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Overview
"Thanks to the changes spurred
by globalization over the last
decade ... nation-states have
benefited from the information
revolution, stronger political and
economic linkages, and the shrinking
importance of geographic distance.
Unfortunately, criminal networks
have benefited even more."
- Moisés Naím, Editor in Chief,
Foreign Policy, 2003
The incessant pace of
globalization has created huge
opportunities for business, as well
as huge challenges and risks of
doing business. According to the
Council on Competitiveness, "As the
global footprint of firms expands,
so too do the risks they face on a
daily basis. Extended supply chains,
technology interdependencies, IT
vulnerabilities, mutating viruses,
turbulent geo-politics, flat world
economics and even weather phenomena
all combine to make doing business –
well, risky business."
However, only 36% of American
CEOs believe that risk management is
a priority for their corporations,
compared to 45% of European CEOs and
67% of Asian CEOs (Conference Board,
2006). The need for organizations of
all kinds to be concerned about
enterprise resilience has become a
strategic and operational imperative
in today’s global business
environment.
The seminar on Global Security
and Enterprise Resilience will
explore the security implications of
globalization for business and their
impact HTTP/1.1 100 Continue on
enterprise resilience and
competitiveness. The key purpose of
the seminar is to help improve
organizational capacity to respond
to emergency, catastrophic, and
disruptive challenges – whether
natural, accidental, or deliberate.
These challenges are particularly
relevant to multinational
corporations and government and
non-profit organizations.
Seminar Co-Chairs
Dr. Lawrence Gordon
Ernst & Young Alumni Professor
of Managerial Accounting
Affiliate Professor, University of
Maryland Institute for advanced
Computer Studies
Robert H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland
Dr. John Steinbruner
Professor and Director, Center
for International and Security
Studies at Maryland
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
School of Public Policy, University
of Maryland
Keynotes
Mr. Alfred Berkeley III,
Chairman and CEO, Pipeline Trading
LLC
Member, National Infrastructure
Advisory Council; Former
Vice-Chairman, NASDAQ
Mr. Stephen Spoonamore,
CEO Cybrinth, LLC
Plus an excellent lineup of
thought leaders and speakers from
the University of Maryland,
industry, and government.
Target Audience
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Executives from business,
government, and non-profit
organizations
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University professors;
graduate students
For more
information, please contact:
Ms. Lisa Barnard,
Assistant Director, CIBER
301-405-9575
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