Global Connections – Skills of Yesterday and Today: Where from here?

Friday, March 29, 2019, WorldCity held a very special Global Connections event in honor of International Women’s Month. The event introduced a new WorldCity format where guests participated in separate interactive sessions. The discussions were led by Marilia Maya of Western Union, Eduardo Coello of Visa, Deena Piquion of Tech Data, Roberto Ricossa of F5…

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Looking Ahead: what to expect in 2018

WorldCity’s final Trade Connections event of 2017 looked ahead to 2018 with a panel of import/export experts, using their knowledge to try and forecast what is to come for the international trade community. Unfortunately, more uncertainty is what may be coming with NAFTA and other trade agreements still in limbo. The panel included Dan Fisher,…

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The Coming Disruption: Latin America

WorlCity’s CEO Club reconvened to discuss what type of disruptions to expect in Latin America as 2018 approaches. The discussion, led by John Price, managing director for Americas Market Intelligence in Miami, covered productivity growth in Latin America, emerging technologies in the region, the increase in patents and disruptions that began in the United States…

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Mergers and Acquisitions: restructuring in today’s competitive market

It is one of the most difficult scenarios any human resources manager must handle. Mergers and acquisitions have the power to create nervous uncertainty among employees to a level that can suspend productivity company wide. Dual speakers at WorldCity’s HR Connections shared how they’ve handled the various elements that HR must handle when dealing with…

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