Minnesota District Export Council
| Our Mission: The District Export Councils contribute leadership and international trade expertise to complement the U.S. Commercial Service’s export promotion efforts through counseling businesses on the exporting process and conducting trade education and community outreach. |
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| Thursday, February 04 2010 11:45 |
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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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Conference Agenda

