Dinner Keynote: Chris Rose, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author

Chris Rose, author of The New York Times Bestseller 1 Dead in Attic, a compilation of his newspaper columns on the after-effects of Hurricane Katrina, is a columnist for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. He has been called the bard of the Crescent City and is uniquely qualified to share essential insight about New Orleans today. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary and co-winner of the Pulitzer for Public Service. Rose is also an essayist for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer and frequent commentator on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.

Lunch Keynote: Gene Tyndall, Global Supply Chain Expert

A globally recognized Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Marketing, and International Trade business executive, Gene Tyndall will deliver a lunch keynote on the global supply chain. Tyndall is the author of Supercharging Supply Chains, which has been translated into three languages. An experienced consultant and thought leader, Tyndall is a frequent seminar and conference speaker at events around the world and was named the Global Logistics Person of the Year in 2007.

Special Insiders Tour - Port of New Orleans

The Port of New Orleans is at the center of the world’s busiest port complex -- Louisiana’s Lower Mississippi River. Its proximity to the American Midwest via a 14,500-mile inland waterway system, six Class One railroads and the interstate highway system makes New Orleans the port of choice for the movement of cargoes such as steel, rubber, coffee, containers and manufactured goods.

Tour of the New Orleans Public Belt Railway

The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad is unique among the railroads of the United States in that it is a publicly owned and operated terminal switching railroad. It is not owned or operated by the railroads with whom it connects, but rather by the community it serves; it is owned by the citizens of the City of New Orleans and operated through the Public Belt Railroad Commission.

Exclusive Giveaway of The China Ready Company,
by Steven H. Ganster and Kent D. Kedl

The authors of The China Ready Company have spent their careers advising Western companies on successful China strategies and have a deep understanding of how companies succeed and fail in China. Their tens of thousands of hours of expertise come together in the book, The China Ready Company and in the China Readiness Assessment Online. Original research on more than 100 companies contributed to the China Readiness Assessment, and examples from many of them are contained in the book.

Learn how companies can take a disciplined approach to forming a China strategy, and use the online assessment to frame and process the critical issues surrounding your organization's entry into China.