Papers

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“Creating A Globally Competitive Workforce Through International Partnerships”
Keith Bird, Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technology College System

“Globalization and Rural North Carolina: Impacts, Opportunities, and Perceptions”
Catherine Moga Bryant, Senior Research Associate,
N.C. Rural Economic Development Center

“Energy Efficiency Technologies for Sustainable Development”
Dana Christensen, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and Engineering Sciences
Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

“Neither Boom nor Gloom: The Economic Development of Huntsville,
Alabama, 1940-1990.”
Matthew Downs, Ph.D. Student, History Department, University of Alabama

“How North Carolina Can Compete with China and India in the
Contemporary Global Knowledge Economy”
Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology and Director, Center on Globalization,
Governance and Competitiveness, Duke University

“Challenges and Opportunities In a Globalizing World”
William B. Harrison, Jr., Former Chairman, JP Morgan Chase

“Work in the Two Souths: Challenges and Prospects.”
Arne Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of International
Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

”Do Your Students Learn Hindi?”
Keynote lecture by Martin Lancaster, President, North Carolina Community College System

"NC Agriculture: Moving Fast, Moving Forward: Beyond the Sunbelt"
Regina Cullen Luginbuhl, N.C. Department of Labor Agricultural Safety & Health Bureau

“Sustainability: From Global Context to Local Solutions”
Frank Phoenix, Partner, Greenbridge Developments

“Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes and Confucius: The Future of Economic and
Cultural Partnerships Between Memphis and Beijing in ‘The Chinese Century’”
Wanda Rushing, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Women’s Studies,
University of Memphis

"Quintiles: Local Company with a Global Presence"
Paula Brown Stafford

”Locally Embedded and Globally Connected”
J. Trent Williams, Principal and CEO, Regional Technology Strategies, Inc.

”Connecting Business and Education on a Global Scale”
Russ Yelton, Executive Director, Entrepreneurial Ventures and Business Incubation,
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College