MEIST - Amman, Jordan

So much has happened, and it's tough to stay on top of things, but a few key themes:

I'm incredibly impressed with Rotman's brand. Particularly, I mean our ability to meet with Ministers, heads of Central banks, embassies, CEO's and Directors of major corporations etc. This is of course, due to the efforts of our Director of International Programs, Laura Wood. I'm actually tempted to revisit the companies I wanted to visit on the Latin America tour now that I know that we have such unrestrained access.

So far in our short stay, we've meet leading professors, the Canadian Trade Commission, the Jordan Development Corporation (JEDCO), the officials of the Amman Stock Exchange and Joswe (Jordan Sweden) Phramaceuticals with unprecidented access (literally meaning: we can ask them whatever we want, no holds barred unfiltered questions). While our students have been very diplomatic and tactful, that hasn't prevented them from asking tough questions.

"What is the future direction of your country given it's current economic state?"
"Despite your lack of natural resources, how will you continue to use your human capital to build and sell IP to other countries?"
"Doesn't having a 5% cap on equity prices unnecessarily limit the freedom of your stock exchange?"

Tomorrow we will be meeting with Rubicon Animation House, the Raghda El Kurdi Arab International Women's Forum and USAID.