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Learn how local businesses successfully grew their sales with government solutions. This unique trade event is specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses wanting to start or grow their international sales.

 

DETROIT

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Successful Small Business Export Strategies:
Eight-City "Exports Live!" Seminar Series

Location: Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center
East Jefferson at Brush Street
Detroit, MI 48243
Phone:313-568-8000
Meeting Room: Mackinac Ballroom (Level 5)

AGENDA


8:00 - 8:30 AM
  Registration & Coffee
8:30 - 8:45 AM

Speaker:

  Welcome and Opening Remarks

Fred. P. Hochberg, Chairman and President
Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)

8:45 - 9:05 AM

Speaker:

  Opening Remarks - "Why Exports Matter"

David Ickert, Vice President of Finance
Air Tractor Inc.

9:10 - 10:15 AM

Moderator:



Panelists:

  Panel Discussion - "Success Stories from Small Business Owners"

Diane Farrell, Director and Member of the Board
Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)


Doug Kouri, President
DMK International, LLC
Macomb, Mich.

Thomas Gross, President
Dynamic Manufacturing Corp.
Weidmann, Mich.

Eric L. Lambert, CFO
Mill Steel Company
Grand Rapids, Mich.

David Flanagan, General Director
General Motors
North American International Product Center

10:20 - 10:35 AM
  Break
10:40 - 12:00 PM

Moderator:

 

 

Panelists:

  Panel Discussion with Agency Officials - "How We Help"

Nicole Lamb-Hale, Deputy General Counsel
Office of General Counsel
U.S. Department of Commerce

 

Diane Farrell, Director and Member of the Board
Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)

Marianne O'Brien Markowitz, Regional Administrator
Small Business Administration (SBA)

Geoff Jackson, Director of Policy and Programs and Regional Director of East Asia
U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Thomas Maguire, Director
Export Assistance Center - Grand Rapids, Michigan
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Commercial Service (DOC)

12:15 - 1:15 PM

Speaker:

  Lunch and Remarks

Congressman John Dingell (invited)

Dennis F. Hightower, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce
U.S. Department of Commerce

1:30 - 3:00 PM
  One-On-One Sessions for Attendees


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