THE BERNARD L. SCHWARTZ COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE at Baruch College, CUNY presents the 7th Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication Intensive Instruction, "New Rules: Convention and Change in Communication."

Friday, April 27, 2007. 14th Floor Conference Center, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave., New York, New York.

FEATURING:

Kathleen Waldron
President, Baruch College, CUNY

Bernard L. Schwartz
Chairman and CEO, BLS Investments, LLC

William C. Taylor
Co-Founder, Fast Company Magazine, and
Co-Author of Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win

Chris M. Anson
Professor of English and Director of Campus Writing and Speaking Program, North Carolina State University

Scott Kirsner
Contributing Writer, Wired and Fast Company, and
Contributor to Newsweek, Salon, and the New York Times

THE PROGRAM:

This Seventh annual meeting of leaders in business and education sponsored by the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, will provide a unique, interactive venue for educators and business professionals to engage in a dialogue on the changing rules and conventions of communication in academic and business settings.

Sessions will be hands-on and interactive. Symposium participants will take part in two round-table discussions led by two co-moderators -- a business executive and an educator. In each round-table discussion, the group will explore critical questions, share individual views and experiences, and then bring the conversation back to the larger group in two moderated plenary sessions.

FACILITATORS INCLUDE:

Jana O'Keefe-Bazzoni, Chair, Dept. of Comm-unication Studies, Baruch College, CUNY

David Birdsell, Dean of School of Public Affairs, Baruch College

Daniel Black, Director, Americas Recruiting, Ernst and Young LLP

Deborah Bosley, Director, Center for Writing, Language, and Literacy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Ellen Cahill, co-founder, Cahill Associates

Patrick Curtin, Executive Vice President, Bank of New York

Raymond von Dran, Dean, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

James Drogan, Lecturer in Global Business and Transportation, SUNY Maritime College

John K. Gillespie, President, Gillespie Global Group

Virginia Malone, Dean, Reuters Academy, Reuters America Client Training

George Otte, Professor of English, Urban Education, and Technology and Pedagogy, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Instructional Technology, CUNY

Ruth-Ellen H. Simmonds, Executive Director, One Stop Senior Services

Judith Summerfield, University Dean of Undergraduate Education, CUNY

Donna Reiss, Department of English, Clemson University

Phyllis White-Thorne, Manager of Public Information, Brooklyn Public Affairs, Con Edison

Art Young, Robert S. Campbell Chair in Technical Communication and Professor of Engineering and English, Clemson University

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

The Program will begin at 9:30am with a welcoming address by Dr. Kathleen Waldron, President of Baruch College and an opening keynote by William C. Taylor, a founding editor of Fast Company Magazine and co-author of Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win. The first round-table discussion will begin at 11:00am and the second at 2:30pm, following a lunchtime keynote by Chris M. Anson, Professor of English and Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University. After the program, please plan to join us for cocktails and dinner at the Players' Club on Gramercy Park, where we will mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Institute and hear a closing keynote by Bernard L. Schwartz.

For more information, please send an email to symposium@baruch.cuny.edu.

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