Draft Agenda

8:30 – 9:30 AM: Networking Coffee/Agency Tables

Export-Import Bank
International Trade Administration (U.S. Commerce Department)
U.S. State Department
U.S. Trade Representative
Foreign Commercial Service (U.S. Commerce Department)
U.S. Small Business Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Virginia Ports Authority
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Virginia Department of Business Assistance
Virginia Department of Commerce
Virginia Small Business Development Center

9:30 – 10:30 AM: Keynote Addresses

The Honorable Mark R. Warner, U.S. Senator for Virginia

The Honorable Gary F. Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

The Honorable Fred P. Hochberg, President of the Export-Import Bank

10:30 – 11:15 PM: Panel One — Leveraging Export Opportunities 

Mr. Lawrence Blackburn, Business Development Officer, Export-Import Bank
Mr. Eric McDonald, Director, U.S. Export Assistance Center (Richmond)
Mr. Mark Myrick, International Trade Manager, Virginia Economic Development
Mr. Patrick Tunison, Chief International Lending Officer, Export Solutions Group, Office of International Trade, U.S. Small Business Administration

11:15- 12:00 PM: Panel Two — Expanding Market Reach / Troubleshooting in Country

Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce (TBA)
U.S. Department of State (TBA)
Virginia Department of Commerce (TBA)
Mr. Charles Green, Marketing Director, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

12:00 – 1:00 PM: Networking/Agency Representatives