International Business Events
Each year the Memphis in May International Festival hosts business events throughout the city focusing on the economic impact and global logistics of each honored country. Below are the 2009 events held to recognize the Republic of Chile.
Economic Club Dinner 
Wednesday,
May 6, 2009
Hilton Memphis
Reception
at 6:00 p.m., Dinner at 7:00
p.m.
Speaker: Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdes
Admission: $75.00
Contact
Laura Edwards, Economic Club at 901-678-2443
Established to promote the study and discussion of
economic, political and social issues, the Economic Club supports
Memphis in May International Festival’s salute to Chile by presenting
Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdes.
Mr. Valdes has
enjoyed a long and distinguished political, diplomatic and academic
career. He has served his country as
Ambassador to Argentina, as Chile's Permanent Representative
to the United Nations in New York and as Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Vice-Minister for International Economic Affairs in the
Chilean
Foreign Ministry. He currently serves as
the Director of the Chile Project for the Presidency of Chile.
Doing Business in Chile
Seminar
Wednesday May
6, 2009
University
of Memphis Fed Ex Institute of Technology
8:30
a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Speakers: Mitch Larsen, Senior Officer U.S. Commercial
Service,
American
Embassy, Santiago
Alejandro
Buvinic, Commercial Attache, Embassy of Chile,
Washington, D.C.
Admission: Call Brenda Montgomery, Greater Memphis Chamber,
543-3500
Doing
Business in Chile Seminar was designed to give regional companies the tools to
work with U.S. Customs and Customs house brokers to successfully import and
export goods and conduct business in the 2009 honored country. Topics included
payment processes and sourcing resources for import and export goods. Co-sponsored by The International Trade Center and the
Greater Memphis Chamber.
International
Council Luncheon
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Memphis Hilton
Speaker: Mitch Larsen, Senior Officer U.S. Commerical
Service,
American
Embassy, Santiago
Admission: Call Brenda Montgomery, Greater Memphis Chamber, 543-3500
Approximately
80 key local international trade executives, as well as local government
leaders of both the City of Memphis and Shelby County attended this
annual meeting. Senior U.S. Commercial
Service Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Chile, Mitch Larsen discussed current developments and economic opportunities in Chile.
Memphis Multi-Modal Conference
Global Logistics and the
Global Economy
May 11 & 12, 2009
Peabody Hotel
Admission: $150.00
Registration:
http://memphisworldtradeclub.com
The third annual conference
presented by the Memphis World Trade Club brought together distribution and
logistics specialists from around the globe to exchange new ideas and best
practices in the field of global logistics; air, rail, port and trucking. The
keynote speaker on May 12th from the 2009 Memphis in May honored country Chile spoke on the unique
challenges and solutions in the area of global logistics from a Chilean
perspective.