Minnesota-China Business Opportunity Conference 2011

Media Room will be open from 11:00am to 3:00pm in Quad 261

Check-in for conference begins at 10:00am in Quad Room 264

Check-In & Reception

Elaine Shi

Event Management Director

MCBOC

Opening Remarks

Clement Dai

President

MCBOC

Opening Remarks

Father Bob Koopmann

President

Saint John’s University

Sustainability & Corporations Panel

11:00am-12:30pm in Quad Room 264

Moderator

Dr. Richard Bohr 

Director

CSBSJU Asian Studies Program

Panelist

Steve Peterson

Director of
Sustainability Sourcing

General Mills

Panelist

Tim Wang

Vice President of Global Strategy & Business Development

Ecolab

Luncheon Keynote Address

12:30pm-2:00pm in the Quad Alumni Lounge

Introduction

Josh Smith

Director of Marketing

MCBOC

Introduction

Dr. Maryann Baenninger

President

College of Saint Benedict

Moderator

Dr. Louis Johnston

Chair

CSBSJU Economics Department

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Terry Cooke

Founding Partner

China Partnership of Greater Philadelphia

Agriculture, Water, & the Environment

2:00pm-3:00pm in Quad Room 264

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Yifei Huang

Director of Finance

MCBOC

Moderator

Dr. Christi Siver

Assistant Professor

CSBSJU Political Science Department

Panelist

Dr. Noel Gurwick

Senior Scientist

Union of Concerned Scientists

Panelist

Dr. Bill Lamberts

Associate Professor

CSBSJU Biology Department

Coffee Networking Break

3:00-3:15 in Quad Room 264

 

Career Panel 

3:15pm-4:30pm in Quad  264

Introduction

Kyle Glynn

Assistant Marketing Director

MCBOC

Moderator

Joe Rogers

Director

CSBSJU Center for Global Education

Panelist

Ron Wacks

CEO

Microbusiness Strategies

Panelist

Kevin Clancy

Project Specialist

Target India

Panelist

Sophia Geng

Associate Professor

Modern Classical Language Department

Panelist

Mandy Xue Bai

Education Abroad Program Manager

Carlson Global Institute, the University of Minnesota

Panelist

Zhu "June" Cheng

 

Attorney

 Fredrikson & Byron

 

Closing Remarks

4:30-4:45pm in Quad  264

Closing Remarks

Clement Dai

President

MCBOC

Closing Remarks

Dr. Richard Bohr

Director

CSBSJU Asian Studies Program

 

Reporters will be interviewing speakers after they speak. Guests are welcome to sit in on these interviews. Contact Kenie Kowk at for more media information.

Visit www.mcboc.org for more information—or e-mail us directly at mcboc@csbsju.edu

Online Registration

is available now!

 

CSB/SJU students click Here

Non-CSBSJU students click Here

 

 

Event:

MCBOC Annual Conference

 

Date:

10am - 5pm

March 9th, 2013

 

Location:

Upper Gorecki Center

College of St. Benedict

                    

 

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