UK Ambassador to Deliver Speech on Trade at WTCNO

Monday, March 21 11:30 a.m. Registration and Networking Reception 12:00 noon Presentation and Q&A The Plimsoll Club, 11th floor, Westin Canal Place Hotel LUNCHEON SEATING SOLD OUT Limited seating without meal service is available for $15.00. Click here to register. Ambassador Sheinwald will be speaking on “Minding Our Business: The Importance of Open Markets,” including the …Read More

Luncheon Briefing on Changes to INCOTERMS

Thursday, March 17 11:30 a.m. Registration and Networking Reception 12:00 noon Presentation and Q&A Cost: $35.00 ($30.00 for WTCNO members) Click here to register. Mr. Ruperto Chavarri, certified global business consultant with the World Trade Center, will highlight the important changes in the eighth edition of INCOTERMS, which took effect January 1. International Commercial Terms …Read More

U.S. Ambassador to Honduras to Address WTC Luncheon

U.S. Policy Toward Latin America and Honduras A luncheon briefing featuring Hon. Hugo Llorens United States Ambassador to Honduras Thursday, February 17 11:30 a.m. Networking Reception 12:00 noon Presentation and Q&A The Plimsoll Club, 11th floor, Westin Canal Place Hotel Cost: $35.00 ($30.00 for WTCNO members) Click here to register. Sponsored by Innovative Logistics Support …Read More

Networking Reception with New Orleans Inspector General

Please join the World Trade Center of New Orleans for a networking reception with New Orleans Inspector General Edouard Quatrevaux on Thursday, February 10 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the Plimsoll Club.  Mr. Quatrevaux will address the activities of his office and answer questions from attendees. Cost: $20.00, including wine and light fare.  A …Read More

Breakfast Seminar on “Demystifying Logistics”

Demystifying Logistics: How a Customs Broker & Freight Forwarder can clear the path to success A breakfast seminar presented by Cole Bernstein Licensed Customs Broker & Freight Forwarder, The Irwin Brown Company Thursday, February 10 7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Presentation and Q&A The Plimsoll Club, 11th floor, Westin Canal Place Hotel Cost: …Read More

WTCNO to Host Comprehensive Import-Export Seminar Series

Mr. Ruperto Chavarri, Certified Global Business Consultant with the World Trade Center, will conduct a comprehensive series of four 4½-hour afternoon seminars to be held on January 24, 26, 31, and February 2 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the WTC Executive Office. Attendees will learn step-by-step the actual “how-to” of international market research, preparing …Read More

January Business Briefings at WTCNO

Part of the WTC’s ongoing International Trading Partner Series Events will be held in The Plimsoll Club, 11th floor, Westin Canal Place Hotel. (Discounted validated parking in the Canal Place garage.) For more information about these or any trade events at the WTC, please contact Eliza Brierre, Trade Programs Manager, ebrierre@wtcno.org, or via telephone at …Read More

Luncheon Briefing with U.S. Ambassador to Qatar

“Expanding the Louisiana – Qatar Relationship Through Trade” A luncheon briefing with Hon. Joseph LeBaron, United States Ambassador to Qatar Monday, October 25 The Plimsoll Club, 11th floor, Westin Canal Place Hotel 11:30 a.m. Networking Reception 12:00 noon Presentation and Q&A

WTC, WACNO to host China Town Hall Meeting

On Monday, October 18, The Plimsoll Club will host “CHINA Town Hall:  Local Connections, National Reflections,” featuring a live webcast and Q&A with Hon. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.  Following the Ambassador’s presentation, Mr. Henry (Hank) Levine, a senior director at the Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C., …Read More

Foreign-Trade Zone Seminar Explores How to Improve Business Model, Bottom Line

The Port of New Orleans will host an in-depth seminar on the benefits and operation of the United States Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) Program on October 27, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There are five FTZ Grantees in Louisiana: The Port of South Louisiana, The Port of Baton Rouge, The Port of Lake Charles, …Read More