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"Transporte Internacional & Supply Chain Integration 2008:Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy, and Agriculture Summit"

 September 22-24, 2008
Dallas-Irving-Ft. Worth, TX

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This year's conference, "Transporte International & Supply Chain Integration­ 2008: Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy, and Agriculture Summit" is designed to address the issues facing international trade, manufacturing, transportation and all related business. We will bring together business leaders and key bi-national government leaders to dialog and explore a broad range of ways to further integrate our economies through trade. It is our intent to focus on current issues that affect transportation, energy, agriculture, manufacturing, services, trade facilitation, regulatory structure and emerging barriers for the express purpose of continuing to address the most important issues and information needed for our countries to have a competitive edge in the global market.

This important public-private sector event will enhance the capacity of our two countries to enhance their joint competitiveness and participation in the global trade system. The conference will promote transportation, energy and trade capacity building, security and sector development, both of which are consistent with NAFTA,  the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), and Mexico's National Infrastructure Program 2007-2012.

Tentative Agenda

"Transporte Internacional & Supply Chain Integration 2008"
Invited Speakers


Monday,
September 22

 

All Day Arrival
16:00 - 17:30 Conference Registration
19:00

OPENING RECEPTION
Inaugural Keynote Address:
 Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Department of Commerce
Welcome:
- Mayor Tom Leppert, City of Dallas, TX
- Mayor Herbert Gears, City of Irving, TX
- Mayor Mike Moncrief, City of Fort Worth, TX


Tuesday,
September 23

 

8:00 - 9:00






BREAKFAST and PANEL "Dallas Inland Port" 
Keynote Address:
Larry Walther, Director, U.S. Trade & Development Agency
Moderator: Karl Zavitkovsky, Director, Office of Economic Development, City of Dallas
Panelists:
- Richard Allen, Founder and CEO, The Allen Group
- Juan Manuel Carreon, Director General, Union Pacific
Hosted by: Mayor Tom Leppert, City of Dallas, TX
9:00 - 10:30 PANEL: “Logistics & Technology”
Keynote Address:  Bruno Ferrari, Director General, PROMEXICO
Moderator: Joe Chapa, President, USMCOC Fort Worth Chapter
Panelists:
- Juan Cento, Express President, Latin America-Caribbean Region, FedEx
- Daniel Brutto, President, UPS International
- Luc Ringuette, CEO, UMMEX
- Paul Bell, Senior Vice President and President, Americas, Dell CorporationDallas Inland Port
 
10:30 - 12:00 PANEL - "Transportation”
Moderator: Anita Epstein, Senior Government Relations Advisor, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Panelists:
- TBD, American Airlines
- Matthew Rose, President & CEO, Burlington Northern
Santa Fe
- John Hammond, Vice President International, JB Hunt
- David Michou, President, SSA International
   
12:00 - 13:30 TRANSPORTE LUNCHEON
Keynote Address:
- Secretary Luis Tellez, Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) Invited
- Secretary Mary Peters, U.S. Department of Transportation
Hosted by DFW International Airport: Jeff Fagan, CEO
14:00 - 15:30 PANEL: "Infrastructure”
Keynote Address:
-Ralph Basham, Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Juan José Bravo, Administrator, Mexico’s General Customs Administration
Moderator: Tommy Gonzalez, City Manager, City of Irving
Panelists:
- Bernardo Quintana, President & CEO, ICA
- Thomas Harris, Senior Vice President Operations & Administration, Hillwood Properties (Alliance Airport)
- Alan L. Boeckmann, Chairman and CEO, Fluor Corporation
15:30 - 17:00 PANEL: "Energy"
Keynote Speaker: T. Boone Pickens, Founder and Chairman, BP Capital Management
Moderator: Stephen Molina, Patton Boggs
Panelists:
- Neal Goins, President, ExxonMobil Ventures Mexico Ltd.
- Jorge Vazquez, CEO, Double V Holding
- George Baker, CEO, Baker & Associates-Energy Consultants
- Lourdes Melgar, Energy Consultant and Former General Director for Foreign Affairs, Mexico’s Secretariat of Energy
 
18:00 -  21:00 RECEPTION AND DINNER
Keynote Address:
- Jesus Reyes Heroles, Director General, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)
- Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Hosted by: Mayor Hebert Gears, City of Irving 


Wednesday, September 24

 

8:00 - 9:00 BREAKFAST & PANEL: "Infrastructure"
Keynote Address: Secretary Alberto Cardenas, Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture,   Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA)
Hosted by: Mayor Mike Moncrief, City of Fort Worth, TX 
9:30 - 9:30 INAUGURATION OF USMCOC FT. WORTH CHAPTER
9:30 - 11:00 PANEL – “Agriculture”
Keynote Speaker:
Rick Greubel, Group Vice President & International President, Tyson Foods
Moderator: Jay Chapa, Director of Economic & Community Development, City of Fort Worth, TX
Panelists:
- Barbara C Robinson, Deputy Administrator, Transportation and Marketing Programs, USDA
- Emilio Castillo, Director General, Cargill de Mexico
- Patricia Woertz, Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland Company
- Douglas H. Brooks, Chairman and CEO, Brinker International
- Jose Armario, Group President – McDonald’s Canada and Latin America

11:00 - 11:30 ENROUTE TO ALLIANCE AIRPORT
   
11:30 - 12:30 PRESENTATION AND TOUR - Hillcrest
   
12:30 - 13:30 BAR-B-Q-LUNCHEON
   
13:30 - 14:00 ENROUTE TO HOTEL
   
EVENING OPEN/DEPARTURE

CONFERENCE VENUE

Dallas Marriot Las Colinas
223 West Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, Texas 75039 USA

 

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