Smaller Companies And The Global Economy: Smeal To Host Symposium
Smaller Companies And The Global Economy: Smeal To Host Symposium
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (August 26, 2005)—The Smeal College of Business will host a symposium to explore the international business strategies of small to medium-sized companies that are thriving in today's global economy.
Senior executives from U.S. and Canadian companies and a representative from the Small Business Administration will discuss how small to medium-sized companies are succeeding in the global marketplace at this year's Third Klein Symposium on October 14, 2005. The event, which is open to the public, will be held at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on Penn State's University Park Campus.
Markos Tambakeras, chairman, president and CEO of Kennametal Inc., a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered components, and advanced materials consumed in production processes, will deliver the keynote address.
Joining Tambakeras as guest speakers are:
Savvas Chamberlain, CEO and Chairman, DALSA Corporation
Joan Andrew, Vice President, Global Sales, X-Rite Corporation
James Hoban, Executive Vice President and CFO, Markel Corporation
Kendig Kneen, President, Al-jon, Inc.
Mark Kujawa, Vice President of International Sales, Diamond V Mills
Karen Lint, Chief Operating Officer, Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc.
Don Gallion, President, FCX Systems, Inc.
Vivienne Ojala, P.Eng., President, Brock Solutions
Manuel Rosales, Assistant Administrator, Office of International Trade, Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
This year's session will focus on the challenges and opportunities posed by the international marketplace and how small to medium-sized companies are finding success in the global market.
The Third Klein Symposium is named for Robert and Judith Klein, longtime friends of Penn State and endowers of the Robert and Judith Klein Professorship of Management in the Smeal College of Business. Gerald Susman, associate dean for research and symposium organizer, currently holds the Klein Professorship. Susman will deliver the Symposium's introductory remarks at 9:00 a.m.
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.
