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"Doing Business in Panama"

A Breakfast Briefing By

Robert Jones
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy, Panama City

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Briefing and Discussion

Executive Offices, Suite 2900, WTC
(Free validated parking in the WTC Garage)

Note: Following the breakfast briefing, Mr. Jones will be available for individual consultations.

Topics Include:

  • The $5.3 billion Panama Canal Expansion Project - Opportunities & the Procurement Process
     
  • Current Status of the U.S - Panama Trade Promotion Agreement - Implications for Business
     
  • Expanding Ports and Logistics - Latin America's Largest Transhipment Center
     
  • Exporting to Latin America via Panama's Colon Free Zone - $14 Billion of Annual Trade
     
  • Major Opportunities in the Energy & Construction Industries
     
  • Promoting Louisiana in Panama: Tourism & Education

Robert Jones is currently the Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Panama. Prior to arriving in Panama in July of 2005, Mr. Jones was the Consul for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Consulate General in Vancouver, Canada. Previously he served as the Commercial Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador from 1998 to 2001, and served as the Consul for Commercial Affairs in Monterrey, Mexico from 1994 to 1998.

Before entering the U.S. Commercial Service in 1994, Mr. Jones managed the international programs for three major U.S. trade associations: the International Franchise Association (IFA); the Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing & Converting Technologies (NPES); and the International Road Federation (IRF).   As the son of a Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Jones grew up in Lahore, Pakistan from 1965-1970. He later graduated from the University of Maryland in 1979, with a degree in International Relations and Economics. In 1985, he obtained an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird (The Garvin School of International Management).

Sponsoring Organizations

World Trade Center of New Orleans
In Cooperation With

Ark-La-Tex Regional Export & Technology Center
Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs
Consular Corps of New Orleans
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana
International Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association
International Trade Council/Red River Region
Jefferson Chamber
Le Centre International de Lafayette
Louisiana District Export Council
Louisiana International Trade Center/SBDC
Louisiana Tax Free Shopping
Louisiana Technology Council
Loyola College of Business Administration
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
Propeller Club, Port of New Orleans
World Affairs Council of New Orleans
World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans

 

Cost: $15 (includes Continental breakfast)

Registration and prepayment are
required by March 12, 10:00 a.m.

(cancellation notice required by March 12, 10:00 a.m.)

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