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Making the Global Local: The Impact of Globalization on the Western U.S.

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March 18, 2001

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
USC Faculty Center, Main Lounge. Opening night dinner and reception.
    •  Richard Drobnick, vice provost and executive director, University of Southern California International Business Education and Research program

March 19, 2001

8:30 am - 9:45 am
Annenberg School for Communication, Rm. 207. Covering the world for Main Street.
    •  Susan Aaronson, senior fellow, National Policy Association

10:00 am - 11:00 am
The mapping of globalization.
    •  Michael Parks, interim director, University of Southern California School of Journalism

11:00 am - 12:15 pm
The geo-politics of the Western U.S. and globalization.
    •  Earl H. Fry, professor and director, Brigham Young University, Washington Seminar Program

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch - USC Commons, Garden Room

1:45 pm - 3:45 pm
The impact of globalization on who we are and how we live. A discussion of the way increased interaction and mobility with the rest of the world is changing our communities.
    •  Carl Abbott, professor, Portland State University
    •  Sorin Matei, project manager, Metamorphosis Project
    •  Dowell Myers, professor, USC

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Computer-Assisted Reporting for the Pacific Rim reporter.
    •  Ron Campbell, staff writer, Orange County Register

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner in Chinatown - Empress Pavilion

March 20, 2001

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Doing business in the Pacific Rim : Asia and China.
    •  Jack Lewis, director, University of Southern California, International Education and Research Program

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Globalization and Technology.
    •  Philip H. Birnbaum-More, professor, University of Southern California

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch - USC Commons, Garden Room How the world can be brought home.
    •  Chris Peck, editor, The Spokesman-Review

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Globalization and Agriculture
    •  Colin Carter, professor and department chair, University of California, Davis

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
The realities of NAFTA.
    •  Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, assistant professor, University of California, Los Angeles
NAFTA: The First Five Years
NAFTA - TAA Certifications for All Industries by Type of Impact

March 21, 2001

9:00 am - 11:00 am
Reporter Roundtable.
    •  Larry Budd, reporter, Dayton Daily News
    •  Evelyn Iritani, reporter, Los Angeles Times
    •  Chris Peck, editor, The Spokesman-Review
    •  Stuart Silverstein, staff writer, The Los Angeles Times
    •  Mike Tharp, correspondent, U.S. News & World Report

11:15 am - 11:45 am
Taking it back to the newsroom. Wrapup with Vikki Porter.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Graduation Lunch - USC Faculty Center

 

 

 
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