[Air-l] IP3: GLOBALIZATION FORUM, Thursday, April 22, 7:30 PM

[Hans Klein]

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                         GLOBALIZATION FORUM:
             "Politics, Economics, and IT Outsourcing"

      Clary Theater, Student Success Center at Georgia Tech
                      Thursday, April 22, at 7:30 PM
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With the world focused on Georgia for the G8 Summit in June, issues
of globalization are being widely debated. Speakers at this event will
address the benefits and concerns about global trade, outsourcing of
high-tech jobs, and government-business policy making.

The program will feature:
* Cynthia McKinney, former 4th District Congresswoman.  Ms. McKinney
    has been praised by Ralph Nader as a champion for consumers and
    workers and recently spoke at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India.
* Donald Ratajczak, Regents Professor Emeritus of Economics at GSU.
    A nationally known economist and one of the leading econometric forecasters
    in the country, Ratajczak directs Georgia State's Economic Forecasting 
Center.
* Ravi Kalakota, PhD, co-founder and CEO of the innovation consulting practice,
    E-Business Strategies.  Dr. Kalakota recently published Offshore 
Outsourcing:
    Business Models, ROI and Best Practices.

This event is co-sponsored by:
	Georgia Electronic Commerce Association (www.GECA.org)
	Atlanta Press Club (www.atlpressclub.org)

The Internet and Public Policy Project (IP3) coordinates Internet research 
in the
School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. IP3 
promotes dialogue
between researchers and policy makers within and outside the Institute, and it
organizes public forums for discussion of contemporary policy issues.

For more information and directions, see: www.ip3.gatech.edu or send email 
to IP3 at IP3.gatech.edu

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