A Few Words About the Opening Event

On Wednesday evening, October 22nd, 2008, there will be an opening event at the Palacio to welcome everyone to the SIETAR Global 2008 Congress.
The evening will begin in the auditorium with a few words of welcome by the director of the Alhambra, Maria del Mar Villafranca, and by the president of the University of Granada, Francisco González Lodeiro.
This will be followed by a lively flamenco performance and a keynote speech by Miguel Gandert entitled Rituals of Early Globalization: Reading History and Intercultural Relationships in Photography.
Afterwards we invite you to join us in the exhibitor’s area of the main hall for welcoming drinks and tapas.

Schedule for Thursday October 23

Room 9:00 - 10:30 11:00 - 11:50 12:00 - 12:50 15:00 - 16:30 18:00 - 19:30
Andalucia I Leila Buck; Uleelee (tell me) Adam Komisarof; Testing the Interactive Acculturation Model in Japan: American-Japanese coworker relations Kyoko Yashiro, Tomoko Yoshida, Yuka Suzuki; How Globalization has Shaped the Definition of Intercultural Communication Skills Required by Japanese Business People Today Erika Jacobi; It Takes Two to Tango: The art of balanced leadership Sabine Wagner, Heike Pfitzner; World Café
Andalucia II Drissia Schroeder-Hohenwarth, Yu Sun; Managing Global Complexity Through Equality Based Cross Cultural Team Building: China case study Nancy O’Brien; Women as Intercultural Relations: Re-visioning the field through a feminist lens Thierry Michaux; Cultures, Bounded Rationality and Behavioural Economics: How economic theories modify cultures Susan Davidson; Corporate Culture Shock in America: The challenges non-Americans experience in the American workplace  
Andalucia III Asma Abullah, Susan Vonslid; Preparing Managers for the Global Workplace Alan Richter; Global Values Research through Comparative Law Christine Baldy Ngayo; Global Organizational Change Management Practices: When is a best practice not best for practice? Candice Hughes; The Changing Face of Education (K-12) in the Wave of Globalization: Should c(ulture) be added to the basic 3R's of learning?  
Seminar I Lucy Linhares; Understanding People’s Differences: A tool to help schools and organizations to build a positive environment towards diversity Kumiko Aoki, Eric Bray; Fostering Intercultural Competence among Japanese EFL Students Shobha Naidu, Prabha Chandrasekhar; Transformation in Mate Selection in India Today: Media as marriage broker Kimberly Blanchard, Pamela Berland Ex; Virtual Training: Engaging clients anytime, anywhere  
Seminar II Ute Clement, Gerhard Krejci; Consulting and Training in an International Environment: Reflections, best practises and lessons learnt Charlene Blockinger; On Closer Scrutiny: U.S. Workplace Educators Examine the Meaning of Intercultural Competence. A Phenomenological Study. Darren Kamphuis; Perspectives on Globalization from the Arabian Gulf: Imperialism or co-creation? Nancy Bragard, Willa Hallowell; Influencing Colleagues in Global Organizations  
Seminar III Peter Stark; Creating Trans-Nationalism: Issues and Challenges in Effecting Cross-cultural Organization Change Tricia Coverdale-Jones; Intercultural Experience of Studying Abroad in the Context of Partnerships Between Universities Maura Di Mauro; For a Better Work & Life Balance - Results of the Observatory on the Time Policies in Lombardia Region Francien Wieringa; The Four Ds, Different Visions on Diversity  
Seminar IV Sean Phillips; Cultural Brokering and the Ethnographic Interview in Social Service & Health Care. Margit Krause-Ono; Comparison of the Understanding of the Basic Concepts in the Teaching of Intercultural Communication (ICC) at Colleges/Universities in Germany, Japan and the U.S. Evelyne Glaser, Lawrence Gales; Issues of Communication, Power and Trust in Multicultural Virtual Teams Elisabeth Plum, Anne-Marie Søderberg; Cultural Intelligence - An HR Tool and a Strategic Asset in Managing Cultural Complexity  
VIP Lobna Ismail, Jeremy Solomons; Interfaith Dialogue - Learning from the History of Southern Spain to Build a More Harmonious Future Ulrike Glatz, Claudia Zysk; New Nomads: An emerging lifestyle in a globalized world - Challenges, competencies and training Adrian Pilbeam; Developing Skills for Intercultural Training: What works best and why? Dr. Zareen Karani Araoz; Challenges and Opportunities in Global India: The changing corporate culture  
Press Richard Harris; Beyond Proxemics: Cultural difference in space perception Klára Falk-Bánó; Language, Culture and Intercultural Communication in the World of Sports Carrie Cameron; Globalization trends in science Jeffrey Cookson, Rebecca Parrilla; Global Diversity: The interaction of national culture and LGBT acceptance  
Machado Ursula Leitzmann; "A Scar Will Damage You in Your Next Life": Perspectives on cross-cultural health care Marcella Simon; Corporate Universities in an Era of Globalization: Global competencies and the learning organization Daniela Molzbichler; Intercultural Conflict Escalation - What Can Be Done to De-escalate? Christoph Barmeyer, Vincent Merk; A Parcel to Spain: A cultural dilemma in HRM and its implications on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Discussion: History & Future of SIETAR
Picasso Donna Stringer, Joerg Schmidt, Magda Nowak; Complex Issues In Globalizing a Diversity & Inclusion Initiative: A case study Verena Behrnd; Evaluation of the Development of Intercultural Competence in its Sub-domains by Didactic Versus Experiential Intercultural Training at University Bettina Hansel; Intercultural Confidence and Intercultural Competence: Findings from new research on impact of exchange programs on adults in 15 countries Maria Assumpta Aneas; Intercultural Competencies at the Public Administration  
Machuca Jordi Ficapal, Rob Giardina, Anne Rupp, Anna Zelno; Spain is Different?: Comparative analysis of descriptive attributes of Spanish culture in country/area studies. Betina Szkudlarek; Reentry Training: Evaluating the past looking into the future Robert Spenser; Training Japanese & Foreigners: What makes them say “I got it!" Sue Shinomiya, Brian Szepkouski, Lillian Tsai, Christopher Deal, Vinay Kumar; The Asian Face of Globalization: A panel on Japan, China and India  
Albeniz Jonathan Levy; Freedom to Learn: A model for learning in multicultural contexts Florence Bourdon; Hostility Toward Minority Groups as a Consequence of Antagonistic Relationships Between Dominant Groups: A renewed version of the scapegoating theory of prejudice Ildiko Polyak; An International School through an Interculturalist's Eyes Film:
All White in Barking		 Film:
Mimoune
The Headmaster and the Headscarves

From 10:00 to 13:00 the following Posters will be presented:

Yuko Abe, Marcin Schroeder; Globalization of University Education: Cultural Values in Liberal Arts Model
Inas Alkholy; Globalization in the Italian Renaissance Art
Lut Baten; Certification of Intercultural Language Competences: ELP and WebCEF description: Oral assessment and communities.
Leah Davcheva, Richard Fay; Intercultural Sites of Postgraduate Doctoral Supervision: Implications for Training and Development
Thomas Hüsgen,  Anikó Urbán; Development of a common European Masters degree in Intercultural Communication.
Jane Jackson; Intercultural sensitivity and short-term study abroad
Yan Jiang, Hua Zhu; The Effects of an Intercultural Educational Programme on Children's Intercultural Communicative Competence Development: A Longitudinal Study
Oleg Khukhlaev; A model of teaching cross-cultural psychologists in Russia
Paula J. Pedersen; Shift happens…or does it?: The importance of intentional pedagogy on intercultural effectiveness in study abroad.
Tony Young; Intercultural effectiveness and effective language learners and teachers: a new international study

Schedule for Friday October 24

Room 9:00 - 10:30 11:00 - 11:50 12:00 - 12:50 15:00 - 16:30 18:00 - 19:30
Andalucia I Marian Stetson-Rodriguez, Richard Lowe, Nigel Ewington; Speed to Market Trust as a Critical Global Team Factor: A US-Japan biotech case study Martin Goerlich; The Model of Freedom in Action: An evaluation of a cross cultural training for multinational teams Christopher Schmidt; The Impact of Globalization on Holistic Brand Communication Strategy Online and Offline: The cognitive dimension Maureen Rabotin, Anne Stenbom; The ECQi Trust Factor Paul Westlake; Quite a Problem
Andalucia II Rita Wuebbeler, Heather Robinson; Intercultural Team Building: A holistic approach to optimizing team performance Ida Castiglioni; Effectiveness Research on the Development of Intercultural Competence in Healthcare and Social Services in Italy Richard Fay, Milena Katsarska, Magdalena De Stefani; Academic Experience Towards Global Citizenship: Positional narratives of computer-mediated intercultural communication Alexander Scheitza, Matthias Otten; Intercultural Competence of the Individual and the Organisation: Frictions, paradoxes and the attempt of a synthesis Giovanni Intilla; DIVERSOPHY®: Doing Business with Italians
Andalucia III Albert Angehrn, David Trickey; Managing Change Across Cultures Marie-Therese Claes; Diversity in a Globalised World. A European-Thai case. Nigel Ewington, Bimla Ojelay-Surtees; Building a Culture of Trust in Global Emergency Response Teams Maria Jicheva, Caroline Beery, Nigel Ewington; The Myth and Reality of Global Leadership  
Seminar I Karen Rolston, Jack Lee; Cultural Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
 Stephanie Frei; The Intercultural Competences of Diplomats - Necessities and Lacks Marine Tunyan; Cultural Diversity in the Global Organizations: Facing challenges and finding solutions John Leih; Integrate the Opposites: How to leverage diverse learning styles in intercultural training design  
Seminar II Isabelle Demangeat; Which Worldwide Shape Suits You? Internationalisation Processes and the Needs for Global Managers Svetlana Aladjem, Florence Bourdon, Vladimir Galabov; Emerging Homo Viridis: How globalization shapes a new green culture and how cultures adopt it and contribute to it Daniel Haeberle, Margaret Buxton; How the "Interculturalist" Makes Sense... : What are we doing here anyway? Yoshiko Higuchi; Tarajary (Treasure Stars); Simulated Training with Drama Method  
Seminar III Frank Brueck; The Use of Autophotography in Intercultural Research and Training Daniela Talmelli; Toward an Understanding of the Nature of Global Mindset Mayumi Kubota, Yoko Matsuda; A Way to Develop Intercultural Communication Competency Necessary for the Global Society: Volunteer activities supporting immigrant children Judith Starkey; How globalization has impacted the U.S. workforce, plus multicultural communication strategies for preventing conflict in this increasingly diverse population. Content: Learn through statistical data and company case studies  
Seminar IV Adair Nagata; Extending Bodymindfulness for Skillful Use of Self to Virtual Global Communication E.S. Wibbeke; Global Business Leadership - How Cultural Competency and Geoleadership Merge Cheryl Williams; How Does a Global Entertainment Media Company Train Their Employees for Working Across Cultures? Beth Yoder, Regina Rowland; Emergence of Cultural Hybridity and a Paradigm Shift  
VIP Douglas Stuart; Introduction to the World Values Survey: A powerful educational tool for the enhancement of interculturalist theory and practice Erja Haltia; Whose Global Citizenship is "Right"? - The degrees of foreign experience Patrick Schmidt; Discovering what the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) is Elio Vera, Pamela Shockley-Zalabak; Exploring Trust Across Cultures and Gender: The SIETAR ITALIA trust project  
Press Gigi de Groot, Christina Röttgers; How a Global Organisation Practices What It Preaches Thierry Michaux; Cultures, Bounded Rationality and Behavioural Economics: How economic theories modify cultures Peter Franklin, Petra Greiner; Towards Better Practice in Intercultural Management Development? Some Reflections and A Case Study Barbara StClaire-Ostwald, Ursula Leitzmann; Cross-cultural Coaching: New skills to enhance global management competencies  
Machado Elisabeth Arévalo-Guerrero, Basma Ibrahim DeVries, Jon DeVries, Adriana Medina; Sailing Global Oceans: Sharing experiences in facilitating intercultural competence and global citizenship development aboard - The Scholar Ship's Inaugural Voyage. Malii Brown, Monica Marcel; Measuring Cross-Cultural Business Impact Rosita Albert, Celine Godet, Grace Coggio; Working Through Differences: Exploring another culture and changing attitudes via online communication. A French/American experiment. Marion Keil, Iris Kuhnert, Yandong Xu; Going Global: New strategies for corporations  
Picasso Edith Coron, Liisa Salo Lee, Mel Petrie; Globalization and the Impact on Chinese Values Heather Gilvary-Hamad; Cross Cultural Marriages Between American Women and Middle Eastern Men Iskender Sarigoz, Cemal Cakir; ADCOESP: A new design for intercultural communication and personal development in global business Elmer Dixon, Alex Yu, David Trickey, Liliana Cantu, Nina Merens; Creating Dialogue - Leveraging Global Approaches to Multi-Cultural Learning  
Machuca Jennifer Mahon, Luis Pires, Cheryl Woehr, David Hudnut; Changing Landscapes: Exploring the effects of global immigration on Spain Bettina Strewe; Cultural Specifics of the Subject Work in Slavic Regions and its Lingual Reflection Perihan Ügeöz; The Headscarf Controversy in Turkey: An intercultural and transnational conflict Guillaume Gevrey, Vinay Kumar, Melanie Martinelli; Bollywood: Representing Changing Corporate Values, Creating and Challenging Stereotypes and Dealing with New Issues in Indian Society  
Albeniz Karen Walch, Denis Leclerc, Joerg Schmitz, Kenneth Price; WIN3 - Leveraging Insight for Impact in Global Negotiations Caroline Smadja; How English as today’s “lingua franca” shapes identities, cross-cultural communication and globalization at large Roger Baumgarte; What Does It Mean to Have a Close Friend? Comparing Cultures. Film:
Satellite Queens: Behind the scenes of a Prime Time Arab Talk Show		 Film:
A Way Out of The War on Terror

From 10:00 to 13:00 the following Posters will be presented:

Roger Bell; Training managers in Spain for Cultural Sensitivity in Global Business
Kate Berardo; The Intercultural Profession: A snapshot of current professionals, practices, and challenges in the field
Irina Chongarova; Self-identification of children of Russian-Bulgarian intermarriages and development of their bilingual and bicultural potential.
Larissa Chuprina; Measurement Instruments across Cultures: How wide are our choices when it comes to working with and living within other cultural values systems?
Antonella Corsi-Banker, Jon DeVries, Yuki Tokuji; Innovative Tools for a Global Workforce: an Affordable, Adaptable and Effective Model for Preparing Staff, Scholars and Students at all Level of Cultural Competence to Work with People from Other Cultures
Helen Harnett; Improving the Quality of Communication Between Immigrant/ ‘International’ Healthcare Staff and Older Irish People Living in Residential Care in Dublin
Annette Karseras Sumi; Japan-based organizations & Work-life balance: Near-future prospects
Márta Konczosné Szombathelyi; The Linguistic and Cultural Infrastructure of Foreign Capital Investment in Hungry
Marie Myers; Globalization through different lenses: Showing sensitivity and competence in cross-cultural communication
Brid Ni Chonaill; The local, the national and the global : the impact of migrants on culture and identity in the Blanchardstown area.
Piotr Przybysz; The Art Facing With Globalisation Processes
Ljiljana Simic; Innovative Intercultural Practices - Participatory Art Projects
Debbie Schallock; A Space for Gray: The Dialogue Between Diverse Voices
Katherine Strous; Culturally Intelligent Integration: Creation of a new business culture within a post intercultural merger environment (A Case Study)
Jolanda Tromp; Success Factors for Cross-cultural Collaboration in Virtual Teams: How to create, manage and measure cost-benefits by taking the homan and cultural factors into account

Schedule for Saturday October 25

Room 9:00 - 10:30 11:00 - 11:50 12:00 - 12:50 15:00 - 16:30
Andalucia I Jacqueline Wasilewski; Creating Global Agoras & Other MIID Communities:The ICU-COE North East Asian Dialogue (NEAD) Project   Jennifer Plaister-Ten; Towards Greater Cultural Understanding in Coaching S. Aqeel Tirmizi, Haneen Malallah; Globalization, Culture and Management: An integrated framework for managing multicultural teams
Andalucia II Joanne Zitek, Cynthia Livingston; Adapting Organization Development Techniques for Successful Multicultural Global Teams – A Practitioners’ Roundtable     Kate Berardo; New Training Strategies for Effectively Preparing People for Cultural Adjustment and Transitions
Andalucia III Milton Bennett, Michael Paige; Making Cross-Cultural Intercultural: Conceptual history and current research of intercultural learning in study abroad     Cornelius Grove, Astrid Kainzbauer; Instructional Styles in Global Perspective
Seminar I George Kesselaar; Developing a Management Consulting Practice that Embraces Inter-Cultural Intelligence Jose Pascal da Rocha, Oxana Karnaukhova; Crossbows and Wodka – Designing Conflict Resolution and the Russian Context
(Until 12:50!)		   Elizabeth Abbot; Cross-Cultural Coaching: Making the training stick
Seminar II Melanie Martinelli; Revealing and Mitigating the Hidden Cost of Culture in Offshore Projects: Supporting cross-cultural effectiveness to serve the bottom line Darla Deardorff, Duane Deardorff; Breaking New Ground: Defining and assessing intercultural competence Henri de Jongste; Humor in Intercultural Business Contexts Carolyn Ryffel; Setting Boundaries in a Borderless World: Maximizing learning within the global business context
Seminar III Syed Zafar; Where Rubber Meets the Road: Impacting lives with cultural knowledge Nara Arutchyan; Communication that Works Christopher Deal; Can Hollywood Ever Get Culture Right? Portrayals of national cultures in globally distributed films Patricia Mumme Stotz; Me, You, Them: How personality type & culture impact each other
Seminar IV Shannon Murphy Robinson, Karen Huchendorf; Passion: A renewable resource to thrive in a shifting global environment Noor Azizan-Gardner; Interculturally Competent University Leaders for a Brave New World Dr. Kazuma Matoba; Managing Cognitive Diversity for Third-culture Building Kendra Carpenter, Vivek Saxena; The Dance of Globalization: Convergence of aspects of traditional Indian philosophy and current constructs of cross-cultural competence
VIP Kyoung-Ah Nam, Miguel Gandert, Jack Condon; The Continuing Evolution of this Popular Teaching/Training Exercise; or, How D.I.E. became DAE     Vivian Leite, Pilar Aznar, Sylvia Pereira; Brazilian Football Culture: Off the pitch and into the office
Press Beth Fisher-Yoshida; Developing Global Leaders: The five paradoxes of transnational leadership     Victor Garza, Jeremy Wong; Getting to know China's Diversity Through Diversophy's Doing Business with Chinese; The Cultural Detective China; The RMB Banknote Game
Machado Adrienne Rubatos; A Very Special Global Gathering: The power of common roots and joint youth experience     Naomi Wolfe; Compassionate Listening: Healing the world from the inside out - an introduction
Picasso Josef Erbler, Daniela Molzbichler; The history of Intereligious Dialogue in Austria. An Example of the practice now with a simulation game. Christine Musaidizi Mutengwayir, Keynote Plenary: Intercultural relations in Human Crisis, and Development: African perspectives
(Until 12:30!)		   Eun Y. Kim; Effective Fusion Leadership for Asian Global Leaders
Machuca Francien Wieringa, Kelli McLoud-Schingen, Mieke Janssen-Matthes, Wim Swaan, Susana Gonçalves; Open Space Education(Until 13:00!) Muna Alyusuf, Pari Namazie; Muslim Women as Professional Interculturalists: The influence of Islam on our personal and professional lives
(Until 12:50!)		   Henning Zorn; Knowledge Should Travel
Albeniz Richard Cook; Intercultural Coaching: The next big thing Film:
Jerusalem Is Proud To Present
(Until 12:50!)		   Tatyana Fertelmeyster; Who Are We: Search for identity in the global world