International
Business Initiatives
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International
understanding and economic development go hand-in-hand. Understanding protocol,
trade laws, culture and business ethics can help you suceed in the international
marketplace. Tulsa Global Alliance offers a variety of business seminars to help
Tulsa companies and businesspeople learn more about the doing business with other
countries.
Past topics have included Doing Business with China and India.
Join our business sessions and learn how to effectively enter and do business
with people around the world. If you have a topic or country that you would like
to learn more about, email us your
ideas. |
2008-2009
Business Breakfast Seminars
Tulsa Global Alliance
will host three breakfast meetings that will focus on different international
trade topics. The meetings will inlcude a keynote speaker and opportunities for
networking. If you would like to attend the meetings or be notified of future
business events, sign
up here. |
Avoiding Legal Problems in
International Business - October 14, 2008
7:00 a.m.
- 10 a.m. - Allen Chapman Activity Center, TU Campus Keynote
speaker
Details Coming Soon
Panel
Speakers | Doing
Business with Brazil- January 27, 2009
7:00 a.m.
- 10 a.m. - Location TBA Keynote
speaker
Details Coming Soon
Panel
Speakers | Doing
Business with Canada - April 21, 2009
7:00 a.m.
- 10 a.m. - Allen Chapman Activity Center, TU Campus Keynote
speaker
Details Coming Soon
Panel
Speakers | Business
Breakfast Sponsor
If you would like to sponsor one or all of the Business
Breakfast Seminars, please contact TGA President Becky
Collins.
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Past
Events
China
Town Hall
April 17, 2008- 5:30 p.m. - Williams
Auditorium, 1 Williams Center
China
Town Hall is a national day of programming that gives Americans in 30 cities the
opportunity to hear directly from policy-makers and specialists about these issues
and the implications for U.S. policy and their own communities. |
The
Confucius Institute at the OU Schusterman Center in Tulsa will host the China
Town Hall program this year. The program will begin with local connections, followed
by a nationwide live webcast at 6:00 p.m. with speaker Norman J. Ornstein, Resident
Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He will speak about “The China
Issue in the 2008 Presidential and Congressional Campaigns.” The local speaker
is Dr. Mark Frazier, the Conoco Phillips Professor of Chinese Politics; Dr. Frazier
will follow up Norm Ornstein remarks with his own insights and conduct a local
discussion among audience members. The 2007 China Town Hall, organized by TGA,
took place May 31.
For more information please email jtufts@ou.edu. |
| China
Town Hall Sponsors
The
Center for Studies in Democracy and Culture at OU Tulsa
Williams Co. |
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Business
Breakfasts
New in 2008, Tulsa Global Alliance
will host three breakfast meetings that will focus on different international
trade topics. The meetings will inlcude a keynote speaker and opportunities for
networking. If you woud like attend the meetings or be notified of future business
events, sign up
here. |
Doing Business with Mexico -
April 22, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Great Hall, Allen
Chapman Activity Center, TU Campus Keynote
speaker
James
R. Jones, former US Ambassador to Mexico and former US Congressman from
Oklahoma.
Panel Speakers
Linda
Allegro, Assistant Professor of Political Science at The University of
Tulsa
Juan Chacin, Latin America Director, T.D. Williamson, to be
determined
Tim Penton, Vice President of Williams International |
Business
Breakfast Sponsor
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India Today: Business and Beyond
October 23, 2007 7:45 a.m. - 5:30
p.m.
Cost:
$75 Full Day • $40 Half Day Options
To Register, download
registration form and return by fax, 591-4755 or mail,
TGA, 600 S. College,
Tulsa, OK 74104,
Questions? Call 591-4750 or info@tulsaglobalalliance.org.
Schedule
of Events / Speaker Bios / Speaker
Presentations / Read
Tulsa World Article on India  Morning
Session: The Cultural Environment of India (Continental breakfast provided)
• Visual & Performing Arts
• Philosophy & Religion
• Politics & National Security
Keynote Speaker S. M. Gavai, Consul
General of India
Lunch Keynote Speaker: Shalendra D. Sharma,
Ph.D, Professor, Department of Politics, University of San Francisco. Topic: India
in the Global Economy: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities.
Afternoon
Session: Indian Economic & Business Opportunities
• India Business
101 • Energy
• Healthcare • Outsourcing
Reception following • 4:15-5:15pm.
6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Bollywood Reception - Dance
entertainment,
Indian dishes by India Palace, Raffle of Indian Sari and draping
lessons. 7:30 p.m.- 10:00 p.m. Movie, "Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam"
(I Gave My Heart Away)
Click here for a PowerPoint
presentation on the Bollywood Industry (19.7 MB)
Emcee: Abir Bhan, India
Association of Greater Tulsa
Coordinator: Manju Kaul, India Association of
Greater Tulsa
| Presenting Sponsors:
Tulsa
Global Alliance
The University of Tulsa
Tulsa Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce
Indo-American Chamber of Commerce. |
Event Sponsors:
Advance
Research Chemicals, Inc.
Reddy Pipe & Supply, Inc.
Joshi Technologies
International, Inc. | Community
Sponsors:
India Association of Greater Tulsa
South Asia Performing Arts Foundation
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
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 Doing
Business with China
September 11, 2007
Program: 7:45-11:45 a.m.
The University of Tulsa Allen Chapman Activity Center
Cost: $50
Register
online
With a growing market place in China and the seemingly
endless opportunities for American entrepreneurs—everyone wants to know how
to do business in China. The TU College of Business Center for Executive and Professional
Development is pleased to partner with Tulsa Global Alliance to focus on what
it takes to be a part of this expanding China economy—including these topics: Program:
7:45-8:15 Breakfast and Check in
8:30-9:00 Economic Overview of China:
Michael Troilo, TU faculty member
9:00-9:45 New Legal And Regulatory Issues
In Doing Business In China: Conner and Winters
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-10:30
Currency Issues For China Business: Norah Josefchuk, Assistant VP and Foreign
Exchange Trader at BoK
10:30-11:00 Understanding Chinese Managers: Prof.
Bill Riley from West Virginia University
11:00-11:45 Panel of three Tulsa
Businesses Doing Business With China. Panelists from Crosby Group, R.L. Hudson
and Global Power.
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China Town Hall local speakers Richard
P. Rush, CEO of the State Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma's Association of Business
and Industry; I. Allen Barber II, President of Denver Hainan Corp.; Becky Collins,
President of Tulsa Global Alliance; Dr. J. Markham Collins, TGA Board Chair; and
Dr. Robert Donaldson, TU Trustees Professor of Political Science
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Live web cast with Thomas Christensen, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
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| Q&A
with Christensen and Stephen A. Orlins, President of the National Committee on
U.S.-China Relations. | I. Allen
Barber II talked about Oklahoma -China Economic Synergies. |
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| Local
Reflections with Richard Rush. | Panel
Q&A. |  |  |
| Local
Reflections by Dr. Robert Donaldson. | Reception
with food catered Royal Dragon. | | |
