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IU CIBER Hosts “Doing Business In and With Russia and Ukraine” Conference

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IU CIBER Hosts “Doing Business In and With Russia and Ukraine” Conference

IU CIBER “Doing Business In and With Russia and Ukraine” attracts interested attendees from private and public sectors

June 7, 2016
April 6, 2016, marked a day of achievement for the Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research (IU CIBER) as it successfully held a one-day conference for “Doing Business In and With Russia and Ukraine” at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
The day kicked off with a keynote address from Dr. Mark Pomar, founding president of the U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF). Dr. Pomar shared his knowledge and thoughts on “Building an Innovative Russian Economy” and drew the crowd’s interest in on the topic with great stories of his personal experiences.
Panelists speaking at IU CIBER’s “Doing Business In and With Russia and Ukraine” Conference
The first panel was moderated by IU SPEA Professor Robert Kravchuk. Senior International Trade Specialist Dusan Marinkovic with the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce and Policy Team Director Danica Starks for the Office of Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia of the U.S. Department of Commerce sitting in as panelists. Mr. Marinkovic and Ms. Starks presented on the “Federal and State Promotion of Trade with Russia and Ukraine.” 
The day ended with “Hoosier Business Connection: Perspective on Business with Russia and Ukraine” led by IU Kelley Professor Sasha Fedorikhin, as well as panelists Vice President Oleg Gostomelsky of Hoosier Gasket Corporation, President & CEO Dennis Kelley of Pacific World Trade, and Dr. Mark Pomar.
Both sessions were interactive with interesting questions and comments from both the audience and the speakers.
IU CIBER continues to hold annual “Doing Business In and With…” Conferences with plans for the next event to be held in May 2017. Watch for details at our IIB website.
Videos of the keynote address and both panel sessions are accessible on CIBER Media or click the links provided on texts.

IU CIBER Presents “Business Is Global” (BIG) Program Webinar

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IU CIBER features two-week residential high school summer program BIG at the U.S. Department of Education International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) Grantee Showcase Webinar

May 26, 2016
With close to a month left before IU CIBER’s 2016 BIG summer program, Kelley Institute for International Business (IIB) Director of Programs Christine Davis and IU CIBER Program Manager Emily Bagienski gave a 30-minute webinar presentation and Q&A about BIG on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.
This year marks the fourth anniversary of the BIG program launch. Open to rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, students explore and learn the intersection of business, language, and culture. The intensive program’s curriculum is supported by area study centers and departments in the IU School of Global and International Studies and introduces students to less-commonly taught foreign languages and their associated cultures–Mandarin Chinese (East Asia), Swahili (East Africa), and Turkish (Turkey and Cyprus).
In addition, students gain a basic understanding of business vocabularies and a general overview of how businesses operate through an accelerated curriculum based on the Kelley School of Business’ top-ranked Bloomington undergraduate program.

Since the program’s inception in 2013, 11 BIG alumni have gone on to attend IU, and of them, seven are pursuing degrees at Kelley School of Business. Interested in watching the recorded webinar? Click HERE.

CIBER Focus – “IU Intellectual Property Clinic: Offering Legal Pro Bono Services for Entrepreneurs”

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CIBER Focus Interview Series: SP 2016

IU Intellectual Property Clinic: Offering Legal Pro Bono Services for Entrepreneurs

May 16, 2016
For businesses and organizations alike, protecting ideas and intellectual property are crucial–especially for small-to-medium-sized enterprises and institutions. In order to assist and empower those who need such help the most, Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law established the Intellectual Property Clinic to offer free, pro bono services for entrepreneurs, while allowing IU law students to gain practical and realistic experience and learning by consulting the Clinic’s clients.

In this interview, IU Clinical Associate Professor at Maurer School of Law and Director of the Clinic Norman Hedges speaks about the important work the Intellectual Property Clinic is doing, and how imperative it is for businesses to properly protect their ideas, innovations, and works for sustainable growth and success.

IU CIBER – Symposium on Sustainable Development 2016

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IU CIBER Hosts Inaugural Symposium on Sustainable Development

“Energy” as the theme of this year’s IU CIBER Symposium on Sustainable Development

IU CIBER Symposium on Sustainable Development 2016 panelists present to the audience
On April 8, the first Symposium on Sustainable Development was held to provide attendees with numerous viewpoints on the current state on sustainable development and the challenges of creating a sustainable future. For 2016, the focus was on energy and the challenges facing sustainable energy development worldwide.

The day started with an introduction from Indiana University History Professor Dr. Stephen Macekura on the history of sustainable development. The first panel of the day was on the topic “Alternative Energy Sources” and the following speakers presented their arguments:
  • Dr. Azzam Alwash, Founder and CEO of Nature Iraq
  • Silvia Leahu-Aluas, Sustainable Manufacturing Consulting
  • Mariann Quinn, Director of Sustainable Energy at Duke Energy
  • Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Richards, Professor at IU School of Public & Environmental Affairs

The second panel of the day was on the topic “Traditional Energy Sources & Sustainable Development” and the following guests shared their presentations:
  • Dr. Gardner Bovingdon, Associate Professor at IU School of Global & International Studies
  • Dr. Rizwan Uddin, Professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign NPRE
  • Dr. Hideka Yamaguchi, Researcher at the Evansville Department of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental Quality
  • Moderator: Dr. Jessica Steinberg, Professor at IU School of Public & Environmental Affairs.

The day concluded with a Day-in-Summary Discussion involving all of the day’s panelists in which the questions posed in Dr. Macekura’s Introduction were revisited and questions were taken from the audience as well.
A copy of the Synopsis of the Day will be available on IU CIBER soon. Stay tuned for next year’s IU CIBER Symposium on Sustainable Development!
 
The 2016 Symposium was co-sponsored by the IU Center for International Business Education & Research, the Center for the Study of Global Change, the Center for the Study of the Middle East, the East Asian Studies Center, and the Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center.

CIBER Focus – “IU: Leading Local, Regional, and Global Sustainable Initiatives and Impacts”

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CIBER Focus Interview Series: SP 2016

IU: Leading Local, Regional, and Global Sustainable Initiatives and Impacts

May 9, 2016

The United Nations revealed the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals not too long ago with a focus on positively transforming the world by 2030. While the 17 streamlined goals are meant to be global, IU is leading its own sustainability efforts ahead of its bicentennial anniversary in 2020. In this session, IU Office of Sustainability Director Bill Brown shares what his office and the school are doing to promote a thriving culture of sustainability, and what organizations and businesses could do to further bolster this movement.

BEEADEE Project: Bethlehem Business Incubator (BBI) Launch in the West Bank

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BBI Publicly Launches in Bank of Palestine-Bethlehem Branch

Launch event attracts more than 130 local and international guests from public and private sectors

May 4, 2016
BEEADEE Country Director Salah Amleh (far right) welcomes guests to BBI
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Bethlehem Business Incubator (BBI) welcomed more than 130 guests from various public organizations and private companies at its public launch in Bank of Palestine-Bethlehem Branch. 
Some notable attendees at the media-frenzied, popular occasion included U.S. Consul General of Jerusalem Donald Blome, Bank of Palestine Chairman Hashim Shawa, Bethlehem Mayor Ms. Vera Baboun, Bethlehem University Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Irene Hazou Makhoul, Bethlehem University Dean of Shucri Ibrahim Dabdoub Faculty of Business Administration Dr. Fadi Kattan, and Bethlehem Development Foundation CEO Mr. Mazen Karam. IIB Executive Director LaVonn Schlegel and Director of Programs Christine Davis traveled from Bloomington to Bethlehem for this exciting event.
BBI is housed in the Bank of Palestine-Bethlehem Branch location. BBI serves at the forefront of the program to achieve the goal of fostering sustainable growth by enhancing the entrepreneurial environment in the West Bank.
Guests crowded the seats at the BBI launch
The long-awaited event is just the beginning to spearhead BBI’s goals and mission to incubate, mentor, and support local start-ups, entrepreneurs, students, and faculty–particularly women and youth who are interested in the non-Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) sector.
At the launch, the region’s non-profit and business leaders expressed their excitement over the immense economic and creative innovation potentials BBI is ready to explore. From training services, workshops, mentorships, networking opportunities, to internships, BBI will help its clients receive follow-on investments to increase their chances of sustaining their business even after leaving the Incubator. 
In addition to providing business development and incubation services, BBI is dedicated to promoting local engagement and outreach through public entrepreneurship educational services and forging local cooperation and partnerships with NGOs, need-based entrepreneurs, various community organizations and schools across the region.
Sponsored by the United States Department of State project Building Entrepreneurship Excellence And Developing Economic Enterprises (BEEADEE), BBI is one of this three-year, $1.5 million program’s integral component. Both the BEEADEE project and BBI is carried out by Indiana University’s Kelley Institute for International Business (IIB) in collaboration with Bethlehem University (BU) along with generous support from Bank of Palestine. 

CIBER Focus – “Inside Look at the Cuban Economy: Tourism Industry and Beyond”

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CIBER Focus Interview Series: SP 2016

Inside Look at the Cuban Economy: Tourism Industry and Beyond with Ms. Alicia Perez Viera

April 12, 2016

A Cuban native, Ms. Perez has worked as a tour guide for the island’s national tourism component Havana Tour for more than a decade. Having majored in English language and education from the University of Pedagogical Sciences in Havana, most of her career has revolved around Cuba’s education services and developing tourism sector.

As an experienced practitioner and local tour guide, Ms. Perez gives us her take on the current tourism and hospitality industry challenges and opportunities in Cuba, and how the restored U.S.-Cuba relations can bolster the island nation’s socio-economic state.

CIBER Focus – “Inspiring Rare Birds: Redefining Women’s Role in Business & Entrepreneurship”

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CIBER Focus Interview Series: SP 2016

Inspiring Rare Birds: Redefining Women’s Role in Business & Entrepreneurship with Ms. Jo Burston

April 15, 2016

Some call her a serial entrepreneur, a successful and charismatic one too. Ms. Jo Burston founded Inspiring Rare Birds (www.inspiringrarebirds.com) just 16 months ago in Australia, and the organization has a vision to create one million women entrepreneurs by 2020 globally through four business pillars–funding, mentorship, education, and community/ resources. Today the community spans 28,000 members and supporters across Australia, U.S., and Asia.

Jo Burston has also started several other technology and SaaS companies including her first fast growth business www.jobcapital.com.au and claimyourtax.au.

As many celebrated March as an especially empowering month for women, the global community continues to work towards gender equality. Jo has been in the forefront of this movement globally, and in this virtual interview, she shares with us her story in the business world, and how her newest company Inspiring Rare Birds (www.inspiringrarebirds.com) is working to accomplish its mission “to give every woman globally the opportunity to become an entrepreneur by choice.”

CIBER Summer Internship Program: FUNDING AVAILABLE for Employers & Students!

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IU CIBER Summer Internship Program:

Qualified employers may receive up to 100 percent of interns’ wages

April 26, 2016
Employers – Interested in hiring qualified college students as interns this summer?
Full-time college students – Do you want to intern this summer, gain practical working experience, and get PAID?
Answer yes to any of the questions above or know anyone who would like to know more? Then this is for you!
The Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research (IU CIBER) is excited to announce our collaboration with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and its Employment Aid Readiness Network (EARN) Indiana work-study programs, as well as the U.S. Commercial Service on an exciting internship program. Funding is available for both Indiana and non-Indiana small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to hire Indiana and non-Indiana full-time college students as interns to work on projects with an international focus.
This opportunity is perfect for SMEs not currently doing business globally, but interested in doing so in the near future. Interns can be tasked with projects such as researching potential markets to develop international contacts and so much more.
Learn more about IU CIBER Summer Internship Program HERE
Contact us at ciber@indiana.edu if you have any questions!

CIBER Focus – “IU CIBER Sustainability Development Symposium 2016: Alternative Energy Opportunities”

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CIBER Focus Interview Series: SP 2016

IU CIBER Sustainability Development Symposium 2016: Alternative Energy Opportunities with Dr. Azzam Alwash

April 8, 2016

Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research (IU CIBER) hosted its first “Symposium on Sustainability Development” in April 2016 under the theme of “Energy.” Dr. Azzam Alwash served as one of the event’s guest speaker for the “Alternative Energy & Sustainable Development” panel. In this talk, Dr. Alwash shares with us the state of sustainability efforts in Iraq and, in particular, how alternative energy resources impact global sustainable development.
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