Update your Low-Cost Country Sourcing strategy, cut costs and improve your procurement process - get real-life practical information from people who worked for years in various low-cost countries
| Speaker Faculty of 40+ world class LCCS executives |
| In-depth focus on China, India, South-East Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, Mexico, Latin America |
| Industry-specific market intelligence: Apparel, Automotive, High-tech & Electronics, Retail, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Health, Transportation & Logistics, Chemicals |
| Excellent networking opportunities - including the chance to talk business with official representatives from China, the Philippines, Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and others |
Pick the brains of world class procurement executives including: |
Kurt Doelling |
VP Supply Management |
Sun Microsystems |
Chris Holmes |
Head of Global Sourcing Capabilities |
Novartis |
Kees Gerretse |
CPO |
Corus |
Kinnar Ghiya |
Director Procurement Asia |
Microsoft |
Craig Mc Monigle |
VP Global Procurement |
Hallmark |
Joseph Youssef |
Director of Global Technology, Supplier Management |
McDonalds |
Marcio Lemos |
Strategic Sourcing Manager |
Intel |
Anthony Barone |
Director Global Logistics Policy |
Pfizer |
Wong Yimei |
Manager Global Procurement Trina |
Solar |
Shariar Shaghafi |
VP Global Supply Chain & Materials Operation |
Novellus |
Vivek Kamran |
Global Program Manager Cargo & Sensor Systems |
Goodrich |
Bob Belshaw |
Senior VP |
GE Commercial Finance Trade Distribution Services |
Helmig Daniel |
Senior VP Purchasing |
Qimonda |
| Gladys Gabriel |
Global Director of Purchasing |
International Flavors and Fragrance |
Alan Salter |
Global Sourcing Manager |
CR Bard Medical & Urological Divisions |
Robert Mc Cullough |
President |
Worldwide Low Cost
Sources |
Fred Engelberger |
VP Corporate Support Transistor Devices |
TDI Power |
John F. Di Leo |
Import-Export Compliance Manager |
Pentair |
Madigan Leslie |
Technical Leader/Global Sourcing Team |
Invitrogen |
Peter Kim |
Director Global Purchasing |
Littelfuse |
Andrew Personette |
Executive Director |
EcoSystem |
Ramil Yaldaei |
Managing Director of Global Supply Chain Organization |
Applied Materials |
| Julio Gesklin |
President & CEO |
Craftsman Customs Metal |
Marc Ensig |
Strategic Sourcing Director |
Sonoco |
Hear directly from official low-cost country representatives: |
| Minister Ernesto Paz |
Consul General of the |
Republic of Argentina in Chicago |
| Julia Pan |
Deputy Consul General of the |
Republic of Argentina in Chicago |
Jaime Rojkind |
President |
Argentine Chamber of Commerce in the Midwest |
| Bohuslav Frelich |
Director |
CzechInvest Chicago |
| Miklos Martin-Kovacs |
Trade & Investment Commissioner |
Hungarian Consulate General |
Uldis Salenieks |
Counselor of Economic and Commercial Affairs |
Commercial office of the Embassy of Latvia Director of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia representative office in USA |
| Hector Marquez |
Director Trade and NAFTA Office |
Embassy of Mexico |
| Siva Yam |
President |
US-China Chamber of Commerce |
Glenn Penaranda |
Special Trade Representative for the Midwest Philippine Trade & Investment Center |
Consulate General of the Philippines in Chicago |
Lucyna Jaremczuk |
Consul Head of Economic Division |
Consulate General of Poland in Chicago |
Andrus Viirg |
Director |
Enterprise Estonia, Silicon Valley |
Ask independent consultants: |
Mickey North Rizza |
Director |
AMR Research |
Reid Wilk |
Senior Executive Advisor |
Booz Allen Hamilton |
Pierre Mitchell |
Director |
The Hackett Group |
Anthony Cambas |
NAFTA Trade Specialist |
NAFTA Opportunity Center at Bradley University |
Brad Blonkvist |
Director |
Archstone Consulting |
