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Home My WebLink AboutItem #45 - Discussion Item• • 9:00-9:15 9:15-9:45 9:45-11:00 Cq ~ ~,~~5 4~N ~~ s ~~ ~~ ~d~ 11:00-11:15 11:15-11:45 11;45-12:15 12:30-1:45 ASIAFEST BUSINESS CONSORTIUM PROGRAM Thursday. November 17, l9RR ~tietcoming Remarks and Preview Donal Cooper President C&M International Trading with Asia: The View from Florida *Lt. Governor Bobby Brantley Secretary of Commerce State of Florida Tradii-g "with the Countries of the Association of ' Southeast Asian Nations ASEA1~ His Excellent Abdul Rach~an Raml j " Y Ambassador Re uhliGSf~fiidonCsia ,.~ ~ '~_.Yelce ~ R Lee ~~ Economic Coun r '~tte Embassy of Sing ~Suppiah \~ Director / Malaysian Industrial Development Authority, New York ' rc~a Phili pine Trade C miss~er to - ericas__ ~___ ~,\ r' ~ Pradap Pibulsonggram, Counselor % ~~_~e Embassy of Thailand _-' Coffee Break Trading with and Investing in Hong Kong Peter Y.F. Lo, J.P. Minister Hong Kong Economic and Trade A Trading with a an .~ ~~ f~ Director G eral ~-~ Industrial Development an vestment Center Ministry of Economic A~ff~rs Republic of China ~--~-" Luncheon: The Importance of the U.S-Asian Trading Relationship: the View~€~m-tfie.~l\ The Honorable P /lip M. Crane ~--\ Member of Congre from Illinois ~~' 2:00-Z:30 Trading with ,iapan Nobutnshi Akao Economic Minister The Embassy of Japan Z:30-3:00 U.S.-Japan Trade Policy Dr. Joseph Massey Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China 3:00.3:30 Trading with India Brahm Dutt Commercial Counselor The Embassy of India 3:30-3:45 Coffee Break 3:45-4:15 Trading with Korea *Myong-Hyun Sohn Minister for Economic Affairs The Embassy of Korea 4:15-4:45 Prospects for Free Trade Area Agreements with Asia: What FTAs Would Mean far U.S.-Asian Trade Donal Cooper President, C&M International Former Assistant U.S. Trade Repn:sentative for Asia. Africa, and the Middle East 7:00 p.m. Gala Dinner in Honor of Visiting Asian Diplomats **** Friday, November 18, 1988 9:00-10:00 Exporting to and Investing in Asia: U.S. Government Assistance Eric Garfinkel Vice President and General Counsel Overseas Private Investment Corporation George J. Donegan Deputy Vice President Marketing and Program Development The Export-Import Bank Sheryi J. Swed Director Office of International Trade Small Business Administration Insights Gained into Trading with Asia 10:00-11:00 1. General Experiences - J. David Luening Group Director, Asia/Pacific Group Staff IBM World Trade Asia/Pacific Group Wati~ne Bamstone Investment Director -Asia Pacific American International Gmup Alan Pilkington President, International Division Asia Pacific Region DDB Needham, ~'4'oridwide inc. 11:00-11:15 Coffee Break 11:15-I2:00 2. High Technology Trade J. Carter Miller President Carter International Tim Kingaby Executive Group President, International Cr;,dit Card Software, Inc. William Krist Vice President, International Trade Affairs American Electronics Association 12:15-1:30 Luncheon: The Importance of the U.S.-Asian Trading Relationship: The View from the Administration Lew Cramer Acting Director General U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service U.S. Department of Commerce Insights Gained..., continued 1:45-2:30 3. Exporting Agricultural Products to Asia John Bauer President Basic Food International Jim Stelling Chief Executive Officer American Transpacific Enterprises, Inc. Insights Gained into Investing 2:30-3:15 1. U.S. Investment in Asia John Callebaut Director U.S.-Philippine Business Committee Robert E. Driscoll President and Executive Director U.S.-ASEAN Center for Technology Exchange, Inc. 3:15-3:30 Coffee Break 3:30-4:15 2. Asian Investment in fhe i.i.S. Allen Morrie President Allen Morris Company Claude Fontheim Attorney Cmwc1l & Moring Brion Sasaki Executive Director Multinational Business Services Simultaneously with the presentations on Friday morning, workshops will be held for the countries participating in Asiafest as well as the U.S. Government agencies offering assistance to U.S. exporters. Commercial officers from each of the countries as well as U.S. Government officials knowledgeable about Government programs will be available to answer specific questions and to provide detailed information about exporting and investing opportunities. Please feel free to visit the workshops at your convenience Friday morning. 9:00-12:15 Workshops Hong Kong March Davenport, Trade Development Council Consultant, Miami Gloria Wong, Industrial Promotion Consultant, New York India Ashok Chawla, Economic Affairs Counselor, Washington, DC Brahm Dutt, Commercial Counselor, Washington, DC Indonesia Den Zachrie, Economic Counselor, Washington, DC Halida Miljani, Commercial Attache, Washington, DC Malaysia M. Suppiah, Director, MIDA, New York Philippines Luis L. Garcia, Trade Commissioner to the Americas, San Francisco John Callebaut, Director, U.S.-Philippine Business Committee, Washington, DC Singapore Yoke Kwang Lee, Economic Counselor, Washington, DC Taiwan Tony Lee, China External Trade Office, New York Thailand Pradup Pibulsonggram, Counselor, Washington, DC Natapong Boonjing, Acting Director, Thai Trade Center, Atlanta Sart Sirisingh, Investment Counselor, Board of Investment, New York U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC George Paine, International Trade Specialist, Pacific Basin Ian Davis, International Trade Specialist, Pacific Basin Overseas Private Investment Corp., Washington, DC Elizabeth Keck, Insurance Officer for Asia Small Business Administration, Miami Pedro Alfonso, Business Development Specialist Jerome Berliner, SCORE *Invited.