Conference: "The Global Economy and Your Business"
Renowned international trade experts will offer insight into the global
economy's affect on regional businesses at the conference, "The Global
Economy and Your Business," on Wednesday, May 19, 1999 at the C.W.
Post Campus of Long Island University.
The conference - which is being held in honor of World Trade Month -
is sponsored by the International Trade Research Institute of the College
of Management at C.W. Post in conjunction with the Long Island Import Export
Association. The conference is also sponsored by Olympus America Inc. and
will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Gold Coast Room, C.W.
Post Campus, Northern Boulevard (Route 25A) in Brookville, NY.
The keynote speaker is Rosanne M. Cahn, chief economist for the Equity
Department of the Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, a prominent investment
banking firm. She will discuss, "Disspansion - We Can Have Global
Growth with Low Inflation." Cahn has 25 years experience as a Wall
Street economist and has worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Other speakers include:
- Noriyasu Yamada, president, Japan External Trade Organization-New York:
"Business Conditions in Japan: Their Impact on Asia."
- Roy DeCicco, Esq., vice president and senior product manager in the
Treasury Solutions Group at Chase Manhattan Bank: "The Outlook for
Euroland: Is a Slowdown Imminent?"
- Pearl M. Kamer, Ph.D., director of the C.W. Post International Trade
Research Institute and Chief Economist for the Long Island Association:
"Developing a New Global Financial Infrastructure: The Challenges
Ahead."
The conference is free and the public is invited to attend. Reservations
are required. Please contact the International Trade Research Institute
at (516) 299-4130 or 299-3017, or nweiss@eagle.liu.edu
to reserve your place. Registration and breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m.,
with the program starting at 9:15 a.m.
The International Trade Research Institute, which is part of the College
of Management at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus, provides a
unique resource for New York area businesses engaged in global trade. It
also supports the educational mission of the College of Management.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu
or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
