NEW IR/PS SERIES WILL ANALYZE BUSINESS STRATEGIES IN ASIA

University of California, San Diego's (UCSD's) Graduate School of

International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) announced an

agreement with Brandes Investment Partners to sponsor the Senior

Asian Executive Business Strategy Series. The Series will also be

sponsored by the Financial Analysts Society of San Diego.

The Series will create a forum where senior executives of key Asian

companies will discuss the outlook for their companies and their

business strategies with a select group of San Diego community

leaders. The annual series will run during the spring (March - June)

and fall (September - December) quarters and will comprise of eight

lectures.

Brandes Investment Partners, an important San Diego-based investment

management firm with an Asian focus, will assist IR/PS in identifying

leading Asian companies to be invited to participate in the Series.

Charles Brandes and Victor Therrien of Brandes Investment Partners

will be members of the Senior Asian Executive Business Strategy

Series Advisory Committee.

"IR/PS is ready to expand and serve a new segment of the San Diego

community," said Interim Dean Andrew MacIntyre. "The Series will

appeal to those who wish to invest in Asia and will also increase our

understanding of the strategies and profitability of leading Asian

companies. This is 'bottom-line' education."

"We believe the Series will quickly become an important vehicle for

Asian companies to use in describing their vision of the future and

in enabling their companies to benefit from the newly created

Southern California networks," concluded MacIntyre.

For more information about the Senior Asian Executive Business

Strategy Series, please contact Portia Bibb at 858-534-1957 

Established in 1986, UCSD's Graduate School of International

Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) is the University of

California's only professional school of international affairs and

the only graduate school in the United States to focus exclusively on

the Pacific Rim. More information on the graduate program and its

faculty can be found on its web site at: http://www-irps.ucsd.edu.