IBS invites famous entrepreneurs, scholars and government administrators to speak at its Smith Lectures and Xiangji Forum and have face-to-face communication and exchange with its teachers and students.
　　Smith Lectures, initiated by SNNU's International Business School, are dedicated to promoting exchange between IBS and academia at home and abroad, provide a high-level, multi-field academic platform for its teachers and students, expanding their academic vision, enhancing their research abilities, creating a dynamic academic culture and developing a favorable environment for academic pursuit.
　　Since the first lecture in May 2014, ten experts and scholars Hu Biliang, Wu Guisheng, Nie Xinyong, Gu Siming, Wang Shouyang, Sun Ke, Qu Zhentao, Bao Guoxian, Ma Weimin and Hong Yongmiao have been invited to speak at the Smith Lectures.