The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises Events Calendar [Announcement: Feed no longer available after November 18th, 2015. See https://goo.gl/EMDRqe]

Managing Political Risk 2009

2009-08-13T19:24:19.000Z

When: Fri Oct 23, 2009

Where: The Fletcher School, ASEAN Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Engendering cross-sector discussion on political risk mitigation techniques through moderated panels on political risk products, including: macroeconomic analysis and investment guarantees; business functions that must evaluate political risk, such as investment finance; and timely political risks that face international investors, such as resource nationalism. To learn more information or to register, please visit: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/PoliticalRisk09

The Global Food Supply: Trends in Market Entry & Regulation of Agriculture in the Emerging Markets

2009-02-10T15:47:17.000Z

When: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:20pm to 2pm EST

Where: The Fletcher School, Cabot 703
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Dr. David Stark, Vice President of Consumer Traits for Monsanto Corporation, will visit The Fletcher School to discuss timely trends, market entry, and regulation within global food supplies in the emerging markets. Monsanto is an agricultural company, applying innovation and technology to help farmers around the world produce more while conserving more. It aims to assist farmers grow yield sustainably so they can be successful, produce healthier foods, better animal feeds and more fiber, while also reducing agriculture's impact on our environment. Please visit the Mansanto website for more information: www.monsanto.com Lunch will be served. RSVP is required. Fletcher Students - please visit the Fletcher Career Central website to make a reservation. For all others, please email ceme@tufts.edu.

Global Energy: Supply and Demand Scenarios

2009-01-08T16:41:32.000Z

When: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:30pm to Thu Jan 22, 2009 8pm EST

Where: M200 (Schmidheiny Room) at The Fletcher School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Nick Welch, head of stakeholder relations for Shell Energy, will be visiting The Fletcher School to talk about the current global energy situation. Specifically, the supply and demand issues in the context of short term volatility. This presentation is sponsored by the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises (CEME) and the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP). Please RSVP. For students, please register via the Fletcher FCC website. For all others, please email ceme@tufts.edu.

Microfinance from Below: The Power of Savings and Savings Groups in Frontier Economies

2008-12-11T18:19:31.000Z

When: Thu Mar 26, 2009 to Sat Mar 28, 2009

Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Savings-led microfinance has exploded onto the economic landscape as a surprising alternative to credit-led microfinance. Savings groups have become the hallmark of this new sector. Called variously community-managed loan funds, self-help groups and ASCAs, savings groups now reach an estimated 100 million households worldwide, proving self-finance a worthy method to compete or complement the credit of banks and MFIs. The concept is a simple one. Group members gather for the purpose of saving together on a regular basis. Members then borrow from their pooled savings as need or opportunity arises. Members save and borrow for many reasons – to start a small business, pay school fees or solve household medical emergencies. In rural areas, group members borrow to improve their farming or trading activities. Despite the pace at which the sector mints new groups, savings-led microfinance still lacks common principles, consensus on methods of sustaining and scaling groups and evidence of impact. Certain interventions by NGO and commercial players are hotly debated. To better understand the breakthroughs and challenges of savings-led microfinance, The Fletcher School is hosting a two-day event, March 26 and 27, 2009, followed by an optional third day for practitioners, March 28. The conference is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Oxfam America. Themes of discussion include: The evidence of impact of savings groups on the lives of households living and coping in difficult, often isolated geographic areas. The links between savings groups and the formal financial system – successes and failures in connecting groups to banking and insurance services. Methods used by NGOs and banks to scale up the number of groups and ensure performance quality. The integration of savings groups into other development sectors such as water, health, agriculture, environmental protection, land tenure initiatives, and education. Registration is required. Please visit the conference website at fletcher.tufts.edu/mfsavings to register.

Tarun Khanna - The State Owned Enterprise as a Global Player

2008-09-29T15:30:40.000Z

When: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:30pm to 2pm EST

Where: The Fletcher School, Cabot 702
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lehman Professor at Harvard Business School and author of "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures--and Yours," will speak about the role of state-owned enterprises in today's competitive global business landscape. *Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited. Please visit The Fletcher School's Career Central website to make reservations for this event.

Korkmas Ilkorur - Challenges to Corporate Governance from Operating in Multiple Jurisdictions

2008-09-29T15:27:46.000Z

When: Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:30pm to 2pm EST

Where: The Fletcher School, Cabot 702
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Korkmaz Ilkorur, CEME Fellow, Chairman of Bati Insurance Co. (Turkey), and member of the OECD and TUSIAD Corporate Governance Committees, will share his insight on the operation of businesses across multiple jurisdictions. *Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited. Please visit The Fletcher School's Career Central website to make reservations for this event.

Local Capital Markets Seminar

2008-09-29T15:26:08.000Z

When: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11am to 3pm EDT

Where: The Fletcher School, Cabot 702 and 703
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: A seminar on the facilitation of private sector access to emerging local capital markets worldwide, featuring CEME Senior Fellows: Mr. Neil Allen (Allen Global Holdings; Fletcher School Board of Overseers) Dr. Eliot Kalter (EM Strategies Inc.; 28 years with International Monetary Fund, most recently with Monetary and Capital Markets Department) *Additional guest speakers will be added. Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited. Please visit The Fletcher School's Career Central website to make reservations for this event.

Kathryn Fuller and Reeta Roy - Foundations, Enterprises, and Market Solutions to Poverty

2008-09-29T15:24:18.000Z

When: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:30pm to 7:30pm EDT

Where: Coolidge Room (Ballou Hall, Tufts University)
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Please join the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises as we host two high-profile figures from the foundation world to discuss market-based solutions to global poverty. Ms. Kathryn Fuller, Chair of the Board of the Ford Foundation, and Ms. Reeta Roy, President & CEO of the MasterCard Foundation and Fletcher alum, will discuss their own personal and professional paths as well as innovative initiatives by foundations to promote enterprise and responsible commerce. *A reception will follow the presentation. Seating is limited. Please visit The Fletcher School's Career Central website to make reservations for this event.

Ana Dutra - Managing Multicultural and Mulitnational Workforces

2008-09-29T15:21:48.000Z

When: Wed Oct 8, 2008 12:30pm to 2pm EDT

Where: The Fletcher School Cabot 702
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: As Chief Executive Officer of Leadership Development Solutions for Korn Ferry International, Ana Dutra has more than two decades of experience in the management consulting industry. Ms. Dutra brings a wealth of knowledge and success with expertise in helping senior management identify and align opportunities to dramatically improve business performance, including organizational architecture, innovative growth strategies, talent and leadership development solutions and transformational journey management. Visiting The Fletcher School for the first time, Ms. Dutra will share her experiences and perspectives pertaining to managing multinational and multicultural workforces - the inevitable next chapter in global business. *Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited. Please visit The Fletcher School's Career Central website to make reservations for this event.

Louise Frechette - The Nuclear Energy Option: Is the world ready for a nuclear renaissance?

2008-09-29T15:17:12.000Z

When: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6pm to Tue Sep 30, 2008 8pm EDT

Where: The Fletcher School, Cabot 703
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes in 2005 and the first ever Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Louise Fréchette will make a first-time visit to The Fletcher School to share her remarkable story. From 1998 to 2006, Ms. Fréchette was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Prior to this, Ms. Fréchette pursued a career in the Public Service of Canada, serving notably as Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay (1985-1988), Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1992-1994), Associate Deputy Minister of Finance (1995) and Deputy Minister of National Defense (1995-1998). Possessing a range of knowledge and expertise – specifically, nuclear energy and proliferation, conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peace building, international governance, United Nations and reform, and Canadian Foreign Policy – Ms. Fréchette will share her insight on the timely subject of nuclear energy proliferation and its resulting global effects.

Fletcher School Student Social Hour

2008-09-29T15:19:05.000Z

When: Thu Oct 2, 2008 5:30pm to 6:30pm EDT

Where: The Fletcher School, Hall of Flags
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Don’t miss this opportunity to meet members of our staff as well as our prestigious CEME fellows during this Fletcher Social Hour in the Hall of Flags. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres will be available for all to enjoy.

CHINA AND INDIA: HOW ‘FLAT’ IS THE WORLD?

2008-09-24T16:09:49.000Z

When: Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:30pm to 2pm EDT

Where: Cabot 702, Fletcher School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Part of CEME’s Emerging Enterprise Strategy Lecture Series In this luncheon lecture, Thomas Hout will explore the “flat world paradigm” through the examples of China and India’s competitive presence on the global business stage. Lunch will be served. Space is limited—reservations required.

FOSTERING PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN GREATER CHINA AND THE CASE OF THAILAND: THE IMPACT OF THE SUBPRIME CRISIS ON EMERGING MARKETS

2008-09-24T19:31:53.000Z

When: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:30pm to Thu Sep 25, 2008 8pm EDT

Where: Cabot 7th Floor, Fletcher School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Paul Hsu, Member, Fletcher Board of Overseers; Chairman & CEO of Phycos International; and President of the Epoch Foundation Charamporn Jotikasthira, Senior EVP & Chief Information Officer, Siam Commercial Bank (Thailand) A collaborative event hosted by CEME, the International Business Global Speaker Series, and the Office of the Senior Associate Dean This dual lecture will feature Paul Hsu (5:30-6:30 p.m.) on the growth of the private sector in China and Taiwan and Charamporn Jotikasthira (7-8 p.m.) on the impact of the subprime crisis on emerging markets, particularly Thailand. A reception will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. between the two lectures. Space is limited—reservations required.