International Relations Means Business: Getting It Right At Your Peril

International Roundtable

November 16, 2006, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

If everyone knows that high level contacts make or break deals, then why are deals lost due to ignorance of customs, protocol, and access? Learn more.

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Where

Gleacher Center
Room 608
450 Cityfront Plaza
Chicago, Illinois

Who

Bob Langlois
International Business Professional

Program

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Networking
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Presentation
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Drinks at The Midway Club, Fifth Floor

Registration

Register Online

Questions

Karl Buschmann, '85
847 310 0412

Event Details

More than mere lobbying, deft handling of government relations lays the foundation for the smoother conduct of getting the deal. Despite the homogenizing effects of globalization, culture still counts in the international marketplace. Plan now to hear Bob Langlois, a senior international business professional with 30 years of experience at the nexus of international relations and business from Motorola and the World Trade Center Chicago, give actual case studies of success and failure.