Dear Colleagues: If you are planning to be at the AIB conference in Washington D.C., you are invited to our "roundtable on innovation and global value chains" on Tuesday, July 3 as follows: July 3, 2012: Roundtable on Innovation and Global Value Chains Session 3.3.2: Time: 13:00 - 14:15 Room: Continental B (Reagan Building) Chair: Vinod K Jain, President & CEO, India-US World Affairs Institute, Inc. Panelists: Dr. Bahija Jallal, Executive Vice President (R&D), MedImmune, LLC (a unit of AstaZeneca) Mr. R. Lemuel Lasher, President Global Business Solutions Group and Chief Innovation Officer, Computer Sciences Corporation Discussant: Dr. Carlo Pietrobelli, Private Sector Lead Development Specialist, IADB, and Professor of Economics, University of Rome About the Panel Session: The proposed roundtable panel will explore different facets of relatively new developments related to innovation and global value chains, with a focus on emerging markets as key links in value chains. The panelists include senior executives responsible for innovation and global R&D in pharmaceutical and IT industries, the two industries that have been at the forefront in developing and utilizing global value chains for innovation and R&D. Best regards, Vinod Jain -- Vinod K. Jain, Ph.D. [log in to unmask] ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.