German Wind conference
I attended the Germany WindEnergy Business Conference & reception.  They are making all of the information that was presented available on their website, so click on to see all of the presentations & video.  I’ll summarize the Q&A so that you don’t have to watch all of the video just to get to those portions. Wind [...]

us international trade court speech
I caught The 8th Annual Dominick DiCarlo United States Court of International Trade Lecture featuring The Honorable Timothy C. Stanceu, United States Court of International Trade  LITIGATION OF TRADE-RELATED DISPUTES IN CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES: A JUDGE’S PERSPECTIVE at John Marshall Law School.  The annual DiCarlo Lecture is named for Judge Dominick L. DiCarlo, who served [...]

how’s your cultural intelligence?
Big Frontier hosted this event Leading with Cultural intelligence featuring David Livermore, a specialist in this area.  Here’s his presentation Livermore Big Frontier Ldg CQ Test your CG here & check out his video here.  Here are the highlights:  He defines cultural intelligence as the capability to function effectively across cultural, ethnic, & organizational cultures.  [...]

the wall’s fall
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted this event THE LEGACY OF 1989 which was a trip for me.  I lived in Germany for 2 years up until a year before the Berlin Wall fell, so this topic was near & dear to my heart.  Here’s what they had to say: Archie Brown:  Gorbachev let Central [...]

finance & manufacturing in Brazil
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted this breakfast presentation Brazil’s Moment in the Spotlight? Here’s a summary of what Paulo Vieira da Cunha said: strengths Brazil emerged from the crisis with its banking system intact & entrenched as an institution. a historical break in policy-making occurred in 1999 when a new” holy trinity” was established:  stable exchange [...]