ISBE Network

International Society for Business Education

An affiliate of the National Business Education Association U.S. Chapter of SIEC-ISBE

Inside this issue

President’s Message....................1

ISBE Nominations ........................2

NBEA Exec Bd Mts Report ...........3

Classroom Tips ............................4

ISBE Sessions at NBEA .................4

Spotlight on ISBE Sessions ...........5

2017-2018 Exec Board .................6

NBEA Infographic & Conf.............7

Benefits to Joining ISBE ...............8

NBEA Membership Form .............9

Nat. Bus Ed. Honor Society ..........10

Call for Proposals.........................10

Social Media ................................11

Prof Devp Opportunities .............12

International Conf Invite .............13

90th SIEC-ISBE International Confer-ence ............................................14

Dear ISBE Member,

W ith the writing of this letter, my term as your ISBE president is

half-way completed. The time has truly flown. I am so humbled

by the support and belief this membership has shown in me. The ISBE board

is working hard to find ways to support you with classroom instruction.

I trust everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My family and I counted our

many blessings and celebrated quietly our time together. I hope you were as

blessed to share quality time with family and friends while you reflected on

your blessings and gave thanks.

By now you are like me and many others. Most of us are trying to meet many

obligations and expectations before the semester ends for the holiday break.

We all celebrate this time of year in different ways. No matter how you cele-

brate, please know your ISBE board and I wish you a truly wonderful, joyous

season full of cheer and love.

This month we decided to combine the official ISBE newsletter with the

monthly mailing. Please take time to look at all the information included.

There are details for the upcoming NBEA convention, ISBE officer elections,

and the SIEC conference to Greece.

December 2018 Volume 48, Issue 2

President’s Message by Dr. Michelle Taylor

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NOMINATIONS FOR ISBE EXECUTIVE BOARD

DUE MARCH 15, 2019

International Society for Business Education – USA Chapter

Dear ISBE Members,

Nominations for Leadership!

The ISBE Elections Committee is seeking nominations for six offices in 2018. Nominations or self-nominations are

invited from individuals who are members of ISBE-USA. All positions serve as a voting member of the ISBE Executive

Board. Elections are to be held for the following offices: President-elect: This post has a three-year term starting with President-elect for 2019-2020, President for 2020-2021, and

Past President for 2021-2022. Previous ISBE Executive Board experience and attendance at an international conference(s) is

desired.

Membership Director: This officer is elected for a 3-year term for 2019-2022 and coordinates all ISBE membership initia-tives and activities between and among regions. Secretary: Elected by the membership for a two-year term for 2019-2021 and maintains important records of the chapter. U.S. Vice President on SIEC Board: Elected by the membership for a two-year term for 2019-2021 with the eligibility to be re-elected for one additional two-year term. Attends the SIEC Executive Board meetings and presents a written report. The SIEC Board Meetings will for the most part be in Europe. Two Representatives (Eastern and Southern): Regional representatives have a two-year term, for 2019-2021. In brief, du-

ties include distributing information to members and potential members in the region, promoting membership at state and

regional conferences.

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Elections for the ISBE Executive Board are held in the spring. All terms commence July 1, 2019.

ISBE CANIDATE NOMINATION FORM Name of Nominee ___________________________________________________

Region ____________________________________________________________

Email ______________________________________ Telephone _____________

Office Nominated for:

_____President-elect _____Membership Director _____Secretary _____US VP To SIEC _____Eastern Representative _____Southern Representative

----------------------------------------------------- Provide a paragraph or two of information about the Nominee and a digital picture for the Ballot. The

nominations are due by March 15, 2019. If you would like to volunteer to serve and promote the US Chapter of ISBE, please let Dr. Michelle Taylor

know as soon as possible. Dr. Taylor may be contacted by email at michelle.taylor@rcu.msstate.edu.

Thank you for your continued support of ISBE!

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NATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Dear Colleagues, The NBEA Executive Board met on November 2-3, 2018, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile with an extensive agenda and challenging initiatives for discussion. Directors presented written and oral reports from their specific regions. A great deal of time was devoted to deliberating and examining membership and membership strate-gies/initiatives in terms of recruitment and retention. The 2019-2020 Strategic Plan was presented, deliberated upon and adopted. The fall membership campaign – NBEA Membership Renewal Campaign and Membership Videos - was launched to run during the month of November. Of note during the campaign was developing a “Recruitment” piece by each re-gion for posting on YouTube. The focus of the video is to bring an active and live message that our regional member-ship can identify with and motivate lapsed members to activate their membership. A major objective is to initiate and continuously strengthen a new and robust recruitment program to bring in new members and keep our current mem-bership engaged. The NBEA 2019 Annual Convention & Trade Show will be on April 16-20, 2018, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, a familiar location to all of us. All members are encouraged to attend and please make your room reservation early! The convention registration and housing information links are on the NBEA website. An area of concern discussed is finding volunteers to serve as Session Coordinators and Liaisons for scheduled presen-tations at the convention. A greater effort is needed to encourage members attending the convention to step forward and volunteer to serve, i.e., encouraging fellow members and friends to volunteer to serve, especially when the initial “Call Out” is sent out by the Convention Committee. The Business Education Research Conference (BERC) will be held during the convention. In addition, an NBEA Hall of Fame 2019 induction ceremony will be hosted during the convention. More information will be forthcoming.

Respectfully submitted, Dr. Hector Lopez Eastern Representative & Director, U.S. Chapter of ISBE Professor & Chair, Business Department Hostos Community College, City University of New York 718.518.6626 hlopez@hostos.cuny.edu

Visit ISBE USA at https://isbeusa.wordpress.com/

Like us on Facebook at

https://www.facebook.com/ISBE-USA-143234789101916/

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CLASSROOM TIPS

The end of the year generally finds people and businesses in a more generous mindset. They are more willing to

make donations. Have you considered creating a project for donors to choose to fund?

Donors Choose is an organization that aids educators with funding projects. Have you considered the idea of

taking students to see a business, event, or landmark that is outside of your area or even the country to learn

more about international business, politics, or history? If so, one of the barriers to implementing the idea is gen-

erally funding. Create a Donors Choose project. Then, take the students to see the world or event. Assist stu-

dents with seeing all of the international business aspects from the adventure.

Here are some links to aid with creating the project.

https://help.donorschoose.org/hc/en-us/articles/218977367-How-to-create-a-project-a-guide http://renovatedlearning.com/2014/09/29/5-tips-for-creating-donorschoose-projects/ http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/03/20/12-tips-for-funding-classroom-projects-on-donors-choose/

Service learning is an opportunity to aid students with understanding other cultures, business mindsets, and

more. Service learning can help build character as well. There are many websites and ideas for service learning.

A word of caution – be sure the students and you will be covered in the event of an accident. Look into the liabil-

ity for the project. Check out these links for service learning.

https://www.donorschoose.org/blog/service-learning-project-ideas/

https://www.ceesa.org/phocadownload/servicelearning/part_3_organizations_resources/10_PeopleToPeopleIntl/4_ptpi_service-learningprojectideas.pdf

http://character.org/key-topics/service-learning/

NBEA CONVENTION SESSIONS FOR ISBE MEMBERSHIP

We have several sessions prepared for our ISBE membership during the upcoming NBEA convention in

Chicago, Illinois. Remember the dates of the convention are April 16 – 20, 2019. The convention will be

held at the Chicago Marriott Downtown on the Magnificent Mile.

https://www.nbea.org/newsite/conferences/convention/convention.html Currently, we have the following sessions planned. The ISBE board would like to express appreciation to

those who are volunteering their time to present. We believe you will be inspired and enjoy the topics.

Karen O’Connor – Teaching Business in Japan, Canada, and the USA

Roietta Fulgham – So You Want to Go to the ISBE-SIEC Conference!

Ruth DePieri – Global Trade as One Aspect of International Business

Robert Blair – Teaching International Students

Michelle Taylor – Instructional Resources for Teaching International Business

Hector Lopez and Michelle Taylor – Leadership Development Seminar

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SPOTLIGHT ON TWO SESSIONS AT NBEA

Teaching Business in Japan, Canada, and USA Karen would like to share personal experiences, drawn from teaching Business Office Technol-ogy in three countries: Japan, Canada, and the USA, over a span of 35 years. Interesting sto-ries, similarities, and notable differences will be shared. This presentation will reveal what it is like and lessons learned teaching for twenty years in two foreign countries before ever teaching in the country of her own citizenship, the USA. Cultural differences for the teaching environment and variations in the teacher/student role will be shared, as well as the varying role of the professor in the educational institution. Hear how these experiences helped to spur the creation of common curriculum for Business Office Tech-nology in California and a very active relationship with the California and Western Business Education Associations. Karen O'Connor MEd Faculty Chair Business and Information Technology Faculty Business Office Technology Cerro Coso Community College www.cerrocoso.edu California Business Education Association Past President 2017-18 www.cbeaonline.org President-elect Western Business Education Association 2018

So You Want to Go to the ISBE-SIEC Conference! Roietta will provide information on what to expect at an ISBE-SIEC Conference. Are you inter-ested in attending the next conference in 2019 to Kefalonia, Greece? Maybe you want to make a presentation. Join this session to find out about international presentations, cultural experiences and food, tours, visits to businesses and schools, and networking with members of active coun-tries. Roietta has attended nine of the last ten ISBE-SIEC Conferences. She will also share his-torical information about ISBE and SIEC. Roietta Fulgham Adjunct Professor at Sierra College rfulgham@sierracollege.edu (916) 835-2325 2015-18 Western Business Education Association Director to NBEA Board of Directors 2014 NBEA Postsecondary Teacher of the Year in Business Education 2014-15 President International Society for Business Education 2013-16 National Business Education Association Scholarship Committee 2011-12 President Western Business Education Association

There is still time to get a topic included for presenting. Send details to Dr. Michelle Taylor at michelle.taylor@rcu.msstate.edu.

2018-2019 ISBE Executive Board PRESIDENT Michelle Taylor michelle.taylor@rcu.msstate.edu PRESIDENT-ELECT Elisha Wohleb wohleec@auburn.edu PAST PRESIDENT Vacant SECRETARY Leane Skinner skinnal@auburn.edu ISBE DIRECTOR TO NBEA Hector Lopez HLOPEZ@hosto.cuny.edu MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Roietta Fulgham roietta.fulgham@arc.losrios.edu US VP TO SIEC Judee Timm JTIMM@mpc.edu HISTORIAN Tamra S. Davis http://www.tamra-davis.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR Sue Elwood elwoods@nicc.edu WEBMASTER Dana Gray danagray@cox.net Sue Elwood elwoods@nicc.edu EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE Vacant

MOUNTAIN-PLAINS REPRESENTATIVE Priscilla Romkema promkema@regionalhealth.org NORTH-CENTRAL REPRESENTATIVE Michelle Gibson Herman gibsonhermanm@gmail.com SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE Jason Mercer jason.michael.mercer@icloud.com WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE Elaine Stedman e.stedman@richlandbgc.org US REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Mary Millikin mmillikin@rsu.edu EDITOR, JOURNAL FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS EDUCATION Dana Gray dgray@rsu.edu SIEC-ISBE GENERAL SECRETARY Lila Waldman waldmanl@uww.edu SIEC INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Cege Ekstrom sergeije2@gmail.com NBEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ex-officio) Janet Treichel jtreichel@nbea.org NBEA PRESIDENT (ex-officio) Margaret Blue margaret.blue71@gmail.com

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Benefits to Joining ISBE

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT

ISBE

ISBE solicits nominations for the following leadership positions on the Board of Directors to start on July 1, 2019.

1. President-elect 2. Membership Director 3. Secretary 4. US VP To SIEC 5. Eastern Representative 6. Southern Representa-

tive To nominate yourself or your col-league, please email Dr. Michelle Taylor , ISBE-USA President by March 15, 2019 at: michelle.taylor@rcu.msstate.edu

Please see p. 5 for nomination

form.

The International Society for Business Education offers many benefits to our members.

The cost to join ISBE is $35 and paid with your NBEA dues each year. ISBE offers members timely publications; annual international convention, featuring renowned corporate and educational speakers, company visits, and cultural experiences; professional development opportunities; networking with your international peers; international business resources; and much, much more.

The US Chapter offers two electronic newsletters per year, a website, and a peer-reviewed journal: Journal for Global Business Education. Your chapter membership includes membership in the international organization as well. SIEC-ISBE International provides members with a website that includes a Member’s Only area with lesson plans and electronic access to the organization’s journal: International Journal for Business Education; four electronic newsletters per year, the annual international conference hosted by one of the member chapters; access to international professional development; and networking with global peers in business and education.

International Business Resources: http://nble.org/business-education

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National Business Education Association April 16 – 20, 2019

Chicago Marriott Downtown – Magnificent Mile Chicago, IL

https://www.nbea.org/

PLEASE JOIN ISBE FOR $35 (by adding it to your NBEA membership)

Mission: To enhance the international perspective of business and business edu-cational professionals Objective: To provide its members with a vital link between international busi-ness and education

ISBE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES Network with globally minded professionals Promote student and/or faculty exchanges Exchange international experiences in business education and various cultures Receive the International Journal for Business Education Receive the SIEC and ISBE newsletters Attend SIEC-ISBE International Business Education conferences Serve as business and education ambassadors of goodwill from the U.S. Receive the Journal for Global Business Education Publish articles in the newsletter and Journals Address common challenges and successes Design creative lesson plans

SUPPORT ISBE-SIEC CONFERENCE

July 28-August 2, 2019 In Kefalonia, Greece

For details stop at the ISBE booth at your regional conference,

or contact your regional representative—see page 6 for contact information.

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Visit the ISBE USA Website for more information about membership and a link to NBEA membership benefits.

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National Business Education Honor Society

Are you looking for a way to provide honor and national recognition to outstanding students in your business education program? Look no further. The National Business Honor Society is the perfect way to bring greater recognition to your students AND your business education program.

By starting a chapter of the honor society, you will be able to promote and recognize your dynamic students’ academic achievement in business education at the secondary level.

Who’s eligible? Any high school junior or senior who has completed or is currently enrolled in his/her third business course and has a 3.0 (overall) and 3.5 (business course) GPA.

What school can start a chapter? Any public or independent secondary school offering business curriculum reflective of National Standards for Business Education is eligible to apply for a local chapter charter.

Start a chapter today. It’s so easy…you’ll be glad you did!

https://www.nbea.org/newsite/about/NBHS.html

The National Business Honor

Society is an official division of the

National Business Education Asso-

ciation. Through starting a chapter

your students’ names and school

will be recognized in NBEA publi-

cations and on our website.

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2019 Call for Proposals: Workshops, Presentations and Posters

91st SIEC-ISBE International Conference Kefalonia, Greece

July 28 – August 2, 2019

C ONFERENCE THEME: “Diversity in Business Education.” Diversity is a broad term, but as educators apply it to Business Education,

more focus is possible. The 2019 SIEC Conference Committee would like to emphasize how diversity can bring people together—students, workers, educators, business managers, consumers, etc., and with a better under-standing of diversity as it exists today, learning from each other is proba-ble—with greater preparedness for the future.

Diversity is a powerful force that is shaping business currently since we are moving more and more into the global exchange of products, ideas, and business contracts. Some ideas follow:

How does the next generation of working life cope with a globalized world of uncertainty, changing work demands, struggle for sustainable businesses, climate instability?

How can we focus on value creation? How do we encourage powerful self-directed learning and innovative

ways of thinking and learning? How can schools and businesses learn to capitalize on the business

opportunities created by diverse populations, workforces and mar-kets? Businesses can learn how to hire and retain diverse employees or find themselves without enough workers to keep their operations run-ning.

How do we as educators fit into this need? Do educators promote di-versity in their classes and in their faculties?

How can we be better leaders and examples in preparing for the global workforce and its requirements?

Cultural diversity, age diversity, gender diversity, cross-cultural train-ing, innovation prospects--because of broad-based international busi-ness contacts—all present opportunities for everyone involved. Re-search on the many facets of diversity and a review of best practices provide a varied field of study.

Migration is also a key element triggering greater diversity. Not only ethnic minorities, but older workers, women, members of religious minorities, and workers with disabilities are some types of diversity where we may find training needs.

Conference formats Members are encouraged to submit research-based proposal and/or prac-tice-based proposals that support learning and teaching. Practice-based proposals may explain a project or activity that is valuable to the classroom teacher. Presenters should also focus on the interaction with the audience

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Social Media Facebook helps people to build and verify online social networks for com-

munities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. NBEA’s Facebook Page is a way for NBEA members to find one another and to keep current with NBEA events and resources. “Friend” NBEA today at http://www.facebook.com/nbeapage. You must be a member of Face-book to “Friend” NBEA.

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social network-ing site. LinkedIn allows

users to create profiles and "connections" to each other in a social network which may repre-sent real-world professional rela-tionships. If you haven't signed up for LinkedIn, sign up today and join our NBEA LinkedIn group. Get Linked with other business educators. Share, learn, and grow through the NBEA LinkedIn group or just go to linkedin.com and search for National Business Education As-sociation.

Twitter is a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple

networks and devices. All around the world, people follow the sources most relevant to them and access information via Twitter as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends. Messages are re-ferred to as “tweets.” To receive up-dates pertaining to NBEA, go to http://twitter.com/NBEA. You must sign up for Twitter to utilize the service.

and the benefit of their results, e.g. with best-practice examples and practical applications showing how to use the results in the class-room. Types of pedagogical sessions for 2019 Workshop

Must address the conference theme imited to a 90-minute session Consists of an introduction, discussion and/or activity Is an interactive session Provides about 20-30 minutes for an overview with the remain-

der of the session being an interactive activity (participants ex-pect to be involved).

Presentation

Can address the conference theme or related topics relevant for business educators

Limited to a 60-minute session Is a topic of immediate interest to participants Consists of a presentation (between 30 and 40 minutes) and dis-

cussion Can be used as a round table from different countries to present

a shared project Posters

Can be research-based or practice-based May be from an educational institution and provide information

about programs or projects Should be a topic that is of immediate interest to the partici-

pants Includes a short introduction within a poster session.

Submission instructions Proposals for workshops, presentations, and posters should be sub-mitted to your country’s member of the Professional Development Committee (PDC) or to Dana Gray (e-mail: dgray@rsu.edu) by Janu-ary 31, 2019.

Please use the updated PDC-Submission Form* that is provided on the SIEC-ISBE website. The review board of the PDC Committee will evaluate the submissions and select those for inclusion in the conference program 2018. Notification of this decision will be made by February 28, 2019. If you need more information, please contact your national PDC member or Dana Gray, Call for Proposals Coordi-nator.

The direct link to make your submission is: goo.gl/qmH8YY (simply place in your search bar and enter)

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Presenter Requirements All presenters must be members of SIEC-ISBE in order to pre-sent at the conference. If the presenter’s home country has a SIEC-ISBE chapter, he/she must join that national chapter. If the presenter is from a country without a national chapter, mem-bership information is available at www.siec-isbe.org to join the international chapter.

All presenters must register for the conference. If member-ship and registration are not completed by June 1, 2019, your accepted submission will be removed from the program for 2019. Proposal evaluation criteria The PDC will use the following evaluation criteria for 2019 proposals. All proposals will be blind peer-reviewed for content and quality. Priority will be given to proposals that

Follow the conference theme Are of interest to conference participants Have well-qualified presenters Involve conference participants Follow the pro forma guidelines.

Additional considerations

Priority will be given to new members and individuals who have not presented at a previous conference.

Home country of presenter will be considered to encourage geographic diversity.

Workshops, presentations, and posters are designed to exchange experiences and to learn from each other. All accepted work-shop, presentation, and poster abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings once presented at the conference. Your written document outlining each of those workshops, presenta-tions, and posters accepted would be most appreciated upon your knowing that you will be a program presenter.

The direct link to make your submission is: goo.gl/qmH8YY

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Professional Development

With the school year begin-ning, we all need to think about our professional organi-zations and professional de-velopment. Listed below are upcoming business education conferences to consider attending. Please consider this your official invitation to each one.

National Business Education

Association

April 16 – 20, 2019

Chicago Marriott Down-town – Magnificent Mile Chicago, IL

https://www.nbea.org/

Western Business Education

Association

February 15 – 18, 2019 El Conquistador Tucson Tucson, AZ http://www.wbea.info/

Mountain Plains Business

Education Association

June 17 – 19, 2019 Denver, CO

More details will be com-ing soon. http://www.mpbea.org/

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91th Annual International Conference

Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece July 28- August 3, 2019

Conference Theme “Diversity in Business Education”

Up-to-date information, registration and hotel forms, along with a

tentative schedule, can be found at:

http://www.siec-isbe.org/2019-international-conference.html

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ISBE

The International Society is

your organization to bring a

global perspective to the

classroom. Membership in

ISBE links you to hundreds

of educators throughout

the world.

The US delegation to the 90th SIEC-ISBE International Conference

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90th SIEC-ISBE International Conference Reykjavik, Iceland

July 29 – August 3, 2018

The 90th conference of La Societe Internationale pour l’Enseignement Commercial-International Society of Business

Education (SIEC-ISBE) convened in Reykjavik. Nearly 100 business educators and researchers from 15 countries

attended this conference, with a conference theme of “Start-ups” to enhance their international perspectives on

business and business education.

The conference opening general

session included an address from the

Icelandic Ministry of Industries and

Innovation as well as an overview of

the national education system. This

week-long conference included work-

shops and presentations of scholarly

research intermixed with unique op-

portunities and insights into Iceland’s

financial and economic system. Busi-

ness and industry experiences as well

as conference tours included:

Guided tour of Reykjavik: From the

modern cathedral of Hallgrimskirkja to

the modern glass honeycomb concert

hall, the capital of Iceland holds intri-

guing sites, with an historic Viking past

accentuating current economic struc-

tures and panoramic views.

Company visit to Össur: Össur is a

global market leader in non-invasive

orthopaedics, prosthetics, orthopae-

dic products and services in over 25

countries. Its patrons include Olym-

pian Oscar Pistorius and competitive

sprinter Scout Bassett.

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International Networking Opportunities

We are looking forward to

hearing from all of our

members in the bi-annual

US Chapter Newsletter and

through our social media

outlets. Join the conversa-

tion!

Send your news items to

Sue Elwood, Editor, at el-

woods@nicc.edu.

Find us on Facebook at:

SIEC International or ISBE

USA.

We are also on LinkedIn.

Our US Chapter website is

http://www.isbeusa.org

The International website

is: http://www.siec-

isbe.org.

Company visit to Ocean Cluster: The mission of Iceland’s Ocean Cluster is to create value by connecting together entrepreneurs, businesses, and knowledge in the marine industries. They use and promote use of every part of every cod fish that is captured for harvest. It offers a wide range of re-sources, including incubation, consulting and research.

Guided tour of the Golden Circle with key industries: This tour included a visit to Friðheimar, an organic tomato farm, and Flúðasveppir, a self-sustaining mush-room farm. Both industries included res-taurants featuring their food products (e.g., homemade tomato soup and mush-room ice cream).

The Golden Circle tour also provided conference attendees to experience Ice-land’s tourist industry through the Golden Circle countryside. Geysers, rivers, and thermal springs are an iconic part of Iceland.

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Fish “leather”

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