SHANGHAI – The 2015 USC Global Conference opened at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai today with a record attendance of more than 700 at the welcome dinner to start the event. Guests were treated to special performances by local artists and USC students.
The conference runs through Saturday and features presentations and discussions among USC researchers, Chinese business leaders and other global executives and academic leaders.
“Our entire delegation is extremely grateful that so many have come from all corners of this country, and from all corners of the world, to be here among our faithful friends in the Trojan Family,” USC President C. L. Max Nikias said. “Together we find ourselves on the precipice of a new era of progress and partnership, bridging the academic and cultural divides in this extraordinary Pacific Age.”
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