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Asia/Pacific Business Outlook, 2011
Watch Video Highlights of the March 28-29 Conference
March 29, 2011 • by News at Marshall

The Asia Pacific Business Outlook Conference, sponsored by the USC Marshall School of Business and the U.S. Commerce Department, drew entrepreneurs, experts and U.S. officials to the University Park campus to discuss opportunities in an overseas market that continues to expand. The two-day assembly was held at the Davidson Conference Center Monday, March 28 and Tuesday, March 29.

Country Outlook sessions featured "sustainability business opportunities"—energy and water conservation, renewable energy and clean coal technologies as well as the wider green technology industry. Speakers discussed the best sustainability and green business initiatives in their respective countries.

Video Highlights, Day 1

APBO Introduction and Keynote

  • James Ellis, Dean, USC Marshall School of Business
  • Patrick Santillo, Regional Director, Asia/Pacific, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Richard Drobnick, Director, Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), USC Marshall School of Business and Managing Director, Association of Pacific Rim Universities World Initiative
  • Keynote Presentation: "What's Happening in the Chinese Economy – Transformation of the Growth Model: The Change-Over in the Economy from Export-Pulled to Domestic Market-Oriente," Sidney Rittenberg, President, Rittenberg & Associates

Country Outlook: China

  • William Zarit, Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy (Beijing)

Indonesia-U.S. Comprehensive Partnership Creates New Opportunities for Business

  • Dr. Dino Djalal, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotenitary of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States

Video Highlights, Day 2

Keynote-Dean Ellis, Mayor Villaraigosa, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke

  • James Ellis, Dean, USC Marshall School of Business
  • Honorable Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles
  • Keynote Presentation:"National Export Initiative," Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Related Links

APBO 2011 and Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)

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