Theme - The Big Picture

8:40-9:25 am - China Business: Economic Foundations and Global Implications

• Daniel Rosen, Principal, China Strategic Advisory, New York, New York, USA
  Daniel Rosen will summarize the primary forces driving China's economic growth, the policy debates arising from that growth, and the future potential market opportunities. He will also develop a comprehensive picture of China, and discuss how strategic decisions not economic policy impact US business success.
  
  

9:25-10:45 am - China Business Fundamentals: An On-the-Ground Perspective

• Moderator: Leslie Scheweitzer, Senior Trade Advisor, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C., USA
• Jeffrey Bernstein, President and CEO, Emerge Logistics Co. Ltd, Shanghai, PRC
• Jeremy Haft, Author, All the Tea in China: How to Buy, Sell, and Make Money on the Mainland and Chairman of BChinaB, Washington D.C.,USA
• Mark Duval, Director of Business Operations, Motorola; Governor, AmCham China, Beijing, PRC
• Bill Weidner, President and COO, Las Vegas Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  
  

10:45-11:00 am - Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30 am - Wén huà: China Business Culture

• Betsy Neidel, Founder, Blue Heron Holdings Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

11:35–12:10 pm - Resources for Texas Businesses

• Moderator: William Zarit, Regional director, East Asia/Pacific, US Commercial Service, US Dept. of Commerce
• Robert F. Loughran, Managing Partner, Tindall & Foster, Houston, Texas, USA