Registration open, required for Nov. 3 event hosted by UMD, Prince George’s County Police

The seventh annual National Small Business Exporter Summit will take place on Tuesday, October 3 and Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Sessions will run from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. EST each day.

For the agenda and more information, please go to the NASBITE website.

Learn how to leverage your global experiences, practice your global mindset skills in a case interview competition, and network with alumni and faculty during this half-day event. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams and breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Space is limited. Registration coming soon.

Join the Center for Global Business to hear from international career expert and award-winning author, Stacie Berdan, as part of the Careers Crossing Borders series. Berdan will focus on career readiness for the global economy and what students can do now to build a global mindset. A pizza reception will follow.

Registration coming soon.

Join the Dingman Center for its first annual Elevate! Diverse Founders Dinner to celebrate the entrepreneurial journeys of underrepresented entrepreneurs. Hear personal stories and conversations between diverse entrepreneurs that explore their challenges and triumphs. Explore what community and allyship can look like in order to elevate equity and inclusion within entrepreneurship. Dinner will be provided for all attendees.

In partnership with the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland, the Steamboat Institute Campus Liberty Tour is proud to present a compelling debate on the following question: Should Environmental, Social, and Governance influence investment decisions?

Featured Speakers

Individuals taking small steps towards combating climate change in our everyday lives can make a big impact over time. One of those steps is awareness of companies’ sourcing. How are the companies we frequent sourcing their supply chains? How are they protecting local resources? How are they empowering their consumers to combat climate change with their wallets? Join our speakers as they cover these topics and more in this series of lightning talks from a global perspective.

Join us as we welcome five successful EMBA Alumni entrepreneurs back to campus for a Hisaoka Speaker Series panel discussion on Entrepreneurship. The panel will be moderated by Jacqueline Manger and Jeffrey Mund co-instructors of Entrepreneurship in the EMBA program. Bringing with them experience as a startup CEO and investor (Jacqueline) and as venture capitalist and entrepreneur (Jeffrey), they will lead a discussion that promises to provide an interesting and lively professional development opportunity for students. 

Christopher E. “Chris” Kubasik is Chair and CEO of L3Harris Technologies, an aerospace and defense technology innovator with more than $17 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees. Before being appointed CEO in 2021, he served as Vice Chair, President and COO.

With over 30 years of experience in the A&D industry, Kubasik has also served as President and COO of Lockheed Martin and was named partner at Ernst & Young in 1996. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in 1983.

Join the Center for Global Business for a discussion on A Convergence of Acute and Urgent Threats, the Kearney report that outlines the five significant trends that will dramatically shape the global outlook and operating environment from 2022 through 2026. Trends include the race for climate change adaptation, protracted stagnation, data privacy laws, nuclear energy, and AI-assisted politics.