On March 12, we welcomed Lt. Governor Spencer Cox, consuls general from 12 countries and international business leaders from throughout the Wasatch Front to UVU. The Office for Global Engagement hosted the inaugural event which brought together diplomats, corporate leaders and students in this unique networking environment.
This conference served as a powerful forum to exchange ideas, to network and to collaborate with entities in the state of Utah, both economic and academic. It offered breakout sessions where individual countries were featured and conference participants were able to interact with trade representatives directly.
Participants in the 2018 Diplomatic Conference included the following country representatives:
- Consul General of Canada in Denver: Mr. Jerome Pischella
- Consul General of France in San Francisco: Mr. Emmanuel Lebrun-Damien
- Consul General of Mexico in Salt Lake City: Mr. José V. Borjón
- Consul General of Peru in Denver: Mr. Roland Denegri
- Consul General of Romania in LA: Mr. Cosmin Dumitrescu
- Consul General of Spain in LA: Mr. Francisco Javier Vallaure
- British Deputy Consul General of the United Kingdom in LA: Ms. Collette Weston
- Charge d'Affairs of Belarus in DC: Mr. Pavel Shidlovsky
- Deputy Consul General of Vietnam in SF: Mr. Ngo Quang Anh
- First Secretary of Uganda in DC: Mr. Michael Bulwaka
- Ghana Ambassador to the United States in DC: Mr. Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah
- Trade Commissioner of Finland in LA: Ms. Suvi Ahert
Salt Lake City Mayor, Jackie Biskupski
Trade Commissioner of Uganda, Consul General of Spain, Consul General of Romania, Consul General of Peru
Deputy Consul General of Vietnam
LDS Church Hosting (Elder and Sister Clarke accepting)