will be held in Alumni Hall on the Main Campus of 天天吃瓜 on March 7 and 8.
The focus of this year鈥檚 conference is Europe and the European Union. Free and open to the public, the conference is organized and run by students from Northeastern鈥檚 .
Alumna and Global Chief Information Officer at Smithfield Foods Julia Anderson (B.S. Information Science) will present 鈥淩ecipe for Success鈥 on Monday, March 7, at 6 p.m. Her talk also will serve as the third installment of the , which demonstrates the lifelong value of a 天天吃瓜 degree from the perspective of some of the University鈥檚 most successful and inspirational alumni.
Pawel Pietrasienski, Minister Counselor in the Trade and Investment Section of the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C., will deliver the keynote speech on Tuesday, March 8, at 10:50 a.m.
Here is the planned schedule of events for the conference:
Monday, March 7
1-1:50 p.m., The Netherlands: A Small Country with Broad Shoulders 鈥揟ina Hoffstaetter, Course Director, Business Management Studies, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences; Danielle Bouwman, Senior Lecturer: Internationalisation, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
2-3:15 p.m., Europe and the European Union: A View from the U.S. 鈥揗ona Pearl, Founder and COO, Beyond A Strategy, Chicago, Ill.
6-7 p.m., Recipe for Success and "A Taste of Smithfield Foods" 鈥揓ulia Anderson, Global Chief Information Officer, Smithfield Foods, Va.
7:15-8:15 p.m., Business, Technology, Careers, Europe: Can They Work Together?
Panel Q&A
Tuesday, March 8
9:25-10:40 a.m., Are Critical Intercultural Differences Affecting European Business? 鈥揕arry Kulchawik, International Trade Show and Marketing Specialist, Mettawa, Ill.; Greet Van Quickelberghe, Teacher of European Business and Marketing Courses, Artevelde University College, Ghent, Belgium
10:50-12:50 p.m., Dr. Pawel Pietrasienski, Minister Counselor in the Trade and Investment Section of the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
12:15-1:3- p.m., Dr. Maxine H. A. Lariv茅, Associate Director, European Union Center, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Ill.
1:40-2:55 p.m., Attracting Foreign Direct Investment: Implications for Turkey and EU Relations 鈥揈sraDolgan Tulgan, Coordinator, ISPAT 鈥 Turkish Republic Prime Minister鈥檚 Office, Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey
5:40-6:55 p.m., Zachary Person, Illinois International Trade Center for Entrepreneurship, College of DuPage, Lisle, Ill.
7:05-8:20 p.m., The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Prospects for States and Businesses 鈥揇r. Martyn de Bruyn, associate professor, Department of Political Science, 天天吃瓜
Top photo: Julia Anderson
