NC World Trade Conferences

36th Annual
North Carolina
World Trade Association
Conference

May 2-4, 2001

2001 - A Trade Odyssey

See presentations at selected links below.
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Schedule of Events
 
Wednesday
May 2, 2001
 

2:00 - 6:00 PM
2:00 - 6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:15-10:00 PM

Exhibition setup
Registration
Social Hour
Dinner
Jim Fain, NC Secretary of Commerce:
Presentation of the Governor's Awards
   International Trade Winner: Aeroglide Corporation of Cary
   International Community Service Winner: Eastern Carolina Vocational Center of Greenville

 
Thursday
May 3, 2001
 

7:15 AM
7:30 AM
8:30 AM
9:15-10:00 AM

10:00-10:15 AM
10:15-11:00 AM

11:00-11:45 AM

Noon

2:00-2:45 PM

2:45-3:30 PM

3:30-3:45 PM
3:45-4:30 PM

6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:30 PM

DEC/NCWTA Joint Board Meeting
Registration and continental breakfast
Welcome and NCWTA Members Business Meeting
John Tingle, District Sales Manager, US Airways Charlotte
   US Airways & United -What Does It Mean for the Carolinas?

Break
Keith Korenchuk, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, and Chair of the Global Alliance for ECommerce
   Global Oppportunities, Global Risks: The Internet and Your Business
Dr. Carl Weinberg, Founder of High Frequency Economics
   Where Eagles Dare: The Role of World Trade in the Current Global Economic Downturn
Luncheon /Speaker: Jim Rager, Vice Chairman, Royal Bank of Canada
   RBC's purchase of Centura Bank as Gateway to the Carolinas and the United States
David L. Burner, CEO & President, BF Goodrich Corp.
   Building World Leadership in a Global Economy

Mamie McKinney, Marketing Director for Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A.
   Global Solutions through Integrity and Partnership
Break
Ken Hunt, VP for Marketing, Paradigm Genetics
   Biotechnology in North Carolina: A Case Study
John Naisbitt, book signing
Social Hour
Dinner /Speaker: John Naisbitt
   High Tech/high touch

 


Hosted by the Charlotte Chapter.
Co-Chairs:  Herb Klein and Robert Krasow

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