1. Six of our leading international non-
profit organizations have partnered
together to launch Global San Diego.
San Diego’s global image will be elevated by:
✓ Organizing media and marketing efforts;
✓ Collaborating and participating in local-
global events;
✓ Supporting each other’s institutional needs.
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Who We Are

2. San Diego is a growing global city
situated on the Pacific Rim
and the U.S. border with Mexico.
We have the busiest border crossing
in the world with Tijuana, Mexico and
our Port links us to the Pacific Rim nations.
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3. To be a truly global city requires us to
bring together all the international
institutions of our city:
✓ Business;
✓ Cultural;
✓ Diplomacy;
✓ Educational;
✓ Government;
✓ Non-profit organizations.
Thinking globally…acting locally
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4. ✓ HUB OF INNOVATION;
✓ ADVANCED RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS;
✓ RENOWNED UNIVERSITIES;
✓ HIGH HUMAN CAPITAL;
✓ BIOLOGICAL HOTSPOT;
✓ STRATEGIC LOCATION;
✓ QUALITY OF LIFE.
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5. San Diego is the only
City In North America
to be included in
National Geographic’s
four-part documentary
series on the world’s
“Smart Cities.”
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http://connect.sandiego.org/2015/04/10/national-geographic-smart-city-san-diego/

6. ✓ GLOBAL COMPETITOR;
✓ INTERNATIONAL TRADE;
✓ PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS;
✓ INTEGRATED MEGA-REGION;
✓ BI-NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS;
✓ RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY;
✓ ARTS AND INTERACTIVE MUSEUMS.
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7. Bringing the World to San Diego and San Diego to the World
Fostering global understanding and participation

8. Global San Diego aims to:
✓ Expand global consciousness,
and promote international
speakers and guests.
✓ Educate our community on
topical international issues.
✓ Support education and
international students.
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9. Build bridges locally and
globally between people and
ideas:
✓ Connect our regional
resources and strengthen
each other
✓ Host regular member
meetups
✓ Link San Diego to other
global cities
Together we are stronger!
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10. Raise the San Diego region to
a globally recognized
level:
✓ Showcase the region’s
innovation, education,
commerce and culture.
✓ Promote San Diego’s
global qualities.
✓ Advocate our ethos and
ideals locally and globally.
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11. Master calendar
to organize all
upcoming
local-global
San Diego events
Interactive Calendar
What’s going on in
San Diego?
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12. Master Organization List
A searchable organizational tool that enables the GSD user to find the different
types of international business, cultural, non-profit, educational and public
sector resources in our region.
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13. Peter Meisen
World Resources
Simulation Center
Adrienne Turner
City of San Diego
Foreign-Trade
Zones Program
Bettina Hausmann
United Nations
Association of
San Diego/UN
Foundation
Henri Migala
International
House - UCSD
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14. Advisory Committee
✓ Jim Davis – San Diego Diplomacy Council
✓ Ronald Del Papa, Strategic Planning
✓ David Edick, San Diego World Affairs Council
✓ Lynn Hijar, iBiz247
✓ Tom Johnston-O’Neill, Worldview Project
✓ Doug Rider, Sister Cities Int’l, San Diego
✓ George Novinger, Vineyard Hacienda and Retired FSO
✓ Elena Salsitz – SDSU Lecturer in International Diplomacy and Protocol, British Honorary
Consul Emeritus in San Diego
✓ Peggy Fleming – President, German American Chamber of Commerce California
✓ Carmen Di Padova – University Professor of Business
✓ Bob Morris – RBN Associates.
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15. 1088 Third Avenue • San Diego, CA 92101 • 619.234.1088
Executive Director: Tom Young
www.globalsandiego.org
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16. One more thing…
Global San Diego is poised to take off.
We need your help for it to succeed.
✓ Affiliates
✓ Grants
✓ Sponsorships
✓ Donations
Global San Diego is a project of the Global Energy Network Institute,
a 501(c)3 organization able to accept tax-free donations.
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