The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) has several   programs and activities.

Free Trade Agreements: Current Trends in Policy and Practice

Tuesday, September 15

11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Sheraton Madison Hotel

706 John Nolen Drive

Madison, WI

MITA members and guests will learn about the Obama administration’s approach to international trade policy and hear first-hand insights from a local business representative. Speakers for this kick-off event will be Christina Sevilla, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and Frank Bryant, Vice President for Strategic Development at InSinkErator, a successful Wisconsin exporter. For more details, including speaker biographies, please visit the CIBER Web site.

The cost for this event is $30 for MITA members and $35 for non-members. Lunch is included. On-line registration is available at MITA Web site or by sending an e-mail to Jill Carmichael, MITA Treasurer, at jcarmichael@johnsonbank.com by Friday, September 11. Payments are accepted at the door on the day of the event.

This event is sponsored by MITA, CIBER and WAGE.

Vietnam Faculty Development Funding Opportunity

The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) at UW-Madison and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa will host the second Vietnam Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) program January 2-14, 2010. This program will focus on the unique aspects of doing business in Vietnam, comparing and contrasting the business environments of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The intended audience is faculty interested in incorporating Asian business content into their curriculum, and we hope any such faculty will apply.

The Wisconsin CIBER will pay the $3,000 registration costs for up to three UW faculty to participate in this program. Participants are responsible for their own round-trip airfare between the U.S. and Vietnam and incidentals. Applications for funding are due by Monday, September 14, 2009 (9:00 a.m. CDT). To apply, UW applicants should disregard the online application and send an abbreviated CV and a cover letter explaining in 200-250 words his or her interest in the program and how its content might benefit his or her courses and/or research to uwmadisonciber@bus.wisc.edu.

2009 Vietnam FDIB participants rated their learning experience (which encompassed organizational site visits, lectures, and cultural activities) in both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi at 4.9/5. Participants rated the overall program learning experience at 4.8/5.

Contact Susan Huber Miller at 263-7682 or shubermiller@bus.wisc.edu for answers to questions.  Detailed information and program updates, are posed at the FDIB Web site at www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber/vietnamfdib.

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