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CONFERENCE AGENDA
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8:30
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Welcome
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8:45-9:30
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Overview of Cuban Business Environment:
Speakers: Kirby Jones, US-Cuba Trade Association; Paolo Spadoni, Stetson University
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9:30-11:00
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Two Teleconference presentations from Havana with Q&A
- View of Cuba Business and Trade
Maria de la Luz B?Hamel
Director of North America Trade
Ministry of Foreign Trade
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State of US-Cuba Trade
Pedro Alvarez, Chairman, Alimport
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Break
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11:15-11:45
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Trade and US-Cuba Bi-lateral Relations
Moderator:
Jake Colvin, National Foreign Trade Council
Speaker via teleconference from Washington, DC
Dagoberto Rodriguez
Head, Cuban Interests Section, Washington, DC
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11:45-12:00
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View from Congress
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Az) ?via teleconference
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12:00-1:15
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Lunch ? Special Presentation by Jenny Phillips, Founder and Chairperson,
Hemingway Preservation Foundation
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1:15-2:30
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Potential for Florida Companies
Tim Lynch, Florida State University
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2:30-3:15
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View of Florida Companies doing Business with Cuba Now. Francois Petot, Buffalo International Bill Schroeder, Purity Foods
Hans Laue, Register International
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3:15-3:45
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Break
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3:45-4:30
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Teleconference from Havana Travel Industry and Potential. Moderator: John McAuliff, Fund for Reconciliation and Development; Speaker: Miguel Figueras,
Sr. Advisor to Minister of Tourism
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4:45-5:30
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What Can companies do now: laws, licensing, procedures. Speakers: Kirby Jones, Alamar Associates
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6:00-7:00
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Reception
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CONFERENCE PRESS COVERAGE
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CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
Gloria Angles, Diagnostic Angles, Inc.
Juan Artigas, EMRN Group, Inc.
Sid Banack, Banack Family Limited Partnership
Bobby Bawcum, Diversified Citrus Marketing, Inc.
Lauren Brand, Canaveral Port Authority
Bruce Burrow, MBC Holdings, LLC
Armando Campos, Douglass Fertilizer & Chemical, Inc.
Bill Carlson, Tucker/Hall
David Carson, Chemical Dynamics, Inc.
Alex Chavez, EMRN Group, Inc.
Leroy Collins
Jake Colvin, National Foreign Trade Council
Thomas Cooper, Gulfstream International Airlines
Ometrias Deon Long, Ometrias D. Long & Associates, P.A.
David Ditchfield, Tri Count Audiology
Selvin Dottin, R.W. Beck, Inc
Bram Fiebelkorn, Tucker/Hall
Al Finch, Diversified Citrus Marketing
Andy Goddard, North American Partners
Andrea Holbrooke, Holbrook Travel, Inc.
Mel Holt, Channel 9-Orlando
Scott Jablonski, Duane Morris, LLP
Kirby Jones, US-Cuba Trade Association
Hans Laue, Register International, Inc.
Todd Lewan, Associated Press
Greg Lovelace, Tampa Port Authority
Tim Lynch, Florida State University
John McAuliff, Fund for Reconstruction and Development
William Messina, University of Florida/IFAS
Eric Meyerhoff, Imperial Products, Inc.
Sharon Miernda, Telemundo
Walter Pacheo, Orlando Sentinel
Francois Petot, Buffalo International, Inc.
Marc Petot, Buffalo International, Inc.
Jenny Phillips, Hemingway Preservation Foundation
Frank Phillips, Hemingway Preservation Foundation
Rick Plank, Cargill Juice North America
Bill Quinby, Mayflower International
Travis Reed, Associated Press
Sean Register, Register International, Inc.
Lorne Resnick, Cuba Dreaming
Stanley Riggs, Port Manatee Commerce Center
Frances Robles, Miami Herald
Mike Salas, Consulting Group International, LLC
Peter Sanchez, Cuba Tours and Travel
Arthur Savage, A.R. Savage & Son
Bill Schroeder, Purity Foods
Paolo Spadoni, Stetson University
Jim Strickland, Florida Cattleman?s Association
Allison Warren, Tucker/Hall
Johannes Werner, Cuba Trade and Investment News
David Wheeler, Wheeler Farms, Inc.
Irving Wheeler, Wheeler Farms, Inc.
Parke Wright, J.P. Wright & Company
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