| Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - Day One |
| 8:00-8:15AM |
Welcome Remarks
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| 8:15-8:45AM |
Opening Keynote
Speaker:
Manuel "Manny" Menendez III, Founder, MCM Group Holdings, Ltd. and 8M8 LLC
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| 8:45-9:15AM |
China Logistics Business Outlook: Still a Win-Win?
“Win-win” is perhaps the most popular catchphrase used in China business and commerce, and there are many good reasons why. However, the next 5-20 years should see tremendous market force transitions and shifts within China, and with its biggest trading partners, such as North America. A logistics industry expert will set the table with the most pertinent logistics business issues and topics that will have an impact on your supply chain with one of the world’s biggest, most dynamic, and at times, precarious, shipping economies.
Speaker:
Philip Damas, Director, Supply Chains Advisors Division, Drewry
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| 9:15-9:30AM |
Break
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| 9:30-10:00AM |
Where is the West Coast "Win-Win?"
As China sorts through its own infrastructure and logistics challenges, the West Coast is dealing with its own. One of the top executives of one of the major China-based service providers talks about China’s impacts on the eastbound trans-Pacific trade through the West Coast, and of alternative intermodal gateways, such as the impending Prince Rupert, BC container complex.
Speaker:
Howard Finkel, Executive Vice President, COSCO Americas
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| 10:00-10:15AM |
Break
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| 10:15-11:15AM |
General Session One
China’s Clothing and Apparel Market:
The export of clothing and apparel by China had gone up by 27.3 percent during first five months of 2006, according to a release from the General Administration of Customs (GAC). In this session, our experts look at the opportunities and challenges in this dynamic market.
Moderator:
Rick Knee, Senior Writer, Cargo Business News
Speakers:
Ilse Metchek, Executive Director, California Fashion Assn.
Bruce Berton, Officer and Director of International Business Consulting, Stonefield Josephson, Inc.
Janet Labuda, Director of Customs' Textile Enforcement and Operations, US Customs
Robert Krieger, President, Norman Krieger Inc.
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| 11:15-11:30AM |
Break
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| 11:30AM-12:45PM |
General Session Two
The China-U.S. Highway: What is being done to help move your goods?
A thorough exploration of China’s five-year plan to establish national logistics centers and large scale logistics enterprises. North America faces its own infrastructure development challenges running parallel with China’s explosive cargo growth. This session will focus on the progress made and the challenges ahead including road, rail, ocean and industrial real estate.
Moderator:
George Cunningham, Executive Editor, Cunningham Report
Speakers:
Jon Poelma, Senior Director, Pacific Services, Maersk Line
John Cheng, Honorary Advisor, China Container Railway Transport Center, Ltd.
Steve Branscum, Group Vice President, Consumer Products, BNSF
Edward Romanov, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer, The Allen Group
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| 1:00-2:45PM |
Lunch & Keynote
Pat Boot, Senior Vice President, Asia Operations, ProLogis
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| 3:00-5:00PM |
China’s Opportunities
Three different, special sessions/presentations on doing logistics business in China.
Shenzhen Ports and Logistics Update
Speaker:
Andrew Pan, Chief Representative, The North American Representative Office of Shenzhen, P.R. China (NAROS)
China’s Cold Chain – Market Update and Food Safety
Speaker:
MK Wong, Director, Reefer Trade, OOCL
Mr. Jimmy Ha, VP, International Marketing, Red Chamber Seafood Co.
Niche Carrier Business Opportunities
Speaker:
Dave Hoppes, Senior Vice President, Ocean Services, Matson
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| 9:00-10:00AM |
Logistics Sourcing Roundtable
Moderator:
Hud Warren, Principal, ChinaWest LLC
Speakers:
Mike Gray, Director of Logistics, K-Swiss
Charlie Woo, Co-Founder and CEO, Megatoys
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| 10:00-10:15AM |
Break
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| 10:15-11:00AM |
How the future of China-North America Environmental issues impact you
Speakers:
Dr. Ralph Appy, Director, Environmental Management, Port of Los Angeles
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| 11:00-11:30AM |
How the future of China's Energy Market impacts you
China is now the second largest oil consumer in the world, behind the U.S. With a real gross domestic product growing at a rate of 8-10 percent a year, China's need for energy is projected to increase by 150 percent by 2020. China currently imports 32 percent of its oil and is expected to double its need for imported oil between now and 2010. With worldwide supply closely matching demand and the resulting impact on energy prices, a special presentation looks at the potential impact on your logistics costs.
Speaker:
Dr. Kang Wu, Senior Fellow and Head of China Energy Project, East-West Center and Distinguished Senior Associate, FACTS Global Energy
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| 11:30AM-12:15PM |
China and the 3PL Market
From large state-owned enterprises (SOE’s) with major networks and capabilities, to the growing segment of manufacturer-owned logistics intermediaries, and the leading role the new Wholly Foreign Owned Entities (WFOE’s) are taking on, options abound. This is a dynamic market growing at a 25 percent clip.
Speaker:
Chris Woodward, Vice President and Managing Director- China, Ryder System Inc.
David Bennett, Vice President, Sales & Development, Globe Express Services
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| 12:15-12:45PM |
Special Case Study
Yantian International Container Terminals Business Plan
Presented by MBA students and faculty, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.
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| 1:15-2:30PM |
Lunch Keynote and Grand Prize Drawing
Closing Keynote Speaker: Wei Wang, Author, The China Executive
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