A Research Symposium that Rotates Annually Around the World: Copenhagen Business School, Michigan State University, and University of New South Wales. GMARS aims to promote a "global village" of management accounting research by bringing together a diverse set of the highest-quality research papers, plenary speakers, and researchers from around the world. GMARS will provide a broader appreciation and understanding of the many theoretical perspectives and research methods that are used to study management-accounting practices.

The 2007 meeting will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, June 25-28, 2007. The host school is the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. For more details visit: http://aib.msu.edu/events/2007/.

ITA-CSC Trade Promotion workshops are aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses in Michigan, as well as the agencies that serve them (e.g., chambers of commerce, economic development corporations, small business development groups). The initial series of workshops will consist of four, day-long in-services designed to provide attendees with a broad understanding of U.S. and Canadian trading protocols and procedures. Attendees will be invited to help plan a follow-up series of workshops by completing an end-of-session survey on their specific interests and priorities.

ITA-CSC Trade Promotion workshops are aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses in Michigan, as well as the agencies that serve them (e.g., chambers of commerce, economic development corporations, small business development groups). The initial series of workshops will consist of four, day-long in-services designed to provide attendees with a broad understanding of U.S. and Canadian trading protocols and procedures. Attendees will be invited to help plan a follow-up series of workshops by completing an end-of-session survey on their specific interests and priorities.

ITA-CSC Trade Promotion workshops are aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses in Michigan, as well as the agencies that serve them (e.g., chambers of commerce, economic development corporations, small business development groups). The initial series of workshops will consist of four, day-long in-services designed to provide attendees with a broad understanding of U.S. and Canadian trading protocols and procedures. Attendees will be invited to help plan a follow-up series of workshops by completing an end-of-session survey on their specific interests and priorities.

ITA-CSC Trade Promotion workshops are aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses in Michigan, as well as the agencies that serve them (e.g., chambers of commerce, economic development corporations, small business development groups). The initial series of workshops will consist of four, day-long in-services designed to provide attendees with a broad understanding of U.S. and Canadian trading protocols and procedures. Attendees will be invited to help plan a follow-up series of workshops by completing an end-of-session survey on their specific interests and priorities.

This session, for Arabic women representing Saudi Arabia, Yeman, Iraq, Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Oman, and Tunisia, will focus on Women in Business and Economics. The participants are sponsored by the state department on a Middle East program involving Women in Business and Economics. After a morning of programming arranged by CIBER, they will meet with MSU President Lou Anna Simon and then move to the State Department in the afternoon. The MSU-CIBER session will begin with a welcome by the Dean and a presentation on globalEDGE, as requested by the group. They will then hear presentations from female executives at two major American corporations before concluding the session.

The Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan focuses on global issues of interest to the mid-Michigan business community. In this role, the GB Club is dedicated to supporting global business growth of the State of Michigan and its diverse manufacturing and service organizations. The main activity of the GB Club is the luncheon speaker series. This month's speaker will be Bill Sepic, President and CEO of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. He will speak on the topic of "Lansing Chamber Adopts a Global Mission."

Oscar Santillan, from Otavalo Ecuador, will present a program on Fair Trade. Sr. Santillan will bring a slide show showing operations in Otavalo, Ecuador.

October's Global Business Club luncheon will be held in concert with the anniversary celebration of the founding of the United Nations. It features an address on The UN Global Compact Approach to International Development by Carrie Hall of the United Nations Global Compact Office. Carrie Hall joined the UN Global Compact in 2004 and is a communications and public affairs adviser for the initiative. She has served as editor of the Compact Quarterly since 2005. In addition, Ms. Hall manages a broad range of communications for Global Compact. Prior to joining the United Nations staff, she was a vice-president at Hill & Knowlton, an international public relations agency. She holds a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.