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Gaining Competitive Advantage in Your Export Supply Chain

A New York District Export Council and LI US Export Assistance Center Sponsored Event

Monday, June 30, 2008
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Check in and Continental Breakfast at 8:00 am
SUNY Old Westbury Campus
Old Westbury, Long Island
Administration Building

Registration Fee:  $95.00 per person (includes breakfast and lunch)
To register, click here
Questions – please call (646) 722-0182

Who should attend: All professionals who are involved with shipping goods and services to foreign markets. Export sales, operations, traffic managers, logistics, supply chain, customer service, accounting and warehousing personnel.
What will be gained:  An overview of all export compliance and security issues, update on Census and AES initiatives, EXIM Bank Programs, Best Practices in Export Logistics, Cargo Insurance, Overview of Intellectual Property Rights, protection of foreign receivables TSA and BIS updates.

Event speakers will include:

Sid Simon – Special Agent in charge of BIS

Tom Cummings – Director Northeast & Mid-Atlanta Regional Office of Ex-IM Bank

Theresa Gordon – AES Direct Liaison, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census

Jonathan Heimer & Shakir Farsakh – Long Island US Export Assistance Center

Kelly Raia – Vice President, International, American River International

All Points Container Line – To review ocean freight export capacity crunch

Rick Bridges, VP Roanoke Trade Services Cargo Insurance for Exporters

Donald Basso, Manager of Air Cargo Programs, TSA - Certified Cargo Screening Program

John Costanzo, President, Purolator USA – Benefits of Canada Trade

Special Lunch Time Speaker:  Congressman Steve Israel

To download the full agenda click here  .  For directions click here.

Sponsored by PUROLATOR USA, Roanoke worldwideAll Points Logo