Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

Conferences and Workshops

Duke-VIU International Summer Research Workshop
Durham, NC
July 13-18, 2008
WEB SITE
Duke University's Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (CGGC), together with Venice International University's Center for Studies on Technologies in Distributed Intelligence Systems (TeDIS), are pleased to announce the expansion of their ongoing collaboration by developing a new International Summer Research Workshop.
The Domestic Technological Content of China's Exports
Durham, NC, Duke University, SSRI, Erwin Mill Bldg, Room A103
January 22, 2008
PAPER
A lecture by Professor Yang Yao, Director of the China Center for Economic Research Peking University
Visualizing North Carolina in the Global Economy
Durham, NC, Duke University, Erwin Mill Building, A103
October 16, 2007 12:00-1:30 p.m.
EVENTS
This 'Open House' is to recognize the conclusion of the first phase of work on updating and upgrading the CGGC's website on North Carolina in the Global Economy with new data to bring this site to its 2007 version, utilizing new visualization tools for the display of the data made possible by collaboration with Duke's Center for Instructional Technology.

America's New Immigrant Entrepeneurs
PROJECT WEB SITE	This research focuses on the contribution of legal, skilled immigrants.

Nanotechnology and the Emerging Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in an International Context Durham, NC, Duke University
March 29-30, 2007 AGENDA	A mini-conference on diverse elements of the global economy touching on nanotechnology research projects, the supply and demand for engineers and scientists and other related topics. This meeting will involve selected international scholars and industry representatives, North Carolina nanotechnology firms and regional policy makers.

A Duke Conversation
February 8, 2007 PRESENTATION WEB SITE	Gary Gereffi speaks at this event to talk about the important issues that are shaping our lives today.

GVC Workshop: Industrial Upgrading, Offshore Production, and Labor Durham, NC, Erwin Mill Building, Duke University
November 9-10, 2006 WEB SITE	Two-day workshop. Not open to the public.

Building Business Ties Between North Carolina and Baja California, Mexico Raleigh, NC, NC State College of Textiles
June 5, 2006 PROPOSAL JORGE CARRILLO TALK SAUL DE LOS SANTOS TALK NANCY POWELL PRESENTATION JIM HAAG PRESENTATION NCSU TEXTILE & APPAREL MGT. WEB SITE NCSU CENTENNIAL CAMPUS OVERVIEW	Learn more about a trip to Tijuana in October 2006, sponsored by Duke and UNC.

Interviews with Ron Hira
March 1, 2006 MULTIMEDIA	Ron Hira presents his lecture "The offshoring challenge for U.S. engineers." on March 1, 2006. View discussions with Ron about the issues of offshoring.

VIU-CGGC Global Value Chains Training
February 6-17, 2006 WEB SITE	The CGGC, in concert with Venice International University, is planning a joint research and training program, linking VIU's work on Italian industrial districts and the CGGC's work on global value chains.

Mexico Industrial Upgrading
Ongoing PROJECT WEB SITE	This project, supported by the Rockefeller Center, focuses on the current status and future prospects of industrial upgrading across a broad variety of sectors in the Mexican economy.