Georgia Tech has been a leader in contributing to the dynamic nature of the community by being listed as one of the nation’s top institutions that awards engineering, physical science and architecture degrees at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral levels to all minority students. As great as this diverse campus is, more can be done to unify the Georgia Tech community.

As international barriers and boundaries are broken through cross communication, economic expansion and political globalization, cultural diversity is rapidly increasing. In order to develop intercultural harmony, appropriate leadership must be practiced to embrace the new backgrounds, ideas, and ways of life.

The Global Leadership Conference gives the Georgia Tech community the opportunity to learn about the dynamics of cross-cultural communication and meet the students who strive to become our future leaders. This year's conference theme is "Fostering Innovation and Global Citizenship."

Registration is $8, which includes breakfast, lunch and a conference souvenir. Regristration is required for attendance and is done online at gtglc.org.

The conference will also include:

• Workshops focusing on future energy sources, digital media bringing global change, emerging markets and global social entrepreneurship

• Dr. Danny Boston from the School of Economics as the keynote speaker, a former recipient of Georgia Tech’s Undergraduate Professor of the Year award, the Ivan Allen College Legacy Award and the State of Georgia Economics Educator of the Year award

• A panel discussion with Dr. Vicki Birchfield, Director of European Union Center of Excellence; Bernard Anquez, Vice President of the Air France-Delta-KLM partnership in Atlanta; and Karen Wendl, Global Packaging R&D for The Coca-Cola Company.

Conference schedule:

• 9:30 a.m. — Registration
• 9:45 a.m. — Welcome/Networking/Breakfast
• 10:15 a.m. — Keynote Speaker
• 11:05 a.m. — Break-Out Session I
• 12:05 p.m. — Break-Out Session II
• 1:05 p.m. — Lunch/Panel Discussion