Gr eat er H o ust o n Part n ers hi p’s ( G H P) Stat e
of H o ust o n’s Gl o bal E c o n o m y L u n c h e o n
D oi n g b usi n ess i nt er nati o nall y i n t o da y’s d y na mi c gl o bal e n vir o n m e nt is a n
e ver- e v ol vi n g c hall e n g e, r e q uiri n g u p-t o- dat e i nf or mati o n t o ma k e s mart
b usi n ess d e cisi o ns.
T h e l u n c h e o n k e y n ot e, Dr. Ma c ki nt os h, c o ver e d t o pi cs i n cl u di n g t h e ris e of
t h e d ollar a n d n e gati ve s pill o vers, t h e ra mi fi cati o ns of Br e xit a n d E ur o p e’s
r e c e nt p us h ba c k a gai nst nati o nalis m, ris ks i n C hi na a n d t h e ra mi fi cati o ns of
Ja pa n’s a gi n g p o p ulati o n i n cl u di n g dis c ussi o ns a b o ut gl o bal e c o n o mi c tr e n ds.
A d diti o nall y, t h e e ve nt f eat ur e d a m or ni n g pa n el dis c ussi o n a m o n g t hr e e e x-
e c uti ves w h o l ea d gl o bal i nstit uti o ns i n H o ust o n. T h e pa n el was m o d erat e d
b y B o b Har ve y, Pr esi d e nt a n d C E O of t h e Gr eat er H o ust o n Part n ers hi p, a n d
i n cl u d e d:
• R e n u K h at o r, C ha n c ell or a n d Pr esi d e nt, U ni versit y of H o ust o n
• J e a n - F r a n c oi s P o u p e a u, E xe c uti ve Vi c e Pr esi d e nt,
C or p orat e D e vel o p m e nt, S c hl u m b er g er
• M a n ol o S a n c h e z, C hair ma n, B B V A C o m pass
Als o at t h e e ve nt, t h e Part n ers hi p’s S V P of R es ear c h, Patri c k Ja n k o ws ki, s har e d
his fi n di n gs o n H o ust o n’s gl o bal tra d e a n d i n vest m e nt e c os yst e m. E ve nt at-
t e n d e es r e c ei ve d a c o p y of t h e r es ear c h
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