Doing Business With Brazil- March 23, 2009
7:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Allen Chapman Activity Center, TU Campus

Sponsored by Tulsa Global Alliance
TU Collins College of Business
TU Center for Executive and Professional Development
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
And the Tulsa Metro Chamber

7:15 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:00 - Program Begins
Allen Chapman Activity Center, TU Campus
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Price: $40 in advance
$45 Regular
$50 at the door
$10 students
$35 per person for three or more attendees from same company
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Keynote speaker
LORRIE J. FUSSELL, Brazil Desk Officer US Department of Commerce
and a special 4-member panel representing area businesses engaged in business with Brazil:
Stefanie Menusso, Competitive Inteligence Manager, Hilti Latin America, Ltd.
Joao W. Arruda, International Iiaison, ACRON (USA) L.P
Tray Siegfried, Vice Chairman of NORDAM

If you are part of the international marketplace-or want to be-you may want to consider doing business with Brazil. With the largest Latin American economy and the eighth largest economy in the world, there would seem to be an unlimited potential market.

So what are the keys to being successful in Brazil? What role does the Brazilian government play in growing business in Brazil and what do you need to know about area's culture before you jump into negotiations with this growing Latin American neighbor?

Join us for a special keynote presentation by Lorrie Fussell, Brazil Desk Officer for the US Department of Commerce, as she shares her expertise and answers your questions about the business climate in Brazil.

As the Brazil Desk Officer, Ms. Fussell works to ensure that Brazil provides market access to U.S. companies and complies with trade obligations with the United States. Ms. Fussell also is engaged in a wide range of economic and commercial analysis of the Brazilian market and advises senior officials on U.S.-Brazil trade policy, market access and trade agreements compliance. She assists in advancing policy issues under the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue and is the lead for the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, a joint White House and Commerce initiative that brings together business leaders to identify ways to strengthen the economic relationship. Based at the U.S. Department of Commerce headquarters in Washington D.C., Ms. Fussell maintains close liaison with other U.S. government agencies, business organizations, and Brazilian government entities.

At the Department of Commerce, Ms. Fussell has also worked on issues related to Cuba's economy and completed a five-week fact finding mission to Angola to assess the viability of opening a Foreign Commercial Service Office at the U.S. Embassy in Luanda. She originally joined the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2006 as a Presidential Management Fellow in the Market Access and Compliance division of the International Trade Administration (ITA).

Before joining the Department of Commerce, Ms. Fussell worked at Kissinger McLarty Associates (KMA), a strategic international advisory firm headed by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III, formerly President Clinton's Chief of Staff and later Special Envoy for the Americas. At KMA, Ms. Fussell assisted the President and Managing Partner in counseling U.S. companies on market access, strategic planning, corporate communications, and political and economic risk issues throughout Latin America.

Ms. Fussell has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts Degree in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University. Ms. Fussell is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Doing Business with Vietnam - April 21, 2009
7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Allen Chapman Activity Center, TU Campus

Sponsored by Tulsa Global Alliance
TU Collins College of Business
TU Center for Executive and Professional Development
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
Tulsa Metro Chamber
Oklahoma Department of Commerce

7:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:00 - Program Begins
Allen Chapman Activity Center, TU Campus

Price: $40 in advance
$45 Regular
$50 at the door
$10 students
$35 per person for three or more attendees from same company
REGISTER NOW!

Le Cong Phung is a career diplomat. He was appointed by President Nguyen Minh Triet as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United States of America in October 2007.

Prior to his appointment, he was the First Deputy Foreign Minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, second ranking official, assisting Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the conduct of Vietnam’s foreign policy. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister between 2001 and 2004 and Assistant Foreign Minister from 1999 until 2000. From 2000 through 2004, he acted as Chairman of the Committee on Border Affairs and as Chairman of the National Commission for UNESCO.

During his 37-year career, Ambassador Le Cong Phung served in various foreign service posts in England (1974-1977), China (1978-1980), Indonesia (1984-1987) and as Ambassador to Thailand (1993-1997).

Ambassador Le Cong Phung was born on February 20, 1948 in Thanh Hoa Provice, Vietnam. He graduated from the College of Diplomacy of Vietnam in 1971. He speaks fluent English and French. He and his wife, Nguyen Thi Nhan, have two sons.

Vietnam, a country with a four-thousand-year history but a young population with more than half of its 84 million people under 30 years old, now promotes itself as one of the most dynamic economies in the world. Two decades of economic reforms have transformed Vietnam into a lively market. The country now has diplomatic and trade relations with more than 170 countries and territories. Vietnam is now known as a favorite tourism destination for American people, with beautiful beaches, exotic food and hospitable and friendly people.

The history of the Vietnam-US relationship has turned the page over the last decade with significant milestones, including

• Establishment of diplomatic relations in 1995
• Bilateral Trade Agreement in July 2000
• Vietnam joining World Trade Organization May 2008
• Establishment of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) in 2008
• Exchange of visits by US and Vietnamese dignitaries -
• Bill Clinton to Vietnam (2000)
• Prime Ministere Phan Van Khai to US in 2005
• George Bush to Vietnam in 2006 and
• Vietnamese President Nguyen minh Triet's visit to the US in 2007.

Come for the buffet breakfast and stay to network after the program.