events

2008


Global Services Offshoring: Trends and Impact in Latin America and the Caribbean
November 18, 2008 Santiago, Chile	CGGC Director Gary Gereffi gives the keynote address at the ECLAC (English acronym for United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America) Seminar: “Offshore Corporate Services in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Presentation Agenda Website

Duke-VIU International Summer Research Workshop
July 13-18, 2008 Venice Venice International University	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. Website

Technological Innovation and Economic Gain in Global Production Networks: A Strategic Development Perspective
March 6-7, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico El Colegio de México and La Universidad Nacional Autónoma	CGGC Director Gary Gereffi takes part in two different conference panels dealing with the appropriation of gain within global production networks. Website

Linking Small Firms to Competitive Strategies
February 21, 2008 Washington, D.C. USAID Microenterprise Development Office Breakfast Seminar Series	CGGC Director Gary Gereffi speaks on "Global Value Chains, Industrial Upgrading and Jobs in Large Emerging Economies: A comparison of China, India, and Mexico." Presentation Seminar Series Website

Science and Technology from a Global Perspective
Feb 17, 2008 Boston, MA Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	This year’s AAAS meeting will emphasize the power of science, technology and education to assist less-developed segments of world society, to improve partnerships among already-developed countries, and to spur knowledge-driven transformations across a host of fields. Center Director Gary Gereffi will join colleagues from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Venice International University in a symposium on Sunday, February 17, entitled, “Global Diffusion of Nanotechnology: Lessons from China, Italy and the United States.” Website Presentation

Just Supply Chains Workshop - "Monitoring...And Beyond?"
January 11-12, 2008 Cambridge, MA MIT	Program on Global Justice, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, MIT. Program

The Domestic Technological Content of China's Exports
January 22, 2008 Durham, NC Duke University, SSRI, Erwin Mill Bldg, Room A103	A lecture by Professor Yang Yao, Director of the China Center for Economic Research Peking University. Paper