European American Business Forum
Charlotte, North Carolina
Program Archive
2008
  • February     Dr Marc Kelso, Associate professor of Political Science at Queens University of
    Charlotte and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Studies
     "The European Union and Global Migration : Implications of Expansion"

2007

  • December      Ronald J. Tober, Director of Public Transit for the City of Charlotte and
                            Chief  Executive Officer of the Charlotte Area Transit.
                            "Charlotte Transit - Today and Tomorrow"

  • October          Michael Shapiro, Director of the High Museum of Atlanta
                            "The dynamics behind the Business Partnership of the Louvre
                              and the High Museum"
                   
  • August            Charlie Farrell, Director of the Daniel Management Center, Professor at USC
                            Moore School of Business  
                            "A Global Economy is Still All About People"       

  • June                Frederico Broccoli, President/CEO, Biesse America
                            "The Role of Biesse in North America and the recent acquisition
                              of Intermac AGM"

  • April                 Karl Ruedisser, General Manager/CEO, Blum INC.
                            "Blum's 30 Years in North Carolina - Listening to the Customer."

  • February         Hans-Joerg Brunner, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany     
    in  Atlanta, Georgia.  
                            "Germany 2007: European and Global Challenges"
2006

  • December        Clyde Higgs, Vice President of Business Development, Castle&Cook
                             "The Development of the NC Research Campus in Kannapolis"

  • October            Susan Montaquila, Wake Forest University School of Law
                             "Comparative Law for the US and European Business Communities"

  • August              James Hodges, Former Governor of the State of South Carolina
                             "Investment in the Carolinas from the Governor's Chair"

  • June                  Dr. Philip Doubois, UNC Charlotte Chancellor
                             "UNC Charlotte and the Charlotte region: A winning partnership"

  • April                  Dr. Heinz Seitinger, Austrian Business Agency, Vienna
                             "Austria - Isle of the blessed"

  • February           Dr. John Silvia, Chief Economist Wachovia
                             "Assessment of the international economy and the international
    Business Climate"