic system. Governments are fearfully clinging to old structures as domestic politics drive agendas. The seminar will address the relevance of globalization to business, looking at issues such as the rich-poor world divide, protectionist reactions, the rise of regionalism and the decline of the nation-state. It will also focus on how global corporate decision-making must, in light of current threats to global order, balance new social responsibilities with those to its shareholders. Faculty: John Zindar, Partner, European American Business Organization, Adjunct Professor of Global Economics, NYU (bio) Readings: Fortune Favors the Bold; What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity by Lester Thurow Location: Turkish Mission to the United Nations, 821 U.N. Plaza (1st Avenue) Seminar 2 - April 8, 2008 U.S. as Smart Power Brief Description: Faculty: Farooq Kathwari, CEO, Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc., Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University (bio) Readings: Location: Estonia House, 243 E. 34th Street Seminar 3 - April 16, 2008 Investing and Doing Business in Africa Brief Description: The seminar will cover the emergence and growth of the African Stock Markets and the opportunities of doing business in the region. We will review the recent economic trends; Foreign Direct Investments and Privatization; potential uses of remittances as a developmental tool; the performance and growth of the stock markets as well as the challenges of doing business in Africa. Faculty: Clifford D. Mpare, CMA, CFA, Founder and CEO of Frontline Capital Advisors, LLC (bio) Readings: Emerging Markets by Nenad Pacek and Daniel Thorniley; Hedge Hunters by Katherine Burton Location: Ugandan Mission to the U.N., Uganda House, 336 East 45th Street (between First and Second Avenue) Seminar 4 - April 23, 2008 The Implications of Turkey's EU Process for Local and Global Business Brief Description: The lecture will focus on Turkey's EU process. Following a brief historical background, the political, social and "identity" dimensions of the process will be addressed. The economic and business aspects of the membership process will be given special emphasis. The regional and global business implications of the process will also be covered. Faculty: Abdullah Akyuz, President Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association, Inc. (bio) Readings: Location: Estonia House, 243 E. 34th Street Seminar 5 - April 30, 2008 Breakout Session with Multiple Faculty Faculty: Patrick Hayford, Director of the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa Readings: Location: Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Avenue (38th Street at Fifth Avenue) Seminar 6 - May 7, 2008 Competing for FDI: Will Russia and Eastern Europe Stay Among the Fastest Growing Economies? Brief Description: The seminar will cover growth and investments opportunities including: basic economic background information about the region; growth and FDI; privatization process; M&A activities; new challenges after slowdown in US and Europe. Faculty: Dr. Janos Harskuti, Consul for Financial and Commercial Affairs, Consulate General of Hungary Readings: Location: Hungarian Mission to the United Nations, 227 East 42nd Street Seminar 7 - May 14, 2008 Settling International Business Disputes with China Brief Description: Faculty: Jerome A. Cohen, Professor at New York University School of Law, Of Counsel in the international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP and Senior Fellow for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (bio) Readings: Location: Estonia House, 243 E. 34th Street Seminar 8 - May 21, 2008 Fighting Poverty: Microfinance and the Millennium Development Goals Brief Description: Faculty: Ritu Chattree, Vice President, Finance and Development, Grameen America (bio) Readings: Location: Australian Mission to the United Nations, 150 E. 42nd Street, 33rd Floor Seminar 9 - May 28, 2008 Latin America: The Challenge Going Forward is Achieving High and Sustainable Growth Rates Brief Description: Faculty: Alberto M. Ramos, Vice-President within the Emerging Markets Economic Research Group at Goldman Sachs & Co in New York (bio) Readings: Location: Argentine Mission to the United Nations, One U.N. Plaza (First Avenue), 25th Floor Seminar 10 - June 4, 2008 Breakout Session (Discussing similarities and differences of the regions) Faculty: Readings: Location: Estonia House, 243 E. 34th Street CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! |
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