Nov. 9, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education will feature Hildy Teegen, Dean of the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business, along with Bill Margaritis, Corporate VP of Global Communications and Investor Relations for FedEx, in a Web Conference presentation, "Access: Making the Connection," on November 12 at 3:30 pm.

The Web Conference will focus on how "Access" to new markets and materials, new sources of labor and information, new communities and new ideas is the key to prosperity for people, businesses and nations. The program is part of a program of work, undertaken by Aspen in partnership with Fed Ex, which also includes a white paper and a business school teaching module.

Specifically, Dean Teegen will talk about access in the context of how the Moore School of Business is preparing future business leaders who understand how to create value through sustainable enterprise and development in a changing global business environment.

"The Moore School's approach, which builds on our leadership in international business education, fosters understanding of the sustainable enterprise across three dimensions: the natural environment, good governance and ethics and the interaction between government, business and society," she says. "We believe this framework for business education will develop global business leaders who are able to manage the critical 'access' challenges that firms will increasingly face in the future."

FedEx's Margaritis will talk about how the company's "Access" initiative has helped it expand into new markets, solve customer problems as well as what the company looks for in an MBA graduate that enables success in an open-access world.

"Access is the central economic issue for international businesses in the future," Margaritis said. "There is a direct correlation between access and the ability to generate high-paying jobs and more opportunities for economic growth around the world."

The Moore School is increasingly focusing on these issues in its curriculum and programs, such as its new cross-disciplinary Master of International Business, which is offered jointly between the Moore School and the University of South Carolina's Law School and Political Science Department.