Full Agenda

Welcoming

• 7:30 am - Registration and continental breakfast
  
  
• 8:30 am - Welcoming Remarks
  Councilwoman Diane G. Cibrian, District 8, City of San Antonio
  
  
• 8:35 am - US Chamber Trade Campaign
  Leslie Schweitzer, Senior Trade Advisor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C., USA
  
  

Theme: The Big Picture

• 8:45 am - Talk: China Economic Foundations and Global Implications
  Daniel Rosen, Principal, China Strategic Advisory, New York, New York, USA
  
  
• 9:45 am - Talk: China Business Fundamentals: An On-The-Ground Perspective
  Moderator: Leslie Schweitzer, 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
  
  
• 10:40 am - Coffee Break
  
  
• 11:00 am - Wén huà: Chinese Business Culture
  Betsy Neidel, Founder, Blue Heron Holdings Inc., Austin, Texas, USA
  
  
• 11:35 am - Resources for Texas Businesses
  William Zarit, Regional director, East Asia/Pacific, US Commercial Service, US Dept. of Commerce
  Robert F. Loughran, Managing Partner, Tindall & Foster, Houston, Texas, USA
  
  

Keynote Luncheon

• 12:15 pm - Judge Nelson Wolff, Bexar County,
  Aaron Demerson, Executive Director, Office of the Governor, State of Texas,
  Honorable Zheng Zeguang, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Washington D.C., USA
  
  

Theme: Precision & Velocity, Moving Boxes To and From China Panel

• 1:15 pm - Logistic Trends Panel
  Chris Faust, International Sales Manager, FedEx, San Antonio, Texas
  David Mak, CEO, H&T International Transportation Ltd, Hong Kong SAR, PRC
  Jorge Canavati, VP Business Development, Port San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  

Simultaneous Panels

Theme: Close-up: Successful Supplier Relationships Panel

• 2:30 pm - Finding the Right Supplier, Ed Novess, President, Port 2 Port L.L.C., Austin, Texas, USA
  Agreements and Navigating Legal Issues by Tom Tong, Co-Founder, Tong & Sung, P.C., Houston, Texas, USA
  Foreign Exchange Risk & Impact on Your Chinese Transactions by Alberto Bilton, VP Foreign Exchange & Derivatives, JP Morgan Chase, Dallas, Texas, USA
  Manufacturing Relationships & Quality Control, Alan Wm. Radke, CEO, Greener Bags, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  
  

Theme: Close-up: Selling US Products in China Panel

• 2:30 pm - Market Research: Children of Mao vs. Little Emperors, Betsy Neidel, Founder, Blue Heron Holdings Inc., Austin, Texas, USA
  Payment Methods & Risks in China, Lori Reeder, Global Trade Services, VP, Southwest Regional Manager, JP Morgan Chase, Austin, Texas, USA
  Key Industry Opportunities in the Middle Kingdom, Austin Zhao, Director, Pathway to China, Houston, Texas, USA
  Perspective & Experience, Brenda Hall, CEO, Bridge360, Austin, Texas, USA
  
  

4:30 pm - Networking Mixer: Business Generation and Connections