Programs & Events
2008
| January | Luncheon on Columbia in Europe: The Next Steps featuring Mayor Bob Coble and City Councilman Daniel Rickenmann. Sponsored by Nexsen Pruet. |
| February | Luncheon on Opportunities in Chile featuring Chilean Ambassador Mariano Fernández. Sponsored by Bauknight Pietras & Stormer and Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein. |
| March |
Luncheon on Russia After
Putin featuring Dr. Gordon Smith. Sponsored by
Loxcreen & BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Luncheon with Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador to the United States from Bulgaria. Sponsored by McNair Law Firm, Metromark Research and Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Breakfast on Trans-Atlantic Mega-Trends: Trade Ties & Frayed Ties featuring Micheal Maibach, President & CEO of the European-American Business Council. Sponsored by SCMEP. |
| April | Luncheon on U.S. Turkey Relations featuring Ferhat Demir, Executive Director of the Turkish-American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast U.S. Sponsored by Colite International. |
| May | Luncheon on Serbia Today: Opportunity or Challenge featuring Michael C. Polt, United States Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro. Sponsored by American Business Development Group and SCANA. |
| June | Luncheon on Free Trade: Working to Strengthen America and Her Partners featuring Greg Delawie, director of the Economic and Energy's Bureau's Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Sponsored by SC State Ports Authority, Bauknight Pietras & Stormer, P.A. and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. |
| August |
Luncheon on Istanbul: MITA
Trade Mission Impressions
featuring Darryl Hunter, Soy Products International Inc.
and Sonya Kosta Di Nova, Transcon Trading Co. Inc. Sponsored by South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development
Authority and the City of Columbia. Luncheon on Colite International Expansion Featuring Mary Brown, CEO. Sponsored by Carolina First |
| September |
Luncheon on
"Meet the
Commerces"
An update on the programs and people at USDOC
and SCDOC featuring Dorette Coetsee,
Director, USDOC, SC, Amy
Thomson, Senior International Trade Specialist,
USDOC, SC, and Clarke
Thompson, Manager, International Department,
SCDOC.
Sponsored by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,
P.C., Buchmaier Law Firm LLC, and South Carolina Power
Team. Lucheon on Opportunities in Chile featuring Carlos Capurro, Senior Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service, Santiago, Chile. Sponsored by Nexsen Pruet and Global Consulting & Affiliates. |
2007
| January | Luncheon on The Midlands and the Port Linked Through Trade featuring Bernie Groseclose, S.C. State Ports Authority. Sponsored by Columbia Metropolitan Airport, Nexsen Pruet and Bauknight Pietras & Stormer, P.A. |
| February | Luncheon on U.S. Policy in Latin America Today featuring Ambassador Edward O'Donnell, U.S. Department of State. Sponsored by Transcon Trading Co., City of Columbia and USC Moore School of Business. |
| March | Luncheon on Growing Your Business Through Canada featuring Brian Oak, Consul General of Canada. Sponsored by The Loxcreen Co. and Palmetto Economic Development Corp. |
| April | Luncheon on Building Bridges Through Business featuring Henry Deneen, Center for Global Strategies. Sponsored by J.W. Hunt and S.C. Jobs-Economic Development Authority. |
| May |
Dinner on Doing Business Through Queensland featuring Geoffrey Thomas, National Corporation; Mark Stockwell, Stockwells Building & Development; Eleanor Davidson, Meridien; and Fionna Kennedy, University of Queensland. Sponsored by Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Wilbur Smith. China's Buying - Luncheon with a 28-member delegation from China responsible for buying $400 million of cotton in the United States featuring Hugh Weathers, S.C. Commissioner of Agriculture and Bernard Groseclose, SC State Ports Authority. Sponsored by National Cotton Council, Cotton Council International, American Cotton Shippers Association and Atlantic Cotton Association. |
| June |
Evening cruise on Lake Murray aboard
the Southern Patriot featuring Guests from Yibin City
and Sichuan Province, China. Sponsored by SC
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, McNair Law Firm and
Lincoln International. For IT Companies, Mexico's Calling featuring Juan Carolos Prieto, IT and Telecom Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Mexico City. Sponsored by Global Trade Information Services and Colite International. |
| July | Sponsor appreciation event at The Flying Saucer. |
| August |
Luncheon on Yemen – A Market Looking to be Discovered featuring a discussion led by Yemeni government & business leaders calling on South Carolina. Sponsored by LPA Group. Columbia World Affairs Council and MITA dinner on Tackling the Big Issues: Priorities for Britain’s Global Policy featuring Martin Rickerd, British Consul General of Atlanta. Sponsored by Buchmaier Law Firm. |
| September |
Luncheon on China and the World:
The New Balance Sheet featuring Dr. Cynthia
Watson, director of electives for the National War
College. Sponsored by Joseph Walker & Company, SCANA and
Fuji Photo Film.
Luncheon on Queensland: Changes and Opportunities featuring Andrew Craig, Commissioner, Queensland Trade and Investment – The Americas. Sponsored by S.C. State Ports Authority, Carolina First, and Nexsen Pruet. |
| October | Luncheon on A S.C. World Trade Center Primer and India Trade Mission Update featuring Lisa Callahan, South Carolina World Trade Center. Sponsored by Loxcreen Co. |
| November |
Welcoming the New Dean of the USC Moore School of Business featuring Dr. Hildy Teegen, Dean of the Moore School of Business. Sponsored by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. A China Update featuring George Wang, president of the US China Exchange Association and an education delegation from Yibin, China. Sponsored by The Columbia World Affairs Council and MITA. |
