Learn about the many government support programs for business at “Export Growth Through Government Assistance Programs,” a workshop that will be held at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Friday, November 16, 2007.

Attendees will learn about the federal resources available to assist them in their businesses’ export expansion efforts. Three business and financial professionals will speak on topics such as international trade opportunities, global networking and export capital.

Carmela Mammas, director of the Newark U.S. Export Assistance Center and acting director of the New York Export Assistance Center under the U.S. Department of Commerce, will review the export assistance programs offered by the U.S. Commercial Service. This unit of the International Trade Administration is made up of trade specialists in 107 U.S. cities and more than 80 countries who work with companies to help them get started in exporting or increase their sales to new global markets. Services include world class market research, trade events that promote your product or service to qualified buyers, introductions to qualified buyers and distributors and counseling and advocacy through every step of the export process.

Sharyn H. Koenig, senior business development officer, Export-Import Bank of the U.S., will discuss pre-export working capital and export credit insurance as a marketing, risk mitigation and financing tool. She will also speak on how the Small Business Administration (SBA) can help small businesses increase their export business.

Valerie Oakes, banking consultant, will speak on the financing and collection alternatives used in international trade based on her banking experience.

The workshop will be held from 8–11 a.m. in the Rutherford Room, Student Union Building, on FDU’s Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, N.J. The Student Union is located on Lone Pine Lane, off River Road near the Cedar Lane intersection in Teaneck.

The cost of registration is $35 per person and includes a continental breakfast. For further information or to register, call 201-692-2278.

This workshop is sponsored by FDU’s Global Enterprise Network (GEN). GEN is one way in which the University responds to the challenges of the global marketplace. To encourage regional business development, the university is making available its expertise and resources in global education and international relationships and to coordinate the resources available for regional business development. Herbert Ouida, who has 20 years of international business experience with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the World Trade Center Association, directs GEN.