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Global Impact Speaker Series

The William Davidson Institute sponsors a Global Impact Speaker Series for the University of Michigan community.  Business and policy leaders working in emerging markets provide valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities around globalization.

Below is a list of the speakers and dates that they are scheduled to present. Unless otherwise indicated, these events will take place once a month on Wednesdays, from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. with a reception following.

2006-2007

09/21/06
Stuart Hart
Professor of Management
Cornell University
 
09/27/06

VN Tyagarajan
Executive Vice President
Genpact

 
11/15/06

Beth Collins
Country Director
Clinton Foundation, Rwanda Program

 
11/30/06 Vijay Sharma
Unilever
 
12/06/06 Mark Sutter
President and CEO
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
   
01/11/07      Trevor Field
Playpumps International
   
02/07/07

Gregg Pascal Zachary
Journalist, Author and Teacher

 
03/07/07

Ed Potter
Director of Global Labor Relations, Coca-Cola Company

 
04/04/07

Theodore Kattouf
President, AMIDEAST

   
 

2005 - 2006

04/05/06
Farooq Kathwari
Chairman, CEO and President, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
   
03/28/06 Anurag Jain
Business Process Solutions,
Perot Systems
 
03/15/06 Somshankar Das
President, CEO and Co-Founder, e4e
 
02/01/06 Thomas Bombelles
Director of Government Relations, Merck
 
10/20/05      Huang Rengang
Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the WTO
 

2004 - 2005

04/13/05   

Greg Josefowicz
Borders Group, Inc.

   
03/14/05 

Dennis Marvin and Larry DeWitt
CMS Energy

 
03/08/05  

Dieter Zetsche  
Chrysler President and CEO

 
01/13/05  Thomas Barry
Zephyr Management
   
12/08/04

John Sviokla
Diamond Cluster International

   
10/27/04

Paul Laudicina
A.T. Kearney