The Center for Global Business (CGB) presented the sixth installment in an ongoing series of webinars by the MAPIT Alliance, “Don’t Be a No-Show: Making the Most of Virtual Trade Shows.” In light of current limitations on travel, this edition provided insights and best practices on how to navigate virtual trade shows and maximize the virtual experience as both an event sponsor and organizer. It also presented resources available from the MAPIT Alliance partners to support companies’ export initiatives.

In a summer when student internships and jobs were dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 19 Maryland Smith students got the chance of a lifetime. Incoming students from the Global Consulting Fellows program took part in working with organizers from Expo2020 Dubai, a six-month World Expo set to start in 2021 with participation from over 190 countries, on increasing awareness and participation toward the American exhibits at the Expo.

A commitment to seeking digital solutions, investing in technology and putting people first isn’t just how EY has weathered the global health crisis and ensuing economic upheaval. It’s part of the strategy that young people hoping to make a difference in the corporate workforce should embrace, the CEO and global chairman of the powerhouse professional services firm told a Maryland Smith audience on Sept. 8.

The Center for Global Business (CGB) introduces #KeepGlobalSmith, an initiative that supports and encourages innovations in global teaching and programming that gives students the opportunity to engage with peers, companies, content, and cultures around the world in new and exciting ways. Although travel is limited this year, CGB is leveraging technologies and resources to engage with the world in the following new and innovative ways this fall.

The CEO and Global Chairman of Ernst & Young, Carmine Di Sibio, will share his insights from leading one the world’s largest professional services firms in a conversation with students, alumni, faculty and friends at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Di Sibio will join the Smith community virtually, via Webex, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at noon.

Among the things that COVID-19 changed this year: the summer internship. Many of 2020’s summer interns did their work virtually, spending those summer months at a computer, rather than in a corporate cubicle. That’s how it was for Maryland Smith marketing interns Kaylee Towey ’20 and Kelsie Oshinsky ’22. In a summerlong internship with UV equipment maker Miltec UV, they gained professional marketing experience – in a virtual setting.

This summer the Center for Global Business at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business organized the first Global Marketing Virtual Internship program, a program the center plans to make a yearly affair. Twenty-two Maryland Smith undergraduate students were selected from a pool of over 100 applicants to participate in the cohort-based 10-week program focused on website globalization and digital marketing. The students were placed with Maryland and D.C.-based companies that export their products and services abroad.

In a special summer edition of the Distinguished Speakers in International Business Series (DSS), the Center for Global Business and academic director, Kislaya Prasad hosted a conversation with Emmanuelle Ganne, senior analyst in the economic research and statistics division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday, July 27, 2020.

The Center for Global Business presented the fifth installment in an ongoing series of webinars by the MAPIT Alliance, “Show Me the Money: Financing Exports in Uncertain Times.” Building on the previous webinars that focused on shipping, logistics, and market research, this edition was created to share financing resources available to help companies export and showcase an example of a local Maryland company that has been successful in accessing these resources and exporting globally.

When businesses want to expand their presence around the world or solve a global challenge, Maryland Smith’s MBA or undergraduate students are there, with valuable insights. That’s what the Maryland Global Export Consulting Program is designed for. And it’s particularly relevant now, with COVID-19 impacting global expansion goals and creating other challenges.