Agenda
Kauffman Foundation
Located in midtown Kansas City, Kauffman is the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Intercontinental Hotel
Kansas City, Missouri
- 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Opening program and welcome address
Evening reception featuring Mexican celebrity chefs
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri
- 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
Opening comments by North American Works and CIBER - 8:30 am - 9:45 am
Opening session: “Ports and Borders: Does Security Still Trump Trade?”
Response, Question & Answer - 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Breakout Session - 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch session: “Mexico: A North America Crisis?”
Response, Question & Answer - 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Afternoon session: “Greening Together: Cooperation on Carbon?”
In cooperation with North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation
Response, Question & Answer - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Breakout session - 6:00 pm
Evening program with CIBER keynote speaker
Friday, November 6, 2009
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
Kansas City, Missouri
- 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Breakfast session: “Buy American”: New US Protectionism?”
Discussion with experts
Closing remarks - 10:00 am (optional activities)
Post-conference meetings
Tours of unique Kansas City trade areas:
Centerpoint - Kansas City Southern International Freight Gateway
Subtropolis Underground and Foreign Trade Zone