Doing Business with North America: Conference on Canada & Mexico

Event description

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS & SPEAKERS

Join us to learn how best to navigate the changing trade environment and position for long-term success with our largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. Our speakers and panelists include business leaders, educators, and the Counsel Generals for both Canada and Mexico. They offer a wealth of knowledge and expertise on our neighbors’ vibrant and diverse economies and will propose strategies to manage the changing trade dynamic within North America.

TRADE BY THE NUMBERS

The combined GDP of Canada and Mexico is over $4.3 trillion making their collective market 4th largest worldwide. Last year US exports to Canada and Mexico were over $882 billion representing 22% of total US exports while Indiana’s exports to our neighbors totaled $21 billion, an impressive 35% of our state’s $60 billion in exports. Over the past twenty years Indiana’s exports to Canada and Mexico surged over 91% helping Indiana become America’s 8th largest exporting state with over 173,000 jobs tied to exports.

EVENT LOCATION:

Newfields Art Museum, Randolph Deer Pavilion, Indianapolis, IN

TICKETS:

• Early Bird Tickets (Ends April 18th) - $55
• General Admission Tickets - $75

AGENDA

11:15 am Check-In

11:45 am Welcome Remarks

12:00 pm Lunch

12:40 pm Keynote Address

• David Talbot, VP International Government Affairs, Eli Lilly & Co.

1:00 pm U.S. Small Business Administration - Exporter of the Year Award

• Stacey Poynter, District Director, US SBA

1:15 pm Break

1:30 pm Session 1: Market Overview

• Carol Rogers, Indiana Business Research Center / Indiana University

2:00 pm Session 2: Canada & Mexico – Navigating the Changing Trade Dynamic

• Nicolas Guzman - Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
• Kent Ebbing– Greater Indianapolis Foreign Trade Zone
• Dexter Salenda - DHL Global Forwarding

2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm Session 3: Building Relations & Trade

• The Honorable Colin Bird - Consul General of Canada
• The Honorable Maki Teramoto – Consul General of Mexico

3:30 pm Session 4: Tales from the Trenches – Tips for Success in North America

• Ben Mangrich - Lafayette Instrument Company
• Darryl Floyd - Wood-Mizer
• Ross Harvey – Cook Medical

4:15 pm Networking Reception – Gardens at NEWFIELDS

6:00 pm Conference Concludes