2024 X-CULTURE GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK IN CHIANG RAI, THAILAND
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X-Culture and Mae Fah Luang University
are proud to present
The 2024 X-Culture Global Business Week in Thailand
BUSINESS CHALLENGE PARTNER CORPORATIONS TBD
DATES:
SYMPOSIUM MEETING DATES
Sunday, July 07 – Saturday, July 13, 2024
Application Deadline: Saturday, TBD, 2024
Notification of acceptance: TBD, 2024.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:
Limited to 150 Students, 18 Student Ambassadors, and 25 Professors
LOCATION:
Mae Fah Luang University: 2333 Moo1, Thasud, Muang, Chiang Rai 57100
X-Culture and the School of Managemenet of Mae Fah Luang University are excited to invite the best X-Culture students from around the world at the X-Culture Global Business Week 2024!
We invite the best students to attend the X-Culture Global Symposium. In this week-long professional development event participants are provided opportunities to: complete and compete in a client consulting project challenge, attend professional development and academic sessions, and experience cultural visits and events, all while collaborating with other X-Culture students and faculty. Join us this July in Thailand!
The School of Management, Mae Fah Luang University is recognised as one of Thailand’s fastest growing and effective international business schools, constantly producing high quality graduates. All of the School’s academic programmes are well-constructed and suitable for both Thai and international students. The School of Management offers extensive and diverse courses, using modern teaching approaches with support from computerised systems, to ensure the utmost benefit to the students. Moreover, the School’s quality assurance system certifies the quality of education in crafting proficient graduates in each field of study.
The X-Culture Global Business Symposium is an event that brings participants together, chosen from the best of the best. Students from around the world from international teams that meet initially on-line and finally, in-person to finalize their work on solving a real business problem. Since 2010, nearly 90,000 students from 115 countries and 701 universities have participated and 16,846 international teams have been formed. Previous Global Business Symposium events have taken place in Miami (United States) in 2017, Macerata (Italy) in 2018, and Calgary (Canada) in 2019. Due to Covid-19, there were no events in 2020-2021.
The selection process is competitive. Preference will be given to student applicants who have demonstrated excellence in past X-Culture participation, but also with some consideration to maximize geographic and cultural diversity.
THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dr. Vasyl Taras Founder, X-Culture
- Dr. Vas Taras is a Professor of International Business at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
- He is the Vice President-Administration of the Academy of International Business and the founder of the X-Culture Project. He received his Ph.D. in International HR and International Business from the University of Calgary, Canada.
- His research and work revolve around cross-cultural and global virtual teams and experiential approaches to international business education and development. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Management, the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, the European Journal of International Management, and Cross-Cultural Strategic Management, and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Review, and Journal of World Business.
- Vas has lived, worked, and studied in half a dozen countries and has experience as an academic, manager, entrepreneur, and business consultant.
Dr. Leilani Baumanis
Conference Chair
- Dr. Leilani Baumanis is the Program Coordinator and Professor for the International Business Program at the College of Business and Management at Lynn University.
- She earned her Doctorate in International Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University and has over 25 years of teaching experience with a focus in active learning, cultural intelligence, and study abroad opportunities.
- Since 2013, Dr. Baumanis has played a vital role in X-Culture, an organization comprising more than 400 universities worldwide. X-Culture focuses on teaching university students to collaborate effectively through global virtual teams. In 2017, she joined the Executive Team and contributed to the development of the X-Culture Global Business Symposium. This week-long international conference brings together 200 of X-Culture’s finest students and faculty. Additionally, Dr. Baumanis leads the X-Culture Academy, a global virtual team program that concentrates on college-bound students aspiring to enhance their international business skills through collaboration with like-minded students from across the globe.
- In recognition of her expertise, Dr. Baumanis was appointed the Academy of International Business, Southeast (AIB-SE) X-Culture liaison in 2022. In this role, she oversees X-Culture’s US-based Global Business Symposium, fostering connections and knowledge exchange among participants.
Dr. Justin Kraemer
MFLU Host Lead Faculty
- Dr. Justin Kraemer received his PhD from Rutgers University, USA. He is currently employed in the School of Management at Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand.
- His research interests include within- and between-group dynamics as well as advanced quantitative research methods.
- He has included his students in X-Culture many times. He is also deeply involved in the X-Culture Xachathon and assisted in the establishing what we now know as the X-Culture database.
Karen Lynden
Conference Faculty
Development Lead
- Karen Lynden teaches at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, supporting the International Business and Management concentrations. Her teaching philosophy is centered on experiential and project-based learning.
- As an active member of the X-Culture project team, Karen directs the Coaching Program, in addition to supporting roles. She has been teaching with Global Virtual Team programs since 2014 and has had over 1,000 students complete these projects successfully in her courses across multiple higher education institutions.
- Karen brings with her 20+ years of higher education and industry experience. Organizations have relied on her to develop global and domestic teams while managing a broad portfolio of client accounts. A primary focus of her industry experience includes creating and facilitating organizational development training programs. Karen’s research interests include; global virtual teams, cross-cultural team and management topics, and organizational training and development.
Timothy Muth
X-Culture Client Management
- Tim Muth has taught various Business courses at the Florida Institute of Technology since 2007. He has been involved with X-Culture since 2012. Tim spent over 25 years in various executive management positions working for a Fortune 500 technology company. He has worked in or traveled to over 50 foreign countries. Tim holds degrees from Florida State University and Wake Forest University.
- Tim has won several teaching awards. In 2019, he was named one of six faculty members to receive the prestigious Master Teacher award. A scholarship named the “60th Anniversary Professors” was established to honor the Master Teachers. In 2020 and 2021, he won the Student Government Association “Professor of the Year – College of Business” award.
- Tim is actively involved with several non-profit groups. He leads a non-profit organization (Hearts Out to Haiti) that provides support for educational programs in two remote mountain villages.
- He coordinates the Business Challenges and Student Professional activities at the X-Culture Global Business Week.
Maddalena Dulio
X-Culture Lead Ambassador
- Maddalena Dulio is a Senior Project Manager of the legal department at the German-Italian Chamber of Commerce in Milan, Italy. She graduated with an MSc in Foreign Languages and International Management at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. She has collected several international experiences in cross-cultural counselling services, market and business development and event management. She can fluently speak English, German and Italian.
- She has been part of the X-Culture family since 2014, being a former X-Culture student, X-Culture Coach and Head Coach, and X-Culture Student Ambassador.
- She is one of the X-Culture Professionals Program Administrators.
- She was the Conference Assistant and the Lead Ambassador of the X-Culture Business Week in Lublin, Poland.
Rafael Akira Tamashiro
X-Culture Lead Ambassador
- Rafael Akira Tamashiro holds a degree in Business Administration at State University of Campinas, Brazil.
- He is a former X-Culture student, Coach, Senior Coach, and since 2020 he is the X-Culture Academy Coordinator.
- Rafael also has 2+ years of experience in Procurement at Multinatinationals companies.
- He was the Conference Assistant and the Lead Ambassador of the X-Culture Business Week in Lublin, Poland.
SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES AND PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Important Dates
- Application deadline: TBD, 2024
- Announcement of the selected students: TBD, 2024
- Announcement of selected ambassadors: ANNOUNCED
- Early registration and payment ($1495) deadline: TBD, 2024
- Standard registration and payment ($1,795):TBD, 2024
- Conference dates: July 07-13, 2024
- Students will be communicated on which team they are on 5 weeks before the event starts.
No stipends are available to cover the participation fee.
Conference Schedule: Official Schedule
- Sunday, July 07, 2024: Registration and Welcome Reception
Registration Desk: TBD
Welcome Reception: TBD - Monday, July 08, 2024: Welcome Plenary
Breakfast at hotel
Welcome Orientation: 9:30 – 11:30
Lunch Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Team Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Folk Festival (TBC): 17:30 - Tuesday, July 09, 2024: Concurrent Company site visits
Breakfast at hotel
Concurrent company visits: 8:00 – 11:30
Lunch Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Concurrent Sessions: 14:00 – 18:00
Team Time/ Dinner on your own: 18:00 – - Wednesday, July 10, 2024: Culture Visit
Breakfast at hotel
Lublin Tour/Majdanek: 9:30 – 12:30
Lunch Time: 13:00 – 14:30
Lublin Tour/ Majdanek: 15:00 – 18:30
Village Museum: 19:00 – 19:30
Botanical Garden: 19:30 –
Team Time - Thursday, July 11, 2023: Team Presentation 1
Breakfast at hotel
Early Morning Personal Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Lunch Time: 12:00 – 13:30
European Youth Capital Intramural Day: 14:00 – 18:00
Team Time: 18:00 – - Friday, July 12, 2024: Presentations 2 to Executives / Gala
Breakfast at hotel
Team Presentations 1: 9:00 – 12:00
Lunch time: 12:30 – 14:00
Concurrent Sessions: 14:30 – 17:00
Team Time/ Dinner on your own – 18:00 – 23:00 - Saturday, July 13, 2024: Student Departures
Breakfast at hotel
Checkouts + Departures
BUSINESS CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY LOCAL PARTNER COMPANIES:
RESEARCH XACKATHON & X-CULTURE MASTER FACULTY CERTIFICATION TRAINING
For X-Culture Instructors only. By invitation only.
RESEARCH XACKATHON: Throughout the conference, time will be allotted to the research activities. While the students are preparing their presentations, the instructors participating in the hackathon will brainstorm paper ideas and start working on developing papers.
The X-Culture data will be shared with the Research Xackathon attendees 1 month before the event so that they can start preparing and developing their paper ideas.
X-CULTURE MASTER FACULTY CERTIFICATION:
Workshop Duration: A total of four (4) continuing education hours. The schedule will allow faculty to also participate in the Xackathon and other activities.
Upon successful completion of this multi-day program, participants will be awarded an X-Culture Faculty Certification status. This credential provides:
- X-Culture-recognized status for use in your professional endeavors
- Access to the X-Culture Certified Faculty Community
- Networking and professional development opportunities
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COSTS
Student program fee: $1,495 early bird rate (paid in full by TBD) or $1,795 by the final deadline (TBD).
Faculty program fee (single occupancy room): $1,845 early bird rate (register by TBD) or $2,195 by the final deadline (TBD)
Faculty program fee (double occupancy room): $1,545 early bird rate (register by TBD) or $1,895 by the final deadline (TBD)
Sponsorship Letters to solicit financial support though your network provided upon request.
The conference fee includes:
- Student hotel, double occupancy per room (will be booked for you by the conference planning committee upon acceptance)
- (Attention! You will be required to have a credit card for your hotel room for incidentals. It is necessary to provide the hotel at least one credit card per room)
- Faculty hotel, single/double occupancy per room (will be booked for you by the conference planning committee upon acceptance)
- (Attention! You will be required to have a credit card for your hotel room for incidentals. It is necessary to provide the hotel at least one credit card per room)
- Welcome event reception
- All breakfasts and lunches
- Dinners TBD -included
- All scheduled conference cultural visits, lectures, guest presentations, local events, and local transportation to scheduled events
- Farewell Gala and Award Ceremony
Also:
- Service Offerings of Thai Companies (as part of client visits)
- Skill Development by Participating in Global Development Day
- In-Person Engagement with International Business Faculty from Around the World
- Taking Your International Business Skills to the Next Level Through Experiential Learning
- Experiencing and Learning All About Thai history, culture, and aspirations
- Experiential Learning in Global Virtual Teams
- Conference Materials and Vendor Give-Aways
- X-Culture Global Business Week Participation Certificate and Recommendation Letter
- A New Global Network of Friends (who are as highly motivated as you are as reflected in their participation in the event)
For faculty, the conference fee includes:
- Research Xackathon, multiple sessions
- X-Culture Master Faculty Certification, multiple sessions5/double
PERSONAL EXPENSES
The students will be paying on their own for:
- Travel to Chiang Rai, Thailand
(The registration fee does not cover your trip to and from Chiang Rai. Depending on your location, the airfare can cost you up to $350 if you live in South East Asia or up to $1,500 if you live abroad) - Thai visa processing fee (if required you can check it here, cost vary by country)
- Dinners on Thursday through Monday (Wednesday and Tuesday included in the participation fee)
- Other personal expenses (souvenirs, etc.)
- Pre or post conference sightseeing and other activities
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
- If you are traveling to Chiang Mai (International Airport near to Chiang Rai) by air, your airport is Chiang Mai International Airport.
- If you are flying to Bangkok by air and traveling to Chiang Rai by flights
- Additional travel information: Chiang-Rai Travel Information
KEY DATES
- Application Deadline: TBD, 2024
- Notification of Acceptance: TBD, 2024
- Early registration and payment ($1495): TBD, 2024
- Standard registration and payment ($1,795): TBD, 2024
- Conference dates: July 07-13, 2023
- Cancellation/Refund Policy: Registrants who cancel on or before May 4, 2024 will be assessed a $100 fee. Between May 5-31, 50% of the registration fee will be refunded. No refunds will be issued after May 31, 2024.
STUDENTS APPLICATION
During X-Culture Global Business Week, it is mandatory to respect the “no-absence policy,” this includes all sessions and scheduled social and cultural activities. Certificates and letters of participation are granted based on meeting this standard and adhering to our community behavior standards.
It is mandatory to adhere the requested daily dress-code.
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