Speaking Engagements

Our upcoming speaking engagments are below. For additional information please contact us.

 

Adrienne Braumiller

Global Market Series: Import Certificate Program
Everything importers must know. Consecutive Wednesdays, Morning Sessions, 8:00 a.m.– Noon. Afternoon Sessions 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. Cost: $45 per session; $285 entire series. After Aug. 30: $50 per session; $315 entire series. Must complete entire series for the Institute for Supply Management, ISM, Import Certificate.

Sept. 10 AM Session - Customs & Border Protection PM Session - Int’l Sourcing & Purchasing

Sept. 17 AM Session - Legal Issues & FTZ PM Session - Payment Options/LC’s
Adrienne will be speaking this AM session.

Sept. 24 AM Session - Documentation & Transport PM Session – C-TPAT/Audits

Sept. 25 AM Session - Managing Communications (Thursday morning only) Adrienne will be speaking Sept. 17 AM Session - Legal Issues & FTZ

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OWIT DFW & ICPA (International Compliance Professionals Association) are pleased to announce a North American Trade Update in Dallas on October 16th!

Please join us for a full day of the latest in compliance related matters related directly to trade in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With a wide array of experts speaking on the subjects they have mastered, you will stand to gain a lot of helpful information in one short day.

CANADA:

We are please to announce that we will have Darrel Pearson, attorney and partner at Bennett Jones in Toronto, Canada. Darrel will provide legal insight into doing business with Canada and how to trade effectively and efficiently. Kim Campbell, founder of MK Marin Trade Services in Toronto Canada will present a common sense approach to your Canadian imports and exports as well as highlight several financial savings opportunities including the ever popular Customs Self Assessment Program CSA.

UNITED STATES:

We are honored to have Adrienne Braumiller, attorney and partner of Braumiller Schulz LLP in Dallas to discuss all of the current import compliance hot topics, from the recent farm bill requiring the genus and species of all plants and plant products to 10+2. We are also honored to have Judy Davis of Watson Davis to cover the latest Export Control updates and current penalty guidance.

MEXICO:

We are pleased to have Brenda Cordova, attorney at Braumiller Schulz LLP in San Luis Potosi, Mexico cover the legal framework of doing business in Mexico and how you can save money by strategically placing manufacturing within Mexico. Victor M. Orduna, Licensed Customs Broker of Daniel B. Hasting’s a well known border broker headquartered in Laredo, TX will be able to give you practical tips on how to clean up your Mexican imports and exports and save yourself a lot of headaches.

When: Thursday, October 16, 2008

Time: 9 am to 4 pm

Location: Expeditor’s International of Washington Inc.
506 E. Dallas Rd., Suite 400
Grapevine, TX 76051

Cost: $25 for ICPA and OWIT Members, $50 for Non-Members

Registration: http://icpa-trade08.conferencetime.com/

Breakfast and lunch will be provided as well as a certificate of attendance.

Adrienne Braumiller

Free Trade Agreement Certificate Series
NAFTA is a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with our biggest trading partners, Canada & Mexico. It was just the beginning. We now have numerous bi-lateral and multi-lateral FTA’s. They offer important advantages but you must understand the rules. If not, the rules become a trade barrier! Seminar topics include rules of origin, customs entry procedures, marking, and labeling. Cost: $175 entire series ($45 per session); After October 3: $195 entire series ($50 per session).
Must complete entire series for the NAFTA & FTA Certificate

October 22 North America Free Trade Agreement
AM Session: 8:00 a.m. – Noon (Rules of Origin/NAFTA Certificate) - Adrienne will be speaking this AM session.
PM Session: 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Customs Procedures: Mexico & Canada)

October 23 Central America Free Trade Agreement & Other FTA’s
AM Session: 8:00 a.m. – Noon (Rules for Australia, Chile, Peru & Singapore)
PM Session: 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Rules for CAFTA)

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Adrienne Braumiller

Global Market Series: Export Certificate Program
The critical aspects of exporting. Consecutive Thursdays, Morning Sessions 8:00 a.m. – Noon. Afternoon Sessions 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. Cost: $45 per session; $285 entire series. After Oct. 18: $50 per session; $315 entire series. Must complete entire series for the US Department of Commerce Export Certificate. CPM credit.

Nov. 6 AM Session - Resources & Market Analysis PM Session - Legal Issues

Nov. 13 AM Session - Documentation & Transport PM Session – Regulatory Compliance - Adrienne will be speaking this PM session.

Nov. 20 AM Session – Trade Finance PM Session – Methods of Payment

Nov. 21 AM Session - Managing Communications (Friday morning only)

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