Program and Schedule

Location: Duques Hall (22nd St. between G and H Sts.)

Tuesday, June 2  
Room 650
5:00 p.m.  


Welcome & Workshop Overview
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

6:00 p.m.  


Keynote Address (and dinner):
Mr. S. Tien Wong, CEO, Opus8, Inc.

7:30 p.m.



Introduction to Cross-Cultural Bargaining
Exercise: Money on the Path
Steve Weiss

8:30 p.m.   End

Wednesday, June 3

Sessions in Room 451 (Minerva), Meals in Room 453

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.
I.

IBN Course Backgrounder: IB and Negotiation
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

10:30 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
II.



Two-Person Negotiation Exercise (scorable): Ocampo-SportsGear
Steve Weiss

12:30 p.m.
Lunch & Participant Discussions
1:30 p.m.
III.



Communication and Culture in IBN
Exercise: BARNGA
Alain Lempereur

2:45 p.m.
IV.

IBN Teaching Objectives
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

3:30 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
V.

Planning Systems for IBN
Alain Lempereur & Steve Weiss

5:30 p.m.
Reception

6:30 p.m.
End (own dinner)

Thursday, June 4

Sessions in Room 451 (Minerva), Meals in Room 453

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.
VI.

Two-Team Negotiation: Pedagogical Concerns
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

10:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
VII.


Team-On-Team Negotiation and Debriefing
Exercise: Bolter-Midlands
Steve Weiss
12:30 p.m.


Expert Practitioner Presentation (and lunch):
"Public vs. Private International Negotiation"
Ms. Barbara Weisel, Assist. US Trade Representative
2:00 p.m.
VIII.


Using IBN Research in Teaching
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

2:30 p.m.
IX.
Structuring an IBN Course
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

3:30 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m. X.
Structuring an IBN Class
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

4:45 p.m.
Participants' Forum: Small Groups, Plenary

5:30 p.m.
Free Time

6:30pm
Pangea Artisans
Market
- 2121
Pennsylvania Avenue

 

Reception and Expert Practitioner Presentation
"Multiparty Negotiations in Development"
Ms. Catherine O'Farrell, International Finance Corp., Advisory Services

8:00 p.m.   End (own dinner)

Friday, June 5

Sessions in Room 451 (Minerva), Meals in Room 453

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.
XI.


Multiparty Negotiation - The Mega-Simulation
Exercise: Nissan Partner Simulation
Steve Weiss

10:30 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
XII.

Large-Scale Simulations: Other Examples
Alain Lempereur
12:30 p.m.



Expert Practitioner Presentation (and lunch):
"A First-Timer's Reflections on Teaching IBN Course: A Practitioner's Perspective"
Ms. Bonnie Pierce, VP, State Street Global Advisors
2:00 p.m.
XIII.


Evaluating Students, Delivering Feedback
Steve Weiss & Alain Lempereur

3:15 p.m.
Break
3:45 p.m.
XIV.


Additional Resources for Teaching
Film (excerpt): "Our Friends at the Bank"
Alain Lempereur
5:00 p.m.   End - free time prior to evening event
6:15 p.m.  
Participants gather in front of Crawford Hall to get on bus to Washington Harbor for dinner cruise
7:00 p.m.  
Dinner Cruise on the Potomac.
Departs form Washington Harbor, 3000 K St., N.W.

Saturday, June 6
Room: 650
8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.


Expert Practitioner Presentation and Discussion
"Difficult International Negotiations in Practice"
Ambassador John McDonald, IMTD

10:30 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.


Participants' Forum: Questions, Next Steps
Alain Lempereur & Steve Weiss

12:00 p.m.

Lunch and Workshop Evaluation
Nevena Yakova
1:00 p.m.

End of Workshop


Sunday, June 7
By 11:00 a.m.

Check-Out of Residence Halls


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Duquès Hall, Suite 450, 2201 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
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