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Upcoming Programs and Events

Date Title and Speaker Description Details
August 20, 2009 Greg Pillar, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry
Queens University of Charlotte
September 17, 2009 Bob Salvin - President and owner
Salvin Dental and past CWTA President
   
October 15, 2009 Alexis Gordon
Program Director
Charlotte International Cabinet
   
November 19, 2009 John Norman, CPA
Greer & Walker, LLP
   
December 17, 2009 Michael Smith, CEO
Charlotte Center City Partners
  Details...

Past Programs and Events

Date Topic Speaker Details
November 8, 2007 U.S. Exports are Booming, A Discussion About Tools For Getting In The Game. (Or Taking Your Current Exports To The Next Level.) Greg Sizemore, Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce's U.S. Commercial Service Office in Charlotte  
October 11, 2007 Homeland Security Patricia Fitzpatrick, Area Port Director - Charlotte, North Carolina  
September 13, 2007 CWTA's "Dinner With The Experts" Series - Finding Success Through A Global Perspectivel Greg Raty, Vice President Slade, Inc.  
August 9, 2007 CWTA's "Lunch With The Experts" Series - How To Take A Small Business Global Mike Viniconis, President Argus Fire Control  
July 12, 2007 CWTA's "Lunch With The Experts" Series - Letter of Credit: Changes that Affect You! Don Smith, Vice President for Client Services at Norman Technologies  
June 14, 2007 America's Competitiveness Michael McGee, Regional Senior U.S. Commercial Officer for the Caribbean  
April 12, 2007 Foreign Currency for Dummies Felix Von Uklanski, Merrill Lynch  
March 8, 2007 Outsourcing to India: The Current State of Affairs Stella Hopkins, Business Projects Reporter, The Charlotte Observer  
February 8, 2007 Credit Card Fraud, Identity Theft, and the International Trader Brannon Raines, Wachovia Senior Fraud Investigator and Former Secret Service Agent  
December 14, 2006 Doing Business in a Foreign Culture: Cross Cultural Negotiations and Communications Dr. Gary Ferraro, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at UNC Charlotte  
November 9, 2006 Education and the International Community Dr. Peter Gorman, Superintendent of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools  
October 12, 2006 Doing Business In China: Sourcing Or Selling - Developing & Executing a Game Plan Art Yarzumbeck, Sr. VP & Principal, East West Associates Doing Business in China
August 10, 2006 STEEL - A Brief History of the World Market, What We Can Expect to See in the Future And How It Will Affect US Klaus Becker, President of AMS Specialty Steel