Clemson Language and International Trade Conference to explore 'Business Without Borders'

Published: March 29, 2012

By Evan Lybrand

CLEMSON — Clemson University will host the fifth annual Language and International Trade Conference Wednesday, April 4, at the Hendrix Student Center. Focusing on the theme “Business Without Borders,” this year’s conference features speakers from Toyota, Teamstudio, BMW, the Walt Disney Co. and more.

The keynote speaker for the conference is Hayashi Nampachi, senior technical executive for Toyota Motor Corp. Nampachi will speak on “The Toyota Way” at 10:15 a.m. Nampachi joined the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1966. In 2009, he served as director of Toyota before returning to his current position as senior technical executive. 

Ben Green, vice president for Asia Pacific Teamstudio, will speak on “Dialogues Across Borders” at 11 a.m. Green worked as an account manager for Teamstudio, a privately held software company based in Beverly, Mass., from 2005 to 2007. He rejoined the company in January 2011 as the vice president of the Asia Pacific office in Tokyo. Prior to rejoining Teamstudio, Green worked as business development director for an interactive services firm called Cyberwoven and as a business recruiter in the Global Business Development division of the South Carolina Department of Commerce in Columbia.

The conference will include a panel discussion with alumni from Clemson's language and international trade program at 1:15 p.m. and a roundtable session with alumni and corporate representatives at 2:45 p.m.

For a full schedule, visit http://www.clemson.edu/caah/languages/lnit/lnitconference.html.

All the sessions are free and open to the public.

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