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Thursday, February 04 2010 11:45

Tuesday, May 11

8:30   Opening remarks – Ed Hayward, MN DEC

           Undersecretary of Commerce

9:00   Breaking Down Africa

 Senior Lecturer Svjetlana Madzar, U of MN,   

 Carlson School  of Management

9:45   Congressman Keith Ellison (confirmed)

10:00 Breaking Down the Middle East

10:45 Break

11:00 Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

12:00 Lunch - Keynote Speaker

           U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (invited)

1:30   Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

2:30   Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

3:30   Break

4:00   Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

5:00   Closing remarks

5:30   Networking Reception – U.S. Senator Amy

           Klobuchar (invited)

 

Wednesday, May 12

8:30   Opening remarks

9:00   Managing Risk in the ANESA Region

10:00 Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

11:00 Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

12:00 Lunch - Keynote Speaker

           William Hawkins, CEO Medtronic (confirmed)

1:30   Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

2:30   Country breakouts/one-on-one meetings

3:30   Break

3:45   Market development resources available

4:15   Business panel – Successes and challenges

5:00   Closing remarks – Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. 

           Trade Representative (invited)

5:30   Networking Reception

 

 

 

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