The UM CIBER organizes and co-sponsors a series of academic conferences on international services to support its research objectives. These conferences, which bring together interdisciplinary research teams, include:

• Central America: The Security Strategy and U.S. Policy Initiatives in the Region
• Canada, Mexico, and the United States: Energy Competitors or Collaborators?
• Asia and Latin America: Setting the Agenda
• International Environmental Sustainability and Security Academic Conference
• International Infrastructure Development Academic Conference
• CIBER Business Language Conference

Central America: The Security Strategy and U.S. Policy Initiatives in the Region

UM CIBER is co-sponsoring this event organized by the Center for Hemispheric Policy

Panelists:
Bruce Bagley Professor and Chair, Department of International Studies, University of Miami
Steven Dudley Co-Director, InSight, Washington, D.C.
John Maisto Director, U.S. Education Finance Group, Miami
Celina Realuyo Assistant Professor, National Security Affairs, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C

When?
Friday, April 27th
8:00am to 10:00am (Includes breakfast)
Where?
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables
Venetian Room
50 Alhambra Plaza

$30 Registration fee required. For more information and to register: Click here.

Canada, Mexico, and the United States: Energy Competitors or Collaborators?

UM CIBER is co-sponsoring this event organized by the Center for Hemispheric Policy, in collaboration with the Canadian Consulate in Miami

Speakers:

Canada
Stephen Lucas Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Policy Integration, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Harrie Vredenburg Professor and Suncor Energy Chair, Comptetitive Strategy and Sustainable Development, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy, University of Calgary, Canada

Mexico
Isidro Morales Professor, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Sante Fé Campus, Mexico City

United States
Edward Glab Director, Global Energy Security Forum, School of International and Public Affairs, Florida International University

Moderator:
Ambassador Louise Léger Consul General of Canada in Miami

$30 Registration required. FREE with ID to academics and students.  Registration Instructions Here.

Asia and Latin America: Setting the Agenda

Discussing the new dynamics of the relationship between Asia and Latin America and setting a framework for studying the interaction between the regions in the coming decade. Launching the Asia-Latin America Working Group at the University of Miami.

When?
April 18, 2012
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Where?
Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center, UM

Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register Here.

International Environmental Sustainability and Security Academic Conference 2013

This conference focuses on such topics as governmental and private response to global warming, climate change, preservation of the environment, and usage of renewable and non-renewable resources; international transfer of relevant knowledge, expertise and technologies, such as the aid of US-based oil service companies in Brazil’s new deep-water oil fields; assessment and protection from difficult-to-predict forces, such as hurricanes; comparative regions’ experiences; alternative energy sources; information technology to manage sustainability; competitiveness of government vs. private and subsidized vs. non subsidized firms; and companies’ responses when countries’ environmental regulations differ.

Additional information coming soon.

International Infrastructure Development Academic Conference 2014

The conference explores such topics as international markets for community planning; energy efficient and environmentally sensitive infrastructure; international partnerships for infrastructure; relationships between infrastructure and sustainable development; comparison of “demolition-reconstruction” with “cost savings and fast-track construction” cultures; and identification and measurement of determinant factors of productivity related to public and private projects.

Additional information coming soon. 

CIBER Business Language Conference 2012

On March 21 - 23, 2012, the UNC Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), together with a consortium of CIBERs nationwide, will host the annual Business Language Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The conference will challenge participating scholars and instructors (from universities, colleges, K-12, business and governmental organizations) to inspire new lines of research, rethink teaching techniques, and create links between language classrooms and real businesses. The conference is thus responding to the goal of the U.S. Department of Education's CIBER grant program to increase global capacity and, ultimately, U.S. businesses' global competitiveness.

For more information, visit: www.ciber.unc.edu/cblc

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