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301 Northwest 63rd, Suite 330Oklahoma City, OK 73116

405/608-5302 • Fax: 405/608-4211

To:

Oklahoma Business Leaders

From:

Charles D. Mills

Chairman, Oklahoma District Export Council

Subject:

2008 Oklahoma World Trade Conference

If you are committed to increasing your company’s competitive position in the ever-expanding globaleconomy, then let me invite you to attend the 25th annual Oklahoma World Trade Conference. This isOklahoma’s premier annual event to highlight World Trade Month as proclaimed by the President.Mark your calendar to be in Tulsa at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center on April 10,2008, to take full advantage of the thought-provoking, yet practical program we have organized.These topics will be discussed by a combination of expert speakers and local business leaders:

• International E-Commerce

– Establishing a Web Presence in the Global Marketplace.

• The State of the Global Economy—How Has the Value of the Dollar Affected International Trade?

– Luncheon Keynote Address

• Export Opportunities in Mexico and Latin America

– This region is of enormous strategic and economic importance to Oklahoma and the United States

• Reaching for the World Market—“Get in the Game of Global Trade!”

– Breakout session for Oklahoma Chambers of Commerce and other economic development agencies

At the luncheon, the 2008 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting will be presented to anOklahoma company for successful and noteworthy efforts in increasing export sales.Global trade is an integral part of doing business in today’s world. At this conference, you will learnabout issues that have a signicant impact on world trade.I am certain that you, your colleagues, and your company will benet by joining with other like-minded business leaders from across the state on April 10. You can’t afford to miss this networkingopportunity!

For secure on-line registration and credit card payment, go to: www.acteva.com/okdecowtc2008.For registration or further information, call 918-581-7650 in Tulsa, 405-608-5302 in Oklahoma City or 1-800-TRY-OKLA (800-879-6552), extension 223 or e-mail oklahomacity.ofce.box@mail.doc.gov.

Registration and Introduction

9:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakast

9:30 a.m.

Welcome and IntroductionModerator:

Charles D. Mills, ChairmanOklahoma District Export CouncilMills Machine Company, Inc., PresidentShawnee, Oklahoma

Proclamation o World Trade Day

The Honorable Kathy Taylor, Mayor o Tulsa

Morning Session

10:00 a.m.

International E–Commerce –

Establishing a Web Presence inthe Global Marketplace.

E-commerce has become an increasingly powerultool or marketing products and services around theworld. Outside o the United States, e-commerce isexpanding at a rapid pace in major markets around theworld. For small- and medium-sized frms, especially,e-commerce represents a cost-eective means to become an active exporter. For the experienced exporter,e-commerce is a means to expand business in high-growth emerging markets. When a U.S. company opens its Web site or business, it can expect a largepercentage o its Web trafc to originate rom overseas.In time, the company can expect a growing share o itsorder inquiries to come rom abroad. Many companies,however, are unprepared to respond to internationalorders and leave them unflled. To be competitive inthe global marketplace and to enter the world’s astest-growing Internet markets, companies need to maketheir Web sites e-export capable and must adopt certainelectronic business practices

Dr. Ken Carlton, Proessor o Inormation Technology Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Discussion by Panelists

Jim Greenway, Global Web PublisherT. D. Williamson, Inc., TulsaJohn Cary, General ManagerBlue Sky Bio, LLC, BartlesvilleBeth Schmidt, Director o Marketing and CommunicationsOklahoma Department o Commerce, Tulsa

11:15 a.m.

Questions and Answers

11:30 a.m.

Break

12:00 noon

LuncheonPresentation o the 2008 Governor's Award or Excellence in ExportingPresentation o U.S. Department o CommerceExport Achievement Certifcates

Luncheon Keynote Presentation

Diego Gordillo, Executive Director, Foreign ExchangeJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Dallas, Texas

The State o the Global Economy –

How Has the Value o the Dollar Aected International Trade?

Global economic numbers suggest that the worldeconomy is in the midst o one o its longest and broadestperiods o growth, with economic expansions in every region and orecasts o the rapid expansion o a globalmiddle class. In 2007, global expansion was buoyant,exceeding expectation in most regions. The 2007 tradenumbers tell a very positive story about the state o America’s trading relationships with the rest o the world.The value o the U.S. dollar has declined signifcantly against major oreign currencies since early 2002. Smallmanuacturers beneft in a number o ways rom thealling dollar. The weaker dollar not only makes U.S.products cheaper or oreign customers but also makesoreign products more expensive to sell in the U.S.,

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Oklahoma World Trade Conerence