10:00am - Registration, networking, and exhibits            

10:30am - Welcome and Opening Remarks

Uwe Janssen, Chairman, International Business Association, Chairman, Rauch International

10:35am - Plenary Session, Master of Ceremony Roy Paulson, Chairman, California Inland Empire District Export Council (CIEDEC), President, Paulson Mfg.

Plenary speaker:

Ali Sahabi, Chairman, Green Valley Initiative/Green Institute for Village Empowerment, Inc. 

Topic: “The Inland Empire: California's Global Green Technology Center to Combat Climate Change”

11:00am - Panel discussion

Topic: Business Direction and Opportunities in Green Technology for manufacturing, renewable energy power, and international trade.

Moderator: Craig Keys, Executive Director of the Green Valley Initiative

Panel members:

• Clayton Hawranik, President, SRS
• Dave Byers, International Manager for Asia & Pacific, ESRI, Inc.
• Jess Romo, Airport Manager LA/Ontario
• Bryon Bliss, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Phoenix Motorcars
• Kusum Kavia, Combustion Associates, Inc.

12:00pm - Q & A directed toward panel speakers

12:15pm - Luncheon and U.S. Department of Commerce’s Export Achievement Award Presentation

12:45pm - Keynote speaker Greg T. Watkins, Principal, Equinox Carbon Equities, LLC.

Topic: “Investing in the Future is the Future: Balancing carbon cycles to both reduce global warming and to maintain growth in sustainable wealth for the planet”

1:00pm - Q & A directed toward keynote speaker

1:15pm - Appreciation awards by Indonesian Consul General in Los Angeles the Honorable Subijaksono Sujono

1:30pm - Panel Discussion

Topic: Country and region specific opportunities in green technology for manufacturing, renewable energy power, and international trade.

Moderator: Fred Latuperissa, Director, U.S. Department of Commerce

Panel Members:

• Indonesia: Consul General in Los Angeles the Honorable Mr. Subijaksono Sujono
• Japan: Consul General in Los Angeles the Honorable Mr. Junichi Ihara (invited)
• Vietnam: Mr. Le Quoc Hung (invited)
• Mexico: Consul General in Los Angeles the Honorable Ms. Carolina Zaragoza Flores (invited)
• The Netherlands: Consul General in Los Angeles the Honorable Ms. Madelien de Planque (invited)
• Benin: Minister of Energy & Water the Honorable Sacca Lafia (invited)

2:15pm - Q & A directed toward panel speakers

2:30pm - Closing Remarks and open networking

Uwe Janssen, Chairman International Business Association, Chairman, Rauch International

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