FCBF GMM - Industry Updates sponsored by POMTOC

Industry updates Sponsored by: POMTOC   11:30 AM Registration 12:00 PM Luncheon September 28, 2011

Get updated on:Status of FTA's and other current issues affecting our industry and the Government Agency Initiatives to Facilitate Trade - FDA - Lab, Top 10 Issues; USDA - Hours of Operation, Cold Treatment; CBP - Increased Automation; Broker Regulation Rewrite; CBP In-bond Enforcement. We'll also briefly discuss closing out in-bonds arriving from other US ports.   Join us for the latest update directly from our trip to Washington  Pursue Comprehensive Trade Agreements to enhance two-way trade with our long-lasting business partners.   Transportation Re-Authorization Bill: Increase Statewide Trade Capacity to create freight corridors for the efficient movement of goods.   Customs Re-authorization: Support Pro-Business Federal Legislation to adequately protect national and economic security while facilitating trade.   Export Promotion and Control to facilitate exports, with appropriate changes consistent with commercial practice.   USDA Processing of Perishable Products to enhance the flow of perishables and keep the industry competitive.  click on this link for more information and to dowload the Registration Form

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FCBF's After Hour    Business Card Exchange (Sponsored by: Wells Fargo) Complimentary Drinks    and Hors D'oeuvres    Music, Prizes    And much more...      Make new connections,   Create new Partnerships and Unwind...    Click here and Register today!!  You must RSVP to attend Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, Inc.

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Women in the Americas: Empowerment and Leadership :Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami

Women in the Americas:
Empowerment and Leadership
Friday, September 16, 2011


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Location:

Hyatt Regency Coral Gables Hall of Ambassadors 50 Alhambra Plaza

7:45 – 8:15 a.m. – Registration 8:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Program Reception to Follow

Featured Speaker

 

Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami

Panel I – Women Advancing Political Leadership

   ·        María de los Angeles Fernández-Ramil, Executive Director, Chile 21  Foundation,  Santiago, Chile
  ·        María Isabel Rueda, Columnist, El Tiempo, Bogotá; Former Congresswoman of Colombia
  ·        Danielle Saint-Lot, Founder, Femmes en Democratie, Global Network Affiliate Chapter of Vital Voices in Haiti; Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Haiti
  ·        Anel Townsend, Dean of Social Responsibility, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima; Former Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development of Peru
  ·        Vivian Roza, Coordinator, Program for the Support of Women’s Leadership and Representation (PROLEAD), Gender and Diversity Unit, Social Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.

Panel II – Women Participating in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

  ·        Angela Camacho, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Latin America, Fort Lauderdale
  ·        Isabel Noboa Pontón, CEO, Nobis Consortium, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  ·        Silvia de Torres Carbonell, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship (IAE), Austral University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Panel III – Women Influencing the Economic and Development Agendas

 
·        Mayra Buvinic, Consultant and Former Sector Director of the Gender and Development Group, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
  ·       María Claudia Méndez, President, Orígenes Bolivia SRL, and Vital Voices – FORTUNE/U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership Alumni, La Paz, Bolivia
  ·        Karen Poniachik, Visiting Fellow, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Former Minister of Mining of Chile
   

Supporting Organizations:  

Argentine-Florida Chamber of Commerce, The Beacon Council, British-American Chamber of Commerce USA, CAMACOL, Chile-US Chamber of Commerce, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, Georgetown University Club of Miami, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, Miami Council for International Visitors, Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce, Office of Economic Development & International Trade, Oxford University Society, Peru-USA Chamber of Commerce and United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

For more information, please call Patricia Salinas at (305) 284-3707, or visit our website at

www.miami.edu/chp

Calendar of Events for September 2011 : OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

111 N.W. First Street, Suite 2200 · Miami, Florida 33128-1994

www.miamidade.gov/oedit

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