Upstate Together: Small World, Big Future

Engaging the World, the Upstate, and You
in Globalization.

Thursday, November 2, 2006
Marriott Spartanburg at Renaissance Park
Registration: 3:45 p.m.
Presentations: 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reception immediately following
(Seating is limited at this free event)

The rise of the global economy has already had a profound effect on Upstate South Carolina: there is more per capita foreign investment in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson metropolitan area than anywhere else in the United States. As international business activity grows, many have questions about what lies ahead for the region, the local economy and the people who call the Upstate home.

Featured speaker Erik Peterson is Senior Vice President at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. He is also Director of the CSIS Global Strategy Institute, and oversees the “Seven Revolutions Initiative,” an internationally recognized effort to identify and project global trends out to the year 2025. He will be speaking on the realities of globalization in today’s economy.

Panelists will include Dr. Andrew A. Sorensen, president of The University of South Carolina, Sky Foster of BMW, and Bern McPheely of Har tness International. The Honorable William Barnet, III, mayor of Spartanburg, will ser ve as moderator.

RSVP by e-mailing upstateconf@uscupstate.edu.

About the Leadership Development Issues Series
The Leadership Development Issues Series is a host of balanced educational events addressing issues/topics of significance for the community. The events enable participants to make educated decisions about the issue/topic and to take action and/or motivate others to become engaged in the issue, thereby building a community of leaders.

About the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary, non-profit organization of businesses and professionals in Greenville County and the surrounding Upstate dedicated to promoting a preeminent business community: supporting innovation, collaboration and success by all businesses, small to large; providing vision, leadership and programs necessary for a progressive and diverse economy and quality of life. For more information on the Greenville Chamber, call 864-242-1050, or visit www.greenvillechamber.org.

Sponsored by BellSouth, BMW, Duke Energy and The Greenville News

Small World, Big Future
Seven Revolutions

Contact Us
Dr. Judith S. Prince
Vice Chancellor, USC Upstate in Greenville
225 South Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville ,SC 29606
(864) 250-6717