The first International Conference of Global Business and Management Forum (GBMF), USA, was held at Pearl School of Business from Nov 7 to Nov 8, 2008. The theme of the two-day conference was Emerging Paradigms of Global Entrepreneurship and Management: Issues and Challenges.  The GH Singhania Institute, Kanpur were the joints hosts along with PSB.

Dr. I M Pandey, Director, Pearl School Of Business, Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., Prof. Louis Pol, Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, Prof. Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIM Bangalore and Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director, IIM Kolkata were the key speakers at the conference. Dr Salahuddin, CEO, Dhaka Stock Exchange, Bangladesh gave the valedictory address. They discussed and deliberated on the theme of the conference and emerging contexts in the overriding reality of sustaining growth and expectations of countries, organizations and people.

A notable feature of the Conference was the presentation by Mr Ashok Trivedi, founder Chairman, iGate, on the theme of managing in difficult times.

About 27 Papers by academicians from different countries on broad, general areas of business, management and economics were presented.  These papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Global Business and Management Journal (GBMJ) (Vol. 1, No.1). The GBMJ is an international refereed journal.

GBMF provides a forum assembling the intellectuals and professionals from diverse cultural, political and economic backgrounds with the aim to identify problems, tools, techniques and new management styles. The hallmark of such institution is the creation and dissemination of business information in the form of research, interaction, sharing opinions, teaching, and public service. GBMF is registered in USA and headquartered in University of Nebraska, Omaha.