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:

• Language and the Global Institution
• Fall Management Seminars
• Business Language Case Competition 2011
• 32nd Annual National Convention of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)
• Dr. Amaury de Souza Presents: "Brazil as a Global Player"
• Western Hemisphere Opportunities and Challenges Conference
• CIBER Business Language Conference 2011
• Latin American Security Challenges Workshop

Language and the Global Institution: A Lecture and Workshop Open to the UM Community

Friday, February 3, 2012 from 12pm to 5pm
CAS Gallery / Wesley House, 1210 Stanford Drive

Guest speaker Dr. Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Director of the Center for Language Study at Yale University, will speak on the implications of language and culture education in the context of the global mission of a university. Active participation from the audience is encouraged. Open to all members of the UM community, registration is required by January 27, 2012.

To read more and register, visit http://www.as.miami.edu/rsvp/. Registration is quick and easy.

Fall Management Seminars

This series of MGT seminars was led by Professor John M. Mezias in the Ziff Conference Room on the dates below.

Sept 23: 9:30 - 11:00 am
Antonio J. Trujillo
MPP, Ph.D.
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sept. 30: 10:00 - 11:30 am *
Mo Wang
Associate Editor, JAP
Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida

Oct 7: 10 - 11:30 am
Brian Tomlin
AE MGT Science, POMS, MSOM, NRL & Dec Sciences
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth

Oct 21: 1:00 - 2:30 pm *
Daniel Rottig
Program Chair, Academy of International Business South East

Oct 28: 10:00 - 11:30 am
David Chandler
Asst. Professor of Management
University of Colorado Denver

Nov 7: 10:00 - 11:30 am *
Neal M. Ashkanasy
Associate Editor, AMJ
Editor in Chief, Journal of Organizational Behavior

Nov 10: 10:00 - 11:30 am *
Oded Shenkar
Ford MC Chair in Global Business Management
Professor of Management & Human Resources
Fisher College of Business, Ohio State

* Denotes International Component

Business Language Case Competition 2011

The BYU Business Language Case Competition provides business students with the opportunity to showcase their theoretical business knowledge and foreign language skills while sharpening their presentation skills in real-life global business situations. The competition also provides excellent networking opportunities for students to make contact with university leaders and corporate executives, who serve as judges and coaches. The fall 2011 competition was for non-native Spanish, and Chinese speakers. The competition was held on Friday, 11 November 2011. Each university sent up to one team of three students for Spanish, and two teams of three students for Chinese to compete.

32nd Annual National Convention of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)

The UM CIBER, in partnership with the UM School of Business, served as an academic sponsor of the 32 Annual National Convention of the USHCC. The convention featured workshops ranging from implementing green business practices to leveraging social media to promote growth. It also featured a day-long business expo, where the School of Business and about 150 exhibitors representing such top firms as General Motors, Google and Kraft Foods had the opportunity to communicate and showcase their products and services to corporate and government decision makers and Hispanic business owners. Much of the program centered on expanding opportunities for Hispanic-owned business by helping them foster strategic partnerships with corporations, non-profits, and government agencies.

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Dr. Amaury de Souza Presents: "Brazil as a Global Player"

UM CIBER co-sponsored this luncheon and Q&A session, free to all students and faculty, on September, 29, 2011. Discussion - led by Dr. Amaury de Souza, a visiting professor at the Center for Hemispheric Policy (CHP) - was centered on Brazilian politics, economics, and foreign policy. Check out some images from the event:

Western Hemisphere Opportunities and Challenges Conference

This one-day conference, sponsored by the University of Miami’s Center for Hemispheric Policy draws hundreds of academics, government officials, journalists and business executives to talk about the challenges and opportunities impacting the western hemispheric region. With the UM CIBER as a co-sponsor, faculty of the School of Business Administration and College of Arts and Sciences complement the political and economic discussion with dialogue on business competiveness.

This workshop was organized by the UM's Center for Hemispheric Policy (CHP) and UM CIBER on February 14, 2011

Conference Presentation and Discussion Topics:

• The Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas
• Pathways to Prosperity
• The Brazil Economic Partnership Dialogue

Featured Speakers:

• Matthew M. Rooney, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Kevin Sullivan, Director of the Office of Economic Policy and Summit Coordination at the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State

CIBER Business Language Conference 2011

This annual conference, co-sponsored by the UM CIBER and other CIBERs, provides the opportunity for teachers, scholars, policy makers and business leaders to discuss business language education. The UM CIBER provides funding for two faculty members from the Modern Languages and Literatures department of the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences to attend the conference.  Click here for 2011 conference information and to register.

The 2011 CBLC was hosted by the University of South Carolina in the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina on March 23-26, 2011. The conference called for an exchange of ideas and perspectives on how foreign language educators can best assess and meet the current and future linguistic and cross-cultural needs of global business leaders. The 2011 CBLC theme sought to link the needs indicated by U.S. business and the professions with the skills of language administrators, instructors and researchers at all levels (K-12, college and university, and in-service) in the commonly taught languages as well as those languages for which the current needs are critically lacking or are currently in a developing stage.

UM CIBER sponsored three faculty members from the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences:

• Steven F. Butterman, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Director of the Portuguese Language Program
• Chiu-Hung Chen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese
• Kevin Finn, French Lecturer, Romance Studies

2010 Conference Highlights

Latin American Security Challenges Workshop

Sponsored by the UM CIBER, along with the University’s Center of Hemispheric Policy, Center for Latin America Studies, and Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, this workshop explores how current events impact individual and corporate security throughout the region. Academic and security experts from Latin America and the U.S. Southern Command present working papers and discuss issues with a primarily business audience.

The Center for Hemispheric Policy (CHP) and the UM CIBER presented "Security Challenges and Their Impact on Latin America's Business Environment" on April 12, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency, Coral Gables.

Conference Panelists:

• Eduardo Gamarra, President, Newlink Research, Miami, Florida
• Frank Holder, Senior Managing Director, Forensic and Litigation, FTI Consulting, Coral Gables, Florida
• Carlos Kasprzykowski, Chief Security Advisor for the Americas, Microsoft Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Don Lyman, President and Founder, Peregrine Security, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida
• Claudio Muruzabal, Chief Executive Officer, Neoris, Miami, Florida
• Paul Trivelli, Civilian Deputy to the Commander and Foreign Policy Advisor, U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Florida

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