Seminar Objectives
The international business environment is fraught with risk and uncertainty. International managers are confronted daily with complex tasks and decisions characterized by risk, uncertainty, and varying legal structures and cultures. This seminar provides attendees a practical approach to modern decision-making metrics using multinational risk management techniques and project valuation methods. The Seminar offers a broad decision-making perspective by assisting attendees to develop problem solving and functional skills necessary to evaluate international projects and other foreign direct investments. Several risk management tools will be explained, as well as international project evaluation methods.

How You Will Benefit By Attending This Seminar
This seminar is designed to improve your skills in financial and foreign exchange risk management. It will be shown how you can apply proven and practical methods
that will enable you to:

• Apply risk assessment and international financial management techniques to your own unique foreign project.
• Apply performance metrics in your company's international project portfolio.
• Provide clear guidelines for senior managers in making choices among risky projects.
• Apply risk management techniques to your international projects.
• Incorporate company decision-making within the framework of the International Financial Market by applying techniques and tools learned.

Course Overview
The Seminar is an intensive two-day course of study based on the premise that individuals learn most effectively through an analysis of realistic case studies and business situations. Through a sequence of lectures and case studies followed by discussion, attendees embrace the foundations of international business. Attendees will be able to address their own "real world" projects by applying the concepts learned.

Seminar Topics

DAY ONE

• Present an overview of the global financial environment.
• Address the goals of the multinational company and the reasons for international investment and financing.
• Define International financial markets.
• Define relationships between inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates.
• Explain exchange rate Risk Management techniques.
• Explore international arbitrage and interest rate parity.
• Apply concepts using international cases

DAY TWO

• Forecasting exchange rates.
• Measuring exposure to exchange rate movements.
• Managing transaction exposure, translation exposure, and economic exposure.
• Financing international trade. Applied case studies.
• Direct Foreign Investment, Multinational Capital Budgeting, Cost of Capital, and Capital Structure.
• Several case studies are reviewed to highlight the concepts. Valuation techniques including, but not limited to IRR, NPV and APV are applied to international projects.
• A review of international taxation systems.

Course Instructor - Dr. Frank Moseley
Dr. Moseley earned his Ph.D. in Mineral Economics with a major in Business Strategy and Finance from the Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Moseley has a M.B.A. and M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech and the University of Houston, respectively.

Dr. Moseley graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Wharton and a Real Options Program at Stanford University.

Dr. Moseley has numerous years of international business experience with multi-national energy companies including, but not limited to the North Sea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Australia. He has specialized in the areas of management, finance, and economics for offshore and onshore projects within the energy markets. He was chairman of an international oil services company and served as a board director in the public and private sector for various petroleum
companies.

Registration Information
This two-day seminar will be held November 12-13 from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. each day.

The Seminar fee of $1,750 must be paid in advance in U.S. dollars. The registration fee will be discounted by $100 if payment is received 30 days in advance of the course. The fee includes continental breakfast and lunch for two days, tuition, and a notebook of the lecture materials. Space is limited and early registration is encouraged.

The sponsor reserves the right to cancel the course and return all registration fees if enrollment is insufficient. Cancellations will be charged a $150 service fee. No refunds will be made to participants who fail to substitute or cancel at least 10 working days before the start of the Seminar. Registrants are responsible for their own lodging, meals, and travel arrangements.

You may register online by clicking here: Register.

Contact Information

Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303/273-3321
Fax: 303/273-3314
E-mail: space@mines.edu

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