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Keynote Speakers



James Owens
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Caterpillar
Peoria



James Zukin
Senior Managing Director
Houlihan Lokey
Los Angeles
Speakers

Nasir Abbasi
Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy,
Kuala Lumpur
Ronald A. Altoon
Founding Partner
Altoon + Porter Architects (LLP)
Los Angeles
Ann Bacher
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, US Embassy
Mexico City
Gunjan Bagla
Founder
Amritt Ventures
Los Angeles
Walter Blocker
CEO, Gannon, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Maryavis Bokal
Sr. Intl. Trade Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce
Qiwei Chen
Chairman of the Board, Asia Business Consulting
Shanghai
Herb Cochran
Executive Director
American Chamber of Commerce
Ho Chi Minh City
Carmine D'Aloisio
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy
New Delhi
Richard Drobnick
Director
CIBER, USC Marshall / Managing Director, AWI
Los Angeles
George Drysdale
Chairman and CEO, Marsman-Drysdale Group
Manila
James Ellis
Dean
USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles
John Fogarasi
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Seoul
Christopher Goode
President and Managing Director
White Drive (China) Products
Hopkinsville, KY
Cynthia A. Griffin
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Bangkok
Mikkal Herberg
Senior Research Fellow for International Energy
Pacific Council on International Policy
Los Angeles
Debbie Howard
President, Japan Market Resource Network (JMRN)
Tokyo
Joseph Kaesshaefer
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Jakarta
Jack Lewis
Associate Dean
IBEAR MBA and International MBA Alumni Outreach
USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles
George Mansho
Vice President for Business Development, Qualcomm Inc.
San Diego
Mu Dan Ping
Executive Director
World Heritage Foundation
Los Angeles
David Murphy
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Sydney
Donald Nay
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Hanoi
James O'Toole
Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics
University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business
Denver
Kristin E. Paulson
Chair
Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce
Singapore
Minxin Pei
Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont
John Peters
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Tokyo
Tom Plate
Syndicated Columnist & Founder
Asia Pacific Media Network
Beverly Hills
Sean Randolph
President & CEO
Bay Area Council Economic Institute
San Francisco
Sidney Rittenberg
President, Rittenberg and Associates, Inc.
Fox Island, WA
James Rooney
President
J.P. Rooney and Associates
Bangkok
Stan Rosen
Professor
Political Science, University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Joseph Ryan
President, Top Oil Products
Burlingame, CA
Patrick Santillo
Regional Director
Asia/Pacific, U.S. Commercial Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington D.C.
Ron Somers
President,
US-India Business Council
Washington D.C.
Daniel Thompson
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Singapore
Ricardo Vidal
President
Clemex USA, Inc.
Mexico City
Carl Voigt
Associate Professor, Management and Organization, USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles
Patrick Wall
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Manila
Monica Whaley
President
National Center for APEC
Seattle
Gregory Wong
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Institute in Taiwan
Taipei
Andrew Wylegala
Sr. Commercial Officer, United States Counsulate General,
Hong Kong
William Zarit
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs
American Embassy
Beijing