Internet & Global Markets Topic Of Upcoming Symposium
Internet & Global Markets Topic Of Upcoming Symposium
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA--Securities industry professionals from around the world will share up-to-date information and research on emerging business issues that shape the global environment during the upcoming William A. Schreyer Symposium, "The Internet & Global Capital Markets."
The symposium is scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., September 17, 2001, and it is co-sponsored by the Center for Global Business Studies in Penn State's Smeal College of Business and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
The symposium will explore issues related to the emergence of the Internet, its impact on the global stock exchanges, related security and payment issues, and will feature the following panels: Current Issues in Market Exchanges; The Role of ECNs; Secure Transactions and The e-Signature; and OpenFinancial Portals: Implications for the Future.
"Businesses and universities working together to educate executives and students can share their knowledge of the most recent business practices, theories, and research," says Fariborz Ghadar, Director of the Center for Global Business Studies.
The distinguished speakers and panelists will include William A. Schreyer, Chairman Emeritus of Merrill Lynch & Co.; Blake Darcy, CEO of CSFBdirect Inc.; Mikael Edholm, director of Marketing & Strategic Business Development for Ericsson Technology; Baljit Vohra, President & CEO of the Intrados Group; Ray Killian, CEO of ITG; and Thomas P. Vartanian, Managing Partner of Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
The symposium takes place on Monday, September 17, at the Conference Center in the B-1 level of the Center for Strategic and International Studies from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The street address is 1800 K. Street, NW. For more information on the symposium or to obtain registration information, contact The Center for Global Business Studies at 814-865-0544.
The Center for Global Business Studies specializes in researching emerging multifunctional business issues that shape the global environment. The center's mission is to construct a coherent global perspective in business management, research, and education.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a Washington, D.C. based think tank on international public policy issues established in 1962. It is a private nonpartisan tax-exempt public policy research institution dedicated to analysis and policy impact. CSIS maintains experts in each of the world's major geographical regions, covering key functional areas, such as international finance, U.S. domestic and economic policy, and U.S. foreign, national security and information technology policy.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
