University of Miami School of Business Launches Multimedia Web Site Featuring Insight from Top CEOs and Other Business Leaders

Coral Gables, Fla. – Feb. 25, 2009 – The University of Miami School of Business Administration has unveiled a multimedia Web site featuring insight on Harnessing the Power of the Connected World from some of the world's most prominent business executives. The CEOs of such leading firms as The Coca-Cola Company, McDonald's Corporation, Royal Caribbean, Collective Brands and other business leaders share their thoughts on the global financial crisis, the economic outlook, emerging markets, leadership and the Obama administration, among other topics. These leading executives were among 700 professionals who gathered in South Florida for the University's Global Business Forum Jan. 15 – 16, 2009.

The comprehensive Web site, www.umglobalforum.com, includes videos, transcripts and session papers on the keynote presentations made at the Forum by Michael L. Ducker, president, International of FedEx Express; Alberto Ibargüen, president and chief executive of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Muhtar Kent, president and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company; Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, former president of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management; Arun Sarin, former CEO, Vodafone Group; Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Jim Skinner, vice chairman and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation; and Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric Company.

The Web site also features video, audio and session papers on the 16 panel discussions held during the Global Business Forum. These panel sessions, which also featured leading CEOs and other thought leaders, included:

• Commercializing Music Technology in a Connected World

• Cultures, Brands, and Globalization

• Entrepreneurship: The Engine of the New World Economy

• Global Connectivity and Economic Crisis

• Global Impact: Transforming Health Care through Biotechnology and Advances in Medicine

• The Global Implications of Genomics

• Global Mindsets: Women in Leadership Leveraging Cross-Border Perspectives

• Harnessing Intellectual Property in a Connected World

• Health Care Provision, Financing, and Marketing in a Global Environment

• Innovative Customer-Engagement Strategies in the Global Marketplace

• International Commercial Arbitration – Miami Style

• Latin America-Asia: Enhancing Connectivity to Enhance Growth

• Meeting Global Energy Demand

• Redesigning and Redeveloping the Inconvenient City: The Art, Business, and Culture of Sustainable Urbanism

• Social Entrepreneurship and Water in a Connected World

• Translating Medical Discoveries from Concept to Commercialization

About the Global Business Forum
The University of Miami Global Business Forum, held Jan. 15 and 16, 2009, drew nearly 700 people including the top executives from some of the world’s most prominent companies. Organized, by the University’s School of Business Administration and presented by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Forum provided an opportunity for two days of forward thinking discussion on global connectivity and issues ranging from the global financial crisis and alternative energy to health care, the environment, sustainable urbanism, women in leadership, and the developing economies of Latin America and Asia. The title sponsor for the Forum was Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Inc. Other sponsors included Bank of America, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, TotalBank, Blackline Systems, FedEx Express, the University of Miami Citizens Board, The Jeffrey Group, The Miami Herald, PODER magazine, and WorldCity magazine. More information on the Global Business Forum can be found at www.umglobalforum.com.

About the School of Business Administration
The University of Miami School of Business Administration is a leading business school, offering undergraduate business, full-time MBA, Executive MBA, MS, PhD and non-degree executive education programs. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Miami, the School is located in a major hub of international trade and commerce and acclaimed for the global orientation and diversity of its faculty, students and curriculum. The School delivers its programs at its main campus in Coral Gables as well as at locations across Florida and abroad. More information about the University of Miami School of Business can be found at www.bus.miami.edu.

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