Pitt Business: Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business & College of Business Administration

Press Release

July 3, 2006

University of Pittsburgh’s 2006 Global Executive Forum to Explore Major Shifts in Global Economy

China and India are iconic examples of stunning transformations taking place

PITTSBURGH –According to The Goldman Sachs Group in its Global Economics Paper No. 99: Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050 (October 2003), “In less than 40 years, the [economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China] could be larger than the G6 in U.S. dollar terms.” The 2006 Global Forum, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh’s EMBA Worldwide program, taking place July 5-10, will prepare Pitt Executive MBA students from around the world to cope with the phenomenal shifts in the global landscape. In addition, the forum will explore the forces underlying the shifts in the center of gravity and character of the global economy. The forum, “Chindia:” Developing Markets in China and India, aims to promote effective management in this changing context by encouraging better understanding of the countries, institutions, and cultures driving global economic shifts. Most Global Forum classes will meet in 531 Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland.

Global Executive Forums are initiatives of Pitt’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business’ EMBA Worldwide program. Conducted in the United States, Europe, and South America, these immersion sessions give EMBA Worldwide students from Manchester, Pittsburgh, Prague, and São Paulo the opportunity to work together and study customs and cross-cultural management skills.

“Now that we are at the end of the first two-years of the learning odyssey that is EMBA, we are uniquely prepared to engage in stimulating, mutually-beneficial exchanges with leading experts who are involved in various aspects of this phenomenon,” said 2006 Global Forum Instructor John C. Camillus, Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management. “‘Chindia’ was designed to provide substantial learning experiences as well as exposure to provocative and catalytic points of view. We will explore various areas and aspects of the economic and social transformations taking place, as well as the characteristics of China and India that interact with and affect these countries’ economic trajectory.”

For a complete schedule or more information regarding the 2006 Global Forum, call
412-648-1644.