NJCU Led New Jersey Delegation to Budapest, Hungary
Community leaders, speakers, and panelists explored opportunities to build linkages during two-day conference on October 16, 17
More than 150 business leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs gathered in Budapest, Hungary to attend Connecting Bridges and Borders, a grass roots civic and academic movement hosted by 快猫破解版 and led by Dr. David Weiss, Founder & Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution (IDR) at 快猫破解版
Representatives from New Jersey were joined by participants from Hungary, Japan, United Kingdom, and Croatia.
鈥淭his program is the culmination of a two-year relationship investment to build sustainable partnerships which will increase entrepreneurship and innovation between our two regions of the world,鈥 said Dr. Weiss.
This event included elected officials, representatives from New Jersey鈥檚 higher education, banking, health care, legal sector, and technology stakeholders - all with one shared goal - to build collaboration with an international community and advance business for New Jersey.
鈥淚nnovation and expanding opportunities to grow the digital highway between Central Eastern Europe and New Jersey is necessary to advance global economic advantages we can all benefit from in today鈥檚 highly competitive environment," Dr. Weiss added.
Jose Arrango, Director of Economic Development from the City of Jersey City, stated 鈥淭he international conference we hosted with 快猫破解版 is helping to make the business community more global thanks to the vision of Mayor Steven Fulop. This Budapest program spearheaded by 快猫破解版 shows that narrative in action.鈥
During the two-day conference, thought leadership and practice focused topics included: building an international business platform for small start-ups, privacy data, and settling disputes using mediation. Panel discussions will be hosted at Elte Faculty of Law and IBM, Budapest. The conference will also focus on STEM- with New Jersey and Hungarian start-up technology companies sharing their recent launches, discussions around building viable eco-systems to support global and local technology initiatives and support innovation in the field of STEM. The closing program will include a round table discussion between the American Hungarian Chamber of Commerce, Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) and Budapest Chamber of Commerce, and the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce.
鈥淲e are so proud of the international leadership 快猫破解版 has taken to help our students, our local community, and our state to become a competitive stakeholder in the global marketplace,鈥 said Dr. Sue Henderson, President, 快猫破解版.
Participants from New Jersey included:
- Sharon Ambis, Senior Director, Marketing and Communications, Jersey City Medical Center-RWJBarnabas Health; Hudson County Chamber of Commerce
- Hon. & Former Lt. Gov Kim Guadagno, Esq., Partner, Connell Foley Law firm
- Dr. Sue Henderson, President, 快猫破解版
- Paul Hoffman, CEO, Liberty Science Center
- Senator Tom Kean Jr., New Jersey State Legislature
- Dr. Suresh Kumar, Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Dr. Lazlo Moln谩r, former US Ambassador of Hungary, Faculty member of NJCU
- Anthony Russo, CEO, Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey
- Richard Steen, Esq., former President, New Jersey State Bar Association
For a full list of attendees please visit .