Speakers/Debates

2008

* Friday, March 21, 12:30-2pm. The US Presidential Election and Japan.

Glen S. Fukushima, President of Airbus Japan.

Location: Wells Fargo Room. Lunch will be served.

* Monday, March 3, 6:00-7:30pm. Building a Global Enterprise to Organize the World's Information.

Kannan Pashupathy, Director, International Operations, Google, Inc.

Location: Andersen Auditorium

* Monday, February 25th, 6:00-7:30pm. Accelerating Global Development - Perspectives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Lutz Goedde, PhD - Senior Program Officer, Global Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Location: Andersen Auditorium

2007

October 3, 4:00 PM Patrick Awuah, MBA 1999, Founder and President of Ashesi University, Accra Ghana.

September 28 International Business Development Conference

2006
Oct. 6 - China India Russia: R&D
May 5: Ricardo Guajardo, "Key Success Factors for Development: Why Economic Liberalism Disappoints So Many in Latin America"
April 18th: Clausen Center Debate - "Is the world really flat?" Video
February 3rd: Rodrigo, Rato, Managing Director, IMF

2005
April 19 - Clausen Center Debate
April 12 - Clausen Center Speaker Series - Nina Marini
April 7 - Clausen Center Speaker Series - Darren Gocher
February 8 - Rose vs. Lyons - "The US Dollar - Will the Bottom Fall Out?"

2004
April 27 - Clausen Center Speaker Series - Dr. Ashok Deo Bardhan
April 14 - Clausen Center Debate - "Is Asian Macroeconomic Policy Hurting the West?"
April 8 - Clausen Center Speaker Series - John H. Williford, CEO of Menlo Worldwide
March 15 - Clausen Center Speaker Series - U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson to Algeria

2003
March 31 - An Evening with Gurcharan Das

Conferences/Workshops

2008

Friday, September 26, 9am - 3pm, International Business Development Conference (save the date)

Location: Andersen Auditorium

Tuesday, April 22, 8:30am - 6:00pm, The Mobile Future

Location: Santa Clara Convention Center.

January 30 - February 1 Global Technology Symposium at Stanford,

Location: Palo Alto, CA

2007

November 13 Innovation in Emerging Economies, China, India, Russia,

Location: Hyderabad, India

September 28 International Business Development Conference

2006
October 6 - China India Russia : R&D
February 11 Asia Business Conference

2005
November 24-27 Confluence 2005
October 7 - Investing in Emerging Markets: China, India, Russia Conference
September 29-30 - Global Imbalances and Asian Financial Markets
May 10 - Tsunami: Relief, Rebuilding & Cutting the Red Tape
April 2 - Microfinance Workshop
February 26 - Asia Business Conference
February 4 - Symposium on "Revived Bretton Wood's System - A New Paradigm for Asian Development?" See Economic Letter from Federal Reserve Bank of SF

2004
December 14 - Transatlantic Economic Relations: How to Further Economic Integration
November 18-19 - Microfinance Conference
October 10 - Sangram - "Succeeding in a Global Economy"
May 1 - Bay Area Development Day
February 28 - Fourth Annual Berkeley Asia Business Conference

2003
November 23 - Sangram 2003 - "Why India Matters"
November 7-8 - European Food Safety Regulation Workshop

Announcements

2008

Afghan Music Project opens doors for female musicians in Afghanistan, as covered in the San Francisco Chronicle.

2007

Clausen Center Fellows for 2007 have been Announced

A list of the Clausen Center's International Business Fellowship recipients for 2007 is available on the Clausen Fellowships page. 

Haas IBD students working with Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) in Zambia to adopt conservation-friendly farming methods, in the Seattle Times.

Clausen Center and Acteva team up with the Sewalanka Foundation for Tsunami Relief

The Clausen Center and Acteva have combined forces to encourage support for the Sewalanka Foundation, a well-established NGO based in Sri Lanka dedicated to providing emergency relief efforts to the ravished nation. Acteva, an online events organizer, is collecting donations on behalf of The Clausen Center for the Sewalanka Foundation and has offered to waive its usual transaction fees its service. For more information about donating to the Sewalanka Foundation, visit our Clausen Center Sewalanka Foundation Page.

Additional Press Coverage:
Press Release - UC Berkeley News
The Event Organizer's e-Journal

Andrew Rose casts doubt on WTO

Andrew Rose, Director of the Clausen Center, has made some unorthodox findings in answer to the question "Do we really know that the WTO increases trade?" Take a look at The Economist's November 21st, 2002 article entitled "Weighing up the WTO".