Welke to Speak at International Forum in China

July 20, 2007 - (ATLANTA, GA) -  Richard Welke, director for the Center for Process Innovation in the Robinson College, will speak at the China Private Economy Innovation International Forum 2007 on August 11-12 in Taizhou, a city of about 5 million people near Shanghai. 

The symposium, organized by the Institute of Economics Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing and the Taizhou Economic Association, will address how local and regional resources and capabilities can be used to spur private innovation and improve competitiveness.

According to organizers, Taizhou has a substantial amount of private enterprise, for a city its size. However local business leaders are still learning how to sustain domestic growth in the face of increasing foreign investment and pressure from publicly owned businesses. 

The Taizhou government fully supports the conference and will facilitate business connections for enterprises and entrepreneurs from the United States and China that attend the conference.

The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the top-ranked business schools. The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past twelve consecutive years and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top 50 in the nation. Robinson's Executive MBA program is listed among the world's best by The Financial Times. Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment of approximately 7000 students and has classroom facilities in downtown Atlanta, Alpharetta, Brookhaven and Henry County. www.robinson.gsu.edu