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SUMMARY:Young Professionals: Mentoring in a Global Workforce
DESCRIPTION:  \nEVENT POSTPONED – Check back for a new date!\nHear from a group of international career professionals working across education\, business\, and nonprofit sectors about best practices in mentoring employees in the global market. There will be a short panel discussion followed by a Q&A session\, plenty of time for networking\, and of course\, a pint of beer! \nPanelists \n– Amy Daly\, Employee Relations and Compliance Manager\, BRIDGES ERG\, Ecolab \n– Dawn Feldman\, Executive Director and COO of Executive Education\, Thunderbird \n    School of Global Management  \n– Kathleen Motzenbecker\, Senior Vice President\, The Medical Alley Association \n  \nModerator \nJim Thomas\, Principal\, Dynamic Development LLC \nThe Minnesota Thunderbird Graduate School Alumni Network (now part of Arizona State University) will be joining this event as part of their Global 1st Tuesday event and will be available to discuss global education and careers for all attendees. \nRegistration includes one free pint of beer and appetizers. \nThis is a specially designated event. Members with a voucher can attend for free. Vouchers must be presented at the event. To register using a voucher\, please call 612.625.1662. \nPresented in partnership with Thunderbird School of Global Management\, Twin Cities Tbirds
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/young-professionals-mentoring-global-workforce/
LOCATION:Town Hall Brewery\, 1430 Washington Ave. S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55454
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SUMMARY:Global Conversations ST. PAUL: Prospects for Afghanistan and Pakistan
DESCRIPTION:Online registrations for STP Global Conversations: Afghanistan and Pakistan are closed.  Walk-ins are welcome. \nMajor internal conflict has plagued Afghanistan for four decades. The U.S.\, for its part\, has conducted military operations in the country nearly continuously since 9/11. Today\, war with the Taliban persists\, and tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan have gradually deteriorated. As his time in office drew to a close\, President Obama limited further withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. \nNewly laid-out plans from the Trump Administration for Afghanistan and the South Asia region have prompted national discussion and further questions. What’s next as we move forward in the new direction? \nDon’t miss this conversation with Dr. Manju Parikh\, who will offer considerable insight into the Trump administration’s proposed foreign policy efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Manju Parikh is professor emerita of Political Science at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. Her teaching has been framed by a strong interest in the global issues of development\, freedom and human rights. Dr. Parikh taught courses on international relations with a focus on Asian politics\, global women’s political concerns and gender equality\, and Asian American immigrant experiences. She has published in both scholarly journals and popular magazines and has presented at numerous conferences and public lectures. Dr. Parikh received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2009 for research on women legislators in Pakistan and their successful legislation against workplace sexual harassment. Currently\, she serves on the boards of Middle East Peace Now and the Collection in Focus Guides Council at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. \nGlobal Conversations in St. Paul is produced in partnership with the Landmark Center.
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/global-conversations-st-paul-prospects-afghanistan-pakistan/
LOCATION:Landmark Center\, 75 5th St. W\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55102
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SUMMARY:Chinese Trade Insights and Networking
DESCRIPTION:Join George Martin and Yiquang Li\, from Faegre Baker Daniels\, as they discuss China’s current strategy for expanding its global footprint and the country’s continuing efforts to encourage foreign investment.  Learn more about China’s ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (“BRI”)\, in which one trillion dollars is expected to be invested in BRI regions over ten years.  Also\, look inside the booming Chinese e-commerce business that is leading to revolutionary changes in its own society and also those of other emerging markets. \nAbout the Speakers\nFor more than 28 years\, George Martin has dedicated his practice to assisting U.S. multinational businesses with their international mergers\, acquisitions\, divestitures and joint ventures\, with a special focus on China.  George has handled transactions and investigations in more than 40 countries\, with an expertise in emerging markets\, having lived and practiced law in China and Eastern Europe for five years. He is recognized in the Guide to Leading Practitioners: China as one of the pre-eminent practitioners with expertise in mergers and acquisitions involving China. \nYiquang Li (“Lee”) is a leading Chinese lawyer with a dual U.S. law degree\, and is one of the few dually qualified Chinese lawyers who returned to China in the mid-1990s to help international firms facilitate foreign investment into China for their multinational clients. Lee advises companies conducting business in China on a wide range of transactional\, operational and compliance matters. \nThis event is offered in partnership with GREATER MSP\, Midwest Global Trade Association\, the Minnesota District Export Council\, the Minnesota Trade Office\, and U.S. Commercial Service.\n\nOnline registration is closed. Please call 612.625.1662 to register.
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/chinese-trade-insights-networking/
LOCATION:Brit’s Pub\, 1110 Nicollet Mall\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
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SUMMARY:Global Conversations MINNEAPOLIS: Prospects for Afghanistan and Pakistan
DESCRIPTION:Major internal conflict has plagued Afghanistan for four decades. The U.S.\, for its part\, has conducted military operations in the country nearly continuously since 9/11. Today\, war with the Taliban persists\, and tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan have gradually deteriorated. As his time in office drew to a close\, President Obama limited further withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. \nNewly laid-out plans from the Trump Administration for Afghanistan and the South Asia region have prompted national discussion and further questions. What’s next as we move forward in the new direction? \nDon’t miss this conversation with Dr. Manju Parikh\, who will offer considerable insight into the Trump administration’s proposed foreign policy efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Manju Parikh is professor emerita of Political Science at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. Her teaching has been framed by a strong interest in the global issues of development\, freedom and human rights. Dr. Parikh taught courses on international relations with a focus on Asian politics\, global women’s political concerns and gender equality\, and Asian American immigrant experiences. She has published in both scholarly journals and popular magazines and has presented at numerous conferences and public lectures. Dr. Parikh received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2009 for research on women legislators in Pakistan and their successful legislation against workplace sexual harassment. Currently\, she serves on the boards of Middle East Peace Now and the Collection in Focus Guides Council at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. \nGlobal Conversations in Minneapolis is produced in partnership with the Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/global-conversations-minneapolis-prospects-afghanistan-pakistan/
LOCATION:Hennepin County Library – Minneapolis Central\, 300 Nicollet Mall\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Global Social Women in Entrepreneurship
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this event is closed. To have your name added to the waiting list for this event\, please contact 612-625-1662. \nIn October\, Global Minnesota welcomes a group of 50 international women entrepreneurs who will visit Minnesota to: \n\ndiscuss the social\, economic and political factors that influence and encourage women as entrepreneurs and owners or managers of small\, medium and large businesses.\nexamine leadership development\, job creation\, and access to capital\, as well as best practices in marketing\, education\, and innovations in encouraging entrepreneurship in the United States.\ntour  Minnesota companies\, business incubators\, financial institutions and schools.\n\nBe part of this exclusive event for Global Minnesota members and their guests to meet these professionals and learn about their cultures\, countries\, and professional work…in an informal social setting. The evening includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages\, and a cash bar. \nWant to attend but not yet a member? Check out the many benefits of membership and join today! \nMade possible by The Carlson Family Foundation
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/global-social-women-entrepreneurship/
LOCATION:Walker Art Center – Skyline Room\, 725 Vineland Place\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171023T080000
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SUMMARY:Business News from France
DESCRIPTION:Exciting things are happening in France\, the world’s fifth largest economy: \n\nOn September 22\, 2017\, President Macron signed a new labor reform law\, intended to increase the country’s competitiveness.\nIn spring 2017\, the French government also launched the French Tech Visa program\, a fast-track procedure for international technology talent to obtain work authorization and residency.\nOn June 29\, 2017\, the world’s largest start-up incubator\, Station F\, opened in Paris which also houses accelerators for bigger companies like Facebook\, Microsoft\, and Amazon Web Services.\n\n  \nBe among the first to meet newly-appointed Consul General Guillaume Lacroix\, and learn about these recent developments and other investment news. Guillaume Lacroix became consul general of France in Chicago on August 29\, 2017. He holds diplomas from Institut d’études politiques de Paris and Université Panthéon-Assas. He speaks Swahili\, a language he studied at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales in Paris and in Zanzibar\, Tanzania. He started his diplomatic career in 1997. He was assigned to the Department of African and Indian Ocean Affairs in Paris\, then to the French Embassy in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and to the French Embassy in Washington. He was also posted in two other diplomatic institutions: at the U.S. State Department as part of the Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellow program and at the European External Action Service in Brussels. From 2013 to 2017\, he served in the cabinets of French Foreign Affairs Ministers Laurent Fabius and Jean-Marc Ayrault as Counsellor for African Affairs. \nThis event is organized by Alliance Française Mpls/St Paul and Dorsey Whitney in partnership with the French-American Chamber of Commerce\, Global Minnesota and Minnesota Trade Office. \nValidated parking available courtesy of Dorsey & Whitney \nTo learn more and register \n 
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/business-news-france/
LOCATION:Dorsey & Whitney LLP\, 50 South Sixth St.\, Suite 1500\, Minneapolis\, 55402
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171024T170000
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SUMMARY:2017 CHINA Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Local Connections\, National Reflections\nRSVP for this free event now! \nDon’t miss the 11th annual CHINA Town Hall\, “Local Connections\, National Reflections\,” organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations and locally hosted by Global Minnesota and the University of Minnesota China Center. \n  \n  \n  \nThis national day of programming provides Americans across the United States and beyond the opportunity to discuss Sino-U.S. issues with leading experts. This year’s program will feature an interactive webcast with former National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the UN\, the Honorable Susan E. Rice\, who served in the Obama Administration. \nErin Ennis\, senior vice president at the U.S.-China Business Council\, will offer local perspective. She directs USCBC’s government affairs and advocacy work and oversees USCBC’s Business Advisory Services. Ennis has served in her current role since 2015 after serving as the organization’s vice president since 2005. \nPlease register here
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/2017-china-town-hall/
LOCATION:McNamara Alumni Center – University of Minnesota\, 200 Oak St. SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455
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