MAIB News Bulletin

Items of Interest to the International Business Community

January 18, 2006
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In This Issue

-- Jan. 25, Wed.--Latin America Forecast 2006, 8:00am, Boston

-- Jan. 25, Wed.--"Are Germans Still Investing in the US?", 6-8pm, Boston

-- Jan. 26, Thurs.--Premier of Newfoundland & Labradour, 12:00 Noon, Providence, Rhode Island

-- Feb. 9, Thurs.--Former Ambassador to Austria, Swanee Hunt, Presented by Gr. Boston Chamber of Commerce, 7:45am, Boston

-- Feb. 14, Tues.--Ambassador Paul Bremer, Former Presidential Envoy to Iraq, 12:00 Noon, Boston

-- NOTE TO OUR READERS

Perhaps your international business interests are in Latin America, Germany, or Canada. Or maybe you'd like to hear from a former Ambassador to Austria or Presidential Envoy to Iraq. Either way, there are plenty of speaker events coming up in New England to satisfy even the most curious of international business executives!

Jan. 25, Wed.--Latin America Forecast 2006, 8:00am, Boston

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J oin the Mass. Alliance for International Business (MAIB), an affiliate of A.I.M., at "Latin America Forecast: 2006", co-sponsored with New England- Latin America Business Council (NELABC). A panel of experts will discuss the latest financial, political and economic trends in Latin America, and how these trends will affect exporters, importers, and foreign companies' branch operations. Panelists include Walter Molano, Partner and Head of Economic and Financial Research, BCP Securities, Greenwich, CT; Sylvia Maxfield, Professor of Management at Simmons Graduate School of Management, Boston; and Ricardo Amorim, Head of Latin American Research, WestLB, NY, NY. Event location is Bank of America, 100 Federal Street, 2nd Floor, Boston. Breakfast and registration 8-8:30am, presentations and networking, 8:30-10:30am. Fee $20 for NELABC and A.I.M. (Associated Industries of Mass.) members; $50 for non-members. To register, click on link below, call 617-434-0928, or email info@nelabc.org.

Jan. 25, Wed.--"Are Germans Still Investing in the US?", 6-8pm, Boston

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The German-American Business Council is sponsoring this panel about German investment--in Germany, Eastern Europe, China, India, even the U.S. Panelists will discuss the tough decisions faced by German manufacturing, software, and services companies, responding to the risks and opportunities of globalization. Panelists include Matthias Grossmann, Pres. and CEO, IBS America; Lorenz Reibling, Board Chair, Taurus Investment Group; Axel Tillmann, VP Marketing and Sales, ENIRA Technologies; Ulrich Kaemmerer, Roedl Lanford de Kock; and Tycho H.E. Stahl, of Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP. Event location is the Goethe Institute, 170 Beacon Street, Boston. 6pm Registration, 6:30pm Program. Cost for members is $25, non- members $35 Mail checks to GABC, 170 Beacon St., Boston 02116. Call 617-437-6588 or email info@gabc-boston.org.

Click here to reach www.gabc-boston.org.

Jan. 26, Thurs.--Premier of Newfoundland & Labradour, 12:00 Noon, Providence, Rhode Island

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T he New England-Canada Business Council welcomes The Honourable Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and special guest The Honorable Donald L. Carcieri, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, to a lunch program. Location is the Biltmore Hotel Grand Ballroom, 11 Dorrance St., Providence. Cost is $35 for NECBC members, $50 non-members. Call 508-923-0365 for further information, or email necbc@comcast.net.

Feb. 9, Thurs.--Former Ambassador to Austria, Swanee Hunt, Presented by Gr. Boston Chamber of Commerce, 7:45am, Boston

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The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women's Network Breakfast presents Swanee Hunt, director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Ambassador to Austria from 1993- 97. Ms. Hunt is an international authority on foreign affairs, a syndicated columnist, and the author of numerous articles. She is a specialist on the role of women in post-Communist Europe. Event location is Boston Harbor Hotel; 7:45am Registration and Networking, 8:10- 9am Program. Cost is $40 Chamber members, $80 non- members. Call 617-227-4500 for further information, or click below to register.

Feb. 14, Tues.--Ambassador Paul Bremer, Former Presidential Envoy to Iraq, 12:00 Noon, Boston

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W orld Boston presents a Luncheon with Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III--named Presidential Envoy to Iraq in May 2003. As Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority, he led efforts to restore Iraq's economy and build an open democratic political system. Mr. Bremer successfully handed over power to the interim government of Iraq in June 2004. This is a luncheon event, to be held at the offices of Foley Hoag, also the event Sponsor, at 155 Seaport Blvd., World Trade Center West, Boston. Cost is $20 for WorldBoston members, $30 non-members. Call 617-542-8995 x 112 for further information, or email wac@worldboston.org.

NOTE TO OUR READERS

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Your notices of events and suggestions for topics are always welcome.

Massachusetts Alliance for International Business (MAIB) is grateful to the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) for their financial support.

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Massachusetts Alliance for International Business (MAIB); Kristen Rupert, Executive Director

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email: krupert@aimnet.org

phone: 617-262-1180

web: http://www.aimnet.org/maib

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