Speaker Speakers Listed on Website The Michigan State University International Business and GBClub are partnering with the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) as it hosts a special conference on brand protection issues post-pandemic, looking into the future. This conference will be offered virtually to facilitate collaborative and meaningful discussions on strategies and issues in brand and product protection going forward in the next one to two years. Especially interesting for our audience will be a session for SMEs on protecting intellectual property while exporting, featuring Professor Jay P. Kennedy from the School of Criminal Justice. Attendees will have the opportunity to share, learn and network with one another. Join the A-CAPP Center and us with other academic, industry and law enforcement partners as they host a series of short discussion-based panels over a 3 day period. This is a free event but requires registration. The Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan focuses on global issues of interest to the mid-Michigan business community. The monthly GB Club luncheons provide outstanding speakers and relaxed networking opportunities. With extensive international experience, the speakers wrap personal insights around a practical and up-to-the-minute approach to conducting international trade.

Bill Beekman, Athletic Director, Michigan State University Monday, August 10th 11-noon. Beekman will discuss the current state of Michigan State University Athletics and how they plan to operate in a COVID-19 world.

Hear from a panelist of local Superintendents on how school districts are adapting to the changing landscape caused by COVID-19 in Mid-Michigan Panelist: Sam Sinicropi, Superintendent, Lansing School District Dori Leyko, Superintendent, East Lansing Public School District Jason Mellema, Superintendent Ingham ISD Kelly Blake Superintendent, Waverly School District Moderator: Peter Spadafore, Deputy Executive Director for External Relations, Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators

The International Business Center is a sponsor of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, Economic Club series. This meeting will be held virtually andis a Local Government Panel of statewide municipal leaders focusing on the changing landscape of local government and how they are responding and battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists are: Summer Minnick, Deputy Executive Director & CMO, Michigan Municipal League; Stephan Currie, Executive Director, Michigan Association of Counties; Neil Sheridan, Executive Director, Michigan Townships Association; Dr. Eric Scorsone, Associate Professor & Director, Center for Local Government Finance and Policy, MSU.

This is an IBC co-sponsored event with GSU-CIBER. In this virtual webinar, you will hear the perspectives of Professor Kelly Hewett, the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Marketing, and Professor S. Tamer Cavusgil, the Founding Editor-in-Chief, on future research in international marketing. This is a FREE webinar, but registration is required.

The International Business Center is a proud sponsor of the Michigan Business Network (MBN). The MBN is excited to announce that our Speaker Series continues virtual on Wednesday, September 16th with speaker Sandy K. Baruah! Sandy is president and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber, the third largest chamber of commerce in the nation. The Chamber represents the business interests of a region comprising 5.4 million residents and 11 Fortune 500 companies.

The Global Business Club, along with the Lansing Chamber of Commerce, created a video to discuss the US-China Political and Business Relationship. The video can be viewed via Youtube in the link.

Hear from University Research Corridor Presidents on each of the three universities' responses and research to COVID-19. Dr. Mark Schlissel, President University of Michigan;Dr. M. Roy Wilson, President Wayne State University;Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., M.D., President Michigan State University

Businesses globally have experienced unprecedented and dramatic challenges in the past couple of months and this pandemic will have a long-lasting impact on global business activity. This webinar will specifically focus on the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on international trade and foreign direct investment flows, as well as the global supply chain disruptions that create unique challenges for the global business community. In addition, this webinar will discuss how globalization and anti-globalization pressures will remain enduring features of the business environment in the Post-Pandemic World. To view previous webinars, please go to:https://execed.broad.msu.edu/programs/managing-through-crisis-summer-series/?utm_source=imodules&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=summerseries

Jeff Poet, president of Jay's Sporting Goods. Poet will discuss the impact huntinghas on Michigan from a retailer's point of view and the economic statistics of the contribution hunting has on the state of Michigan.