The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will organize and host the Global Interdependence and Language, Culture, and Business (CIBER 2002) Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 13-16, 2002. The conference is co-sponsored by the CIBERs at Brigham Young University, Florida International University, Purdue University, San Diego State University, Thunderbird-The American Graduate School of International Management, University of Kansas, University of Pittsburgh, University of South Carolina, University of Texas-Austin, and University of Utah.

The conference seeks to bring together business and language professionals and academics to discuss the juncture of foreign language, culture, and business in education today. Global interdependence demands an educational milieu to match reality. U.S. students must be able to take advantage of new opportunities, environments, organizations, and technologies that are shaping the world. Business/language/ literature faculties possess untapped opportunities to join their respective disciplines to create curricula, pedagogies, educational materials, and technologies relevant for students' futures as part of an interdependent global economy.

Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts, and Posters: We welcome submissions exploring theoretical, empirical, and practical approaches to integrating foreign language instruction, cross-cultural studies, and international business education to prepare for a globally interdependent world. Presentations on the following topics may focus on the K-12, undergraduate, post-graduate, or professional levels: Business for Language Classes or Language for Business Classes? Cross-disciplinary Approaches to Global Education; Business in International Literature and International Literature in Business; The Cultural Dimensions of Globalization and Equity (e.g., how do culture and language reflect profound economic changes?); Language for Specialized Uses: Educating for New Career Options. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. Send proposals for papers via email attachment to ciber@mail.duke.edu, with cc: billiema@mail.duke.edu. Deadline for receipt: December 7, 2001. Invitations to participate in the program will be issued by January 11, 2002.

Call for Pre-Conference Workshops March 13th will be devoted to pre-conference workshops exploring computer technologies for teaching foreign languages, cross-cultural negotiations, and other managerial skills for a globally interdependent world. Workshop sessions will last 1.5 hours. Submissions welcome from both academics and commercial sources. Send workshop proposals via email attachment to ciber@mail.duke.edu, with cc: billiema@mail.duke.edu. Deadline for receipt: December 7, 2001. Invitations to participate in the program will be issued by January 11, 2002.