ADVISORY/Thunderbird Global Business Forum: Tokyo.News Editors/Business Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. , Oct. 9 GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. , Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003 With changes in the business arena every day, keeping up with leadership ideas and new strategy trends can determine the life or death of a global corporation. Industry leaders will gather in October October: see month. to evaluate the best practices necessary to meet the latest issues that today's global corporations face.
WHAT The Thunderbird Global Business Forum, keynote and panel
presentations and discussion of the challenges faced by
leaders in a global economy. Senior executives from Nissan
Motor Co. Ltd., Dell, Uniqlo Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.,
Deutsche Bank Group, United Parcel Service and Abbott
Laboratories will represent the global brand leaders who
are scheduled to speak at the forum. The one-day event is
presented by Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of
International Management.
Thunderbird hosts Global Business Forums each year in four
regions: North America, Europe/Middle East, Africa, Asia
Pacific and Latin America. In addition to the Tokyo forum,
Thunderbird is hosting events in Miami, New York City,
Mexico City and London. The first forum of the 2003-2004
series was conducted in July in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 9
AGENDA: 6:30 p.m. Welcome & Introduction
Osamu Yamada '83, president, Mead Westvaco Corp.
6:40 p.m. Keynote Address
Takeshi Isayama, Vice Chairman, Nissan Motor
Co., Ltd.
7:25 p.m. Introductions of the Executive Roundtable
Barry Petersen, correspondent, CBS News
7:30 p.m. Presentations of the Executive Roundtable
Hiroshi Hamada '91, Dell Japan
John T. Macfarlane, Deutsche Bank Group Japan
Gerald Lema, Abbott Japan
Genichi Tamatsuka '98, UNIQLO Fast Retailing
Co., Ltd.
Ken Torak, United Parcel Service Japan
8:20 p.m. Questions and discussion from roundtable members
and Mr. Isayama
8:50 p.m. Closing remarks and summary
Dr. Roy A. Herberger Jr., president, Thunderbird
8:55 p.m. Lucky Draw
9:00 p.m. Cocktails and Canapes
WHERE: Tokyo American Club
2-1-2, Azabudai, Minato-ki, Toyko 106-8649
PUBLIC
CONTACT:Phone: 602-978-7542
E-mail: tgbf@t-bird.edu
Web:
http://www.thunderbird.edu/corporate_services/tgbf/tokyo.html
Editor's note: Media are welcome to attend. Please contact Susan
Coffroth at 602-978-7540 or coffrots@thunderbird.edu for more
information.
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