Michael Dell, born in February 1965, is the chairman of the Board of Directors and chief executive officer of Dell, the company he founded in 1984 with $1,000 and an unprecedented idea - to build relationships directly with customers. In 1992, Mr. Dell became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500. Mr. Dell serves on the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the executive committee of the International Business Council and is a member of the U.S. Business Council. Mr. Dell also serves on the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the Technology CEO Council and the governing board of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India.

Meeting Agenda * Latin America: Ex-Im Bank Country Risk Outlook * Russia: Perspectives on Russian Risk Assessment * India: Business Climate * United States: Recovery or Decline * Coface Outlook and Ratings

This special interest group of the AMA has a long history of partnership with the annual UIC Marketing and Entrepreneurship Research Symposium. At this year's Research Symposium, we are instituting a consortium for doctoral students to encourage and guide students who are considering or are researching the intersecting domains of marketing and entrepreneurship. Doctoral students selected for the consortium will have their Symposium fees waived, have complimentary meals during the official portion of the Consortium and the Symposium, and have a portion of their hotel expenses subsidized.

The CIMaR 2008 Conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18-21 June, 2008. It will be hosted by NUPIN, the Center for Research on the Internationalization of the Firm at the Coppead Graduate School of Business of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and by IAG, the Business School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Michael G. Morris, chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Electric Power Co., Inc., will speak.

The 2008 meeting will be held in Milan, Italy, June 30- July 3, 2008. The host school is the Bocconi University Strategic Management Institute. More information will be posted as details are finalized. We invite all of our members to join us in 2008 in Milan!

Speaker: John Kelley, Manager, Online Sales & Operations, Google Ann Arbor

Jean-pierre Novak, Invest in France Agency - French Embassy will present "France: A Country on the Move."

Sessions include: Overview of French Economy (with an emphasis on technology/energy), Protecting your Name and Logo when you do Business Internationally, & Renewable Fuels and Incentives to Export

Speaker: Daniel J. Loepp, President & CEO, BlueCross BlueShield