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Business
Briefings: Business Opportunities in South Africa
Join the
Wisconsin Dept. of Commerce and Richard Zurba, the Director of
the Council of Great Lakes Governor’s Office in South Africa, for a discussion
on the current and future potential for Wisconsin companies interested
in doing
business in South Africa. In 2005, Wisconsin firms
shipped over $83
million worth of products to South Africa.
South
Africa is one
of the fastest growing export markets for American companies based in
the Great Lakes
states. Advancing into a new market or
expanding existing business into this important market can be
accomplished
through participation in a multi-state export trade mission.
Business
Briefings:
September
21 —
9:00-11:00 a.m., Wisconsin
Dept. of
Commerce, 1st Floor Conference Room, 201 West
Washington Ave., Madison
September
22 —
9:00 -11:00 a.m., Metropolitan Milwaukee
Association of Commerce, Wisconsin Room, 756 North Milwaukee Street, #400,
Milwaukee
The briefings are free of charge. Please register by contacting Tru Mwololo
at (608) 267-0587.
The
Wisconsin Department of Commerce will be leading a trade mission to South Africa,
February 19-23. For
more information,
contact Mary Regel at (608) 266-1767 or mregel@commerce.state.wi.us
WMC
Transportation Committee
Thursday,
September 28, 2006, 9:00 a.m. – noon.
The
Port of Milwaukee, 2323 S. Lincoln
Memorial Drive,
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Meeting
Agenda
and Directions
Keynote:
"Results
of the UW-Superior Study Evaluation of
Shipper Requirements and Rail Service for Northern Wisconsin and the
Upper
Peninsula of Michigan." The
University of Wisconsin-Superior was awarded
a grant to research ways to improve the use of the railroad network in
northern
Wisconsin
and
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The
university studied: (a) the current railroad infrastructure in northern
Wisconsin
and the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan, (b) railroad user transportation needs and (c)
ways to
assist shippers in their use of railroad services.
A number of WMC members participated in the
study.
Presenter:
Richard D.
Stewart, Ph.D. Dr.
Stewart of the
UW-Superior served as the principal investigator for the study. He serves as director of
the Transportation
and Logistics
Research
Center
at UW-Superior. Both
the final
report
and a shipper
tool kit
are available for your review.
Individuals
may also participate via teleconference,
for all or part of the meeting. Please
email Kim Bautz
if you would like to participate, via teleconference or in person. For more information about
WMC’s
Transportation Committee, including how to join, please contact R.J.
Pirlot.
Madison
Committee on Foreign Relations Discussion Series
Tuesday,
September 28, 6:00 p.m., The Madison Club, Madison
Dinner presentation by Barry Lynn:
“End of the
Line: The Rise and
Coming Fall of the Global Corporation” Details
WMC
Regional Network Meeting
Thursday,
October 5, 4:45 p.m., Holiday Manor Inn and Conference Center,
Menomonie
Join WMC for a Regional
Network
Meeting and Reception following the Northwest Wisconsin Manufacturing Outreach Center’s
Metric for
Manufacturing Conference. WMC President Jim
Haney
will give a brief presentation on the upcoming elections.
Energy
Utility Basics Course Offered
The Wisconsin
Public Utility Institute is still accepting registrations
for its Energy Utility Basics course.
This five-day course is intended to serve as
an introduction to the
electric and natural gas industries, provide insights into regulatory
decision-making, and provide an analysis of current issues confronting
energy
markets. The case
will be held October
16-20, 2006, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
More
information
Supply Chain
Best Practices UW-Madison
Conference
Learn Supply Chain Management Best
Practices
at E-Business
Best Practices & Emerging Technologies 9th
Annual Conference on Tuesday,
Oct. 24 at Monona
Terrace in Madison.
Topics include:
- Best practices
for disaster recovery and planning in the supply chain
- Is your supply
chain ready for the emerging demand economy?
- Supply chain
visibility best practices
Agenda
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