International Business Leadership Awards & Summit
Wednesday, 03/23/2016 – 08:30 am – 01:30 pm
Rusty Pelican
3201 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
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The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce announced the International Business Leadership Awards & Summit will be at Rusty Pelican, 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway on Key Biscayne, FL on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. The half day summit will attract the who’s who from the international business community in South Florida.
The Summit will feature Bill Johnson, President, CEO of Enterprise Florida during the morning program, 8:30 a.m., and German Efromovich, Co-founder & Chairman of Avianca Holdings S.A. as the keynote speaker during the International Business Leadership Awards from 12-1:30 p.m.
Among the highlights of the Summit will be two concurrent panels that will talk about the latest business and economic trends in Latin America and Asia and their effect on South Florida, 10-11:30 a.m.
The Latin American panel will be moderated by Ken Roberts, Founder/President, World City. The panelists include:
· Antonio Jose Ferreira, International VP of Janssen Latin America, Johnson & Johnson
· Uri Man, President USA, Crystal Lagoons
· Henry Martinez, President, Latin America/ US Hispanic, Discovery Networks
· Mauricio Ortiz, VP & General Manager, Latin America, Boston Scientific
· Arnoldo Reyes, Head of Financial Services, Latin America & Caribbean, Pay Pal
The Asia Panel will be moderated by Xuan Thai, Reporter, Broward and Palm Beach, WLRN. The panelists include:
· Erik Bethel, Managing Director at Darby Private Equity, China- Venture Capital & Private Equity
· Somnath Bhattacharya, Dean of School of Business, St. Thomas University
· Charles Cheng, VP of Tmcell/ Founder of Asia Connect Media Corp.
· Dr Angie Ki, ND, Chief Business Development Officer at American Da Tang Group
· Philip J. Spiegelman, Principal of International Sales Group, LLC (ISG)
Closing the day’s activities, the International Business Leadership Awards will recognize businesses and individuals engaged in international activities that significantly impact the economy of the state of Florida. The 2016 International Business Leadership Awards & Summit are made possible by Presenting Sponsor: UHealth, University of Miami Health System; Summit Sponsor: World City; Panel & Award Sponsor, MBAF, Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra, LLC; Gold Sponsor: The Conroy Martinez Group; Silver Sponsors: Hunton & Williams, Invest: Miami, and Johnson & Johnson; and Supporting Sponsor: Sandy O’Neil.
For information about the International Business Leadership Awards & Summit, contact Crystal Renta, 305-577-5486,crenta@miamichamber.com .
