Workshops & Conferences

Faculty Development in International Business   

Dates Offered:  June 11-15, 2012     
     

The FDIB seminar series at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, is the oldest and most highly regarded program of its kind. The goal of the program is to internationalize business school faculty, preparing them to teach international business course.


FDIB is a series of six concurrent seminars. Each participant chooses one seminar and spends a week with some of the top faculty in the international business field developing both professional knowledge about the particular topic and the pedagogical skills that will enhance teaching of the subject. 

The Graduate School of Bank Investments and Financial Management
Dates Offered:  May 19-23, 2012    Register Now             Download Brochure
$2,795 per participant
$2,595 per participant (two or more registrants from the same institution)
$2,595 per participant (if registered and paid before March 2, 2012) 

The Moore School’s mission is to provide a hands-on educational experience and to deliver product knowledge, quantitative skills, and market experience in the dynamic fields of investment portfolio, asset/liability and financial management.


Classes start with the fundamentals of valuation and securities pricing. Classes then develop specific investment portfolio management expertise, comprehensive investment product knowledge, and an overview of asset and liability management.   

6th Annual Workshop on Community Bank Investments &
Asset/Liability Management & Funding Strategies
Fall 2012                 
 Location:  Las Vegas, NV
The current economic and regulatory environment presents significant challenges to community bankers in managing their security portfolios and overall interest rate risk in the balance sheet. This conference provides a critique of current investment alternatives, examines the trade-offs between different funding alternatives, and describes strategies to enhance portfolio performance and aggregate interest rate risk management practices.  It specifically addresses the implications of the recent regulatory guidance on interest rate risk and associated opportunities and responses.  For more information, please contact Nancy Beym at 800.393.2362 or nbeym@moore.sc.edu.   

Economic Outlook Conference
Dates Offered:   Fall 2012  
The annual Economic Outlook Conference is an event attended by business and government leaders.  It is sponsored by the Darla Moore School of Business and the Palmetto Institute.  In addition to providing the annual forecasts for the United States and South Carolina, speakers and panelists discuss the state's economic status including retail sales, consumer price inflation, unemployment rate, job growth in various sectors, current trends and regional economic development opportunities. 

40th Annual Retirement and Benefits Management Seminar
Dates Offered: April 26-27, 2012            Register Now
Location: Hilton Charlotte Executive Park • 5624 Westpark Drive • Charlotte, NC
 
The annual Retirement and Benefits Management Seminar enjoys a national reputation as a forum where plan administrators, business executives, attorneys, bank trust officers, CLUs, and CPAs receive the latest and most accurate information on the planning and administration of employee benefit programs and legislation or regulations affecting them.