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 Jim Bernard |  Mark Rectanus |
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Globalization Introduction Slides
Download the 2050 Challenge video.Prominent speakers include:
7 August Paul Shirley Former Phoenix Suns Forward, Iowa State Alumnus, Author, and writer for ESPN.com Midwestern Boy Goes Into The World, Returns, Speaks | 2 September Gene Takle Director Climate Science Initiative Professor of Atmospheric Science Professor of Agricultural Meteorology Iowa State University Global Environmental Change: Technology and the Future of Planet Earth | 3 September Robert Brown Director of the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies (CSET), and Director of the Office of Biorenewables Programs at Iowa State University The Emergence of the Bioeconomy | 9 September Dianne Dillon-Ridgley Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, a graduate of Howard University in philosophy, has spent her life working in numerous public and private capacities on social, political and environmental issues. Which Came First: Women's Empowerment or 21st Century Communication? | ||||
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24 September Christopher Sorensen Audio and Videoconferencing France Telecom From Iowa State University to Paris, France : Technology, Globalization and Culture in the workplace | 25 September R. James Woolsey Former CIA director, now venture partner with VantagePoint Venture Partners of San Bruno, California Energy and It's Relationship to National Security | 30 September | 1 October | ||||
| 7 October | 8 October Chris Clover President and CEO of Mechdyne Corporation Entrepreneurial Considerations in a Global Economy - Competition, | 14 October Gregory S. Churchill Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Rockwell Government Systems 10 Realities of Doing Business Globally | 15 October Richard Longworth Senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Distinguished Visiting Scholar at DePaul University Caught in the Middle | ||||
| 21 October | 22 October Michael Crow President Arizona State University Observations on the Changing American University and Globalization | 28 October Michael J. Mack, Jr. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Deere & Company Globalization, Technology and Culture at John Deere | 29 October Mark W. Rectanus Professor of German Studies and Chair, (ISU) World Languages and Cultures Retrofuturism: Technology, Art, and Culture | ||||
4 November Robert Reich Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley Capitalism and Democracy | 12 November Jim Bernard Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Interim Dean, College of Engineering The 2050 Challenge Watch Now! 
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