Growing Your Export Business:
China, Korea & Taiwan
China, Korea and Taiwan are among Asia’s leading economies. As important destinations for U.S. exporters of goods and services, China, Korea and Taiwan are the U.S.’s 3rd, 7th and 10th largest trading partners, respectively. In 2007, U.S. and Maryland exports to these three markets were over $126 billion and $692 million, respectively.
If your business is interested in expanding exports, come learn from first-hand experience what it takes to successfully do business in these markets and how to sell your products to their consumers!
Location:
Minnegan Room Johnny Unitas Field House
Towson University
Towson, MD 21204
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Time: 8:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $40.00 (students $15.00)
Registration: Click here to register. Seating is limited, so please register online no later than June 4, 2009. Contact TowsonGlobal if you have any questions or need help registering for the event.
Agenda and Registration:
8:15-8:45 – Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 – Opening and Welcoming Remarks
- Fred Lissauer – Advisory Board Chair, TowsonGlobal; Vice President, Global Export Business Development, McCormick & Co.
9:00-10:00 – Market Overviews: Opportunities, Strategies & Considerations
- Moderator – Clay Hickson, Director, TowsonGlobal
- Korea – Kenneth Duckworth, Commercial Officer, US Commercial Service
- Greater China – Janee Pierre-Louis, Commercial Officer, US Commercial Service
10:05-10:15 – Break
10:15-10:45 – Financing Solutions
- Moderator – Dyan Brasington, Vice President, Division of Economic & Community Outreach, Towson University
- Jerry Solomon – Vice President, International Trade and Finance Group, M&T Bank
10:45-11:15 – The Logistics of Doing Business in Asia
- Moderator – Sonia Ketkar, Assistant Professor, College of Business & Economics, Towson University
- Joe Ciquera – International Sales Manager, FedEx
11:15-11:30 – Closing
Organizers:
U.S. Commercial Service
TowsonGlobal
M&T Bank
Partners and/or Supporters:
Directions:
The event will be held in the Minnegan Room located on the 3rd floor of the Field House behind Johnny Unitas Stadium at Towson University. Parking permits (included in the price of the seminar) will be given out by the Parking Attendant when you arrive at Parking Lot 20. From the Baltimore Beltway, I-695: Take Exit 25 (Charles Street) and proceed south approximately 1.7 miles. Turn left on Towsontown Boulevard. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Osler Drive. Proceed on Osler Drive approximately 1 mile, passing through two traffic lights. Turn right on Auburn Drive. Follow Auburn Drive, passing through a stop sign and over speed humps. The Field House will be the red brick building on the left. Follow EVENT and TOWSONGLOBAL EVENT signs for parking.
Sponsors:
TowsonGlobal, the Business Globalization Center, is Towson University's international incubator for early-stage companies. TowsonGlobal helps bridge the way for entrepreneurial enterprises to find success in the global economy. The Center accomplishes this by providing businesses with a wide range of support needed to flourish in today's competitive global environment, such as office facilities, business counseling, and workshops. TowsonGlobal’s mission is to help early-stage companies—both Maryland companies aspiring to sell their products/services abroad and foreign companies looking to market their products and services in the mid-Atlantic region—grow and learn how to compete in the global economy.
The US Export Assistance Center in Baltimore is part of a vast network of domestic and international offices, staffed by the US Department of Commerce. We assist Maryland firms in exporting by providing expert counseling and advice, information on markets abroad, international contacts and advocacy services. We combine these resources of the Commercial Service with the finance expertise of the Small Business Administration, and can provide information on all Federal programs designed to support international trade.
M&T Bank is the only bank with International Trade Finance Sales and Operations groups headquartered in Maryland, where M&T and its predecessor banks have financed exports, working capital, and investments in Latin America, Asia, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa since 1970. M&T's trade financing teams offer financing and traditional tools such as letters of credit to enable local businesses to expand their sales and sourcing to new foreign markets. In recognition of M&T Bank's consistent volume of international transactions, in 2005 the US Department of Commerce conferred on M&T the prestigious "President's E Award" for export excellence. M&T plays an active leadership role in several local, state, and national organizations and programs to support Maryland companies in foreign markets and continues to be one of the principal banks who finance exports under programs of the Export-Import Bank of the US.
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