The following Weissman Center events are to take place the week of Dec. 5:


Topic: Prospects for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

Date: Monday, December 5, 2005

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: Vertical Campus, room 14-270

Speakers: H.E. Mr. Fernando Marzo Valenzuela, Ambassador,
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission

H.E. Mr. Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations

H.E. Mr. Adam Thompson, Ambassador,
Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom's Mission to the
United Nations.

Professor Katherine Fleming,
Director of the Center for Mediterranean and European Studies at New York
University,
Associate Director of the Remarque Institute

Professor Mahrmoud Mohamed Mahamedou,
Deputy Director of the Centre of Humanitarian Law, Harvard University

H.E. Mr. Yahya A. Mahmassani, Ambassador,
Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States to the United Nations

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Mitsui Lunch-Time Forum: Global Business Outlook: 2006

Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Time: 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Location: 151 East 25th Street
Newman Conference Center, Room 750

Speakers: Tom Niles, Vice Chairman, U.S. Council for International Business

Jan Friederich, Senior Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit

The speakers will provide an overview on the global economic outlook for
2006 and the implications for doing business in Asia, Europe, Latin
America and Africa in the year ahead.

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Topic: Managing Global Brands for Economic Prosperity

Date: Thursday, December 8, 2005

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Location: Vertical Campus, Room 14-245

Speakers: Jim Sperros, Chief Marketing Officer, Ernst & Young (Baruch
Alumnus)

Co-Sponsor: Zicklin Graduate Accounting Society

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