Around the World in One Day
An Interconnected Globe and Your Future:
Do You Know Where You’re Heading?

May 18, 2012

9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville, PA 15146

Registration for this event is closed. Please contact Allyce Pinchback at 412-224-4092 or email allyce@worldpittsburgh.org to be placed on a waiting list.

Presented by the World Cultures Consortium of Western Pennsylvania and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh as part of the Pittsburgh Folk Festival

What are the implications of an increasingly interconnected
world for today’s students?

What skills do students need to be successful
in a global workforce?

Why is cross-cultural communication and cultural
understanding so important?

• Find out how to put your world language and current events knowledge to use in college and in the workforce from a panel of community leaders with international careers.
   
• Test your global IQ through an interactive trivia competition.
   
• Take a trip around the world and visit the international marketplace and kitchens to experience ethnic food and crafts.

Schedule

• 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
  Registration
   
• 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  Panel Discussion and Q&A Session
   
• 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  Mini WorldQuest
   
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  Around the World Cultural Fair and International Marketplace

Thanks to the generosity of several of our funders, there is no cost to attend An Interconnected Globe and Your Future: Do You Know Where You’re Heading? Lunch is not provided for this program, but food can be purchased for a minimal cost in the international kitchens.

Registration for this event is closed. Please contact Allyce Pinchback at 412-224-4092 or email allyce@worldpittsburgh.org to be placed on a waiting list.