GLOBAL TRADE
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Port of Los Angeles – San Pedro, CA
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Greetings!
We are excited to update you on the progress we are making with our partner colleges and high school partners in the GTL Rollout Roadshow. We have received significant response to enabling students free access to:
-Digital Badges
-LinkedIn Learning Videos
-Entrepreneur Network Membership
With Pasadena, Glendale and Santa Monica, we have:
-1,115 students signed onto the NexusEdge platform
-506 students signed onto Linkedin Learning with 7,284 videos viewed
Thank you to all of the teams and partner colleges!
Let's keep the successes rolling!
Rick Hodge
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"THE ROLLOUT"
Pasadena City College, Glendale Community College
& Santa Monica College
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We will be sharing more exciting news about our other college partners soon!
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PRO-GTL COFFEEHOUSE SERIES -
SPOTLIGHTING
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"The Magic Behind the Movement"
Pro-GTL (SMC) Coffeehouse Series Video
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Associate Operations Researcher
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Greald Feeney
Director, Business Development & Key Account Management
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Colleges and businesses who would like to host a Coffeehouse, or Pro-GTL meeting, should contact
Brandon Shamim,
at: brandonshamim@gmail.com .
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FEATURED BUSINESS LEADERS
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THE ENTREPRENEUR NETWORK OF LA and the 9 college consortia for entrepreneurship is featured on the statewide, Doing What Matters, Small Business Sector website. Check it out at:
http://smallbusinesssector.net/
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IBEA is a wonderful resource for educators, business professionals and students!
IBEA'S NEW RESOURCE HUB IS HERE:
hub.ibe-alliance.org
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World Trade Week Kickoff Breakfast
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May 4
One of the largest celebrations of global trade
in the nation.
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Join more than 900 business executives, members of the diplomatic corps and elected officials from all over Southern California on May 4 for one of the biggest celebrations of international trade in the nation. The program will feature Laurie Tolson, chief technology officer of GE Transportation, as she highlights the groundbreaking work GE is leading with the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach to transform and digitize the nation's supply chain. The program will also feature remarks by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and a conversation with Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with Brian Peck, director of the Center for Transnational Law and Business of the USC Gould School of Law. Comr. McAleenan and Brian Peck will discuss CBP initiatives that are enhancing the region's global competitiveness and the impact of e-commerce.
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Digital Tech & Entrepreneur Career Expo 2018
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May 4
Digital Tech & Entrepreneur Career Expo 2018 is a technology immersion experience that is student and community accessible, featuring an assortment of presenting tech companies, organizations and individuals who are at the forefront of media, maker spaces, mobile, internet/gaming and digital tech revolutions.
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Business Lecture Series...
The Impact of
Social Media on Entrepreneurship
and Small Business
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MAY 10
11 A.M.–1:30 P.M.
Launch and grow your business using social media
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MAY 11
In honor of World Trade Week/Month 2018, Los Angeles Harbor College is playing host location for the International Banking and Finance Seminar on May 11th. This seminar is sponsored by GBC International Bank, and offered as a service of the
Los Angeles Gateway Chamber of Commerce
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LACBFFA & FTA Present:
The 92nd Annual World Trade Week
& International Delegate Luncheon and Trade Fair
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May 15
Please join us for the 92nd Annual World Trade Week & International Delegate Luncheon and Trade Fair. The World Trade Week concept was started in 1926 and first observed in
1927 in Southern California. World trade significantly contributes to the nation’s economy and has developed a vast new horizon for America’s businesses.
The Keynote Speaker will be
Michael T. Dougherty
, the Assistant Secretary for Border, Immigration and Trade Policy at the Department of Homeland Security.
A list of sponsorship opportunities available below
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The Keynote Speaker Is Michael T.Dougherty
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Photo From LACBFFA AND FTA WTW 2016 Photo
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2018 Orange County World Trade Week Breakfast & Forum
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May 17
Featuring executives from small, medium, and large companies in Orange County, these export and trade experts share their company experience with exporting their products around the globe.
Their experiences range from challenges to successes, and provide a real glimpse into how these executives make their decisions and the facts and foibles of exporting.
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Terminal, Port Tour and Lunch
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May 22
Back by popular demand! Join us and get a close-up view of the Port of Los Angeles and Yusen Terminals. Lunch is optional and will be a buffet at the Green Onion Mexican Restaurant. Personnel from CBP, FDA and other government agencies will be invited to join us for lunch and the harbor tour.
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The 2018 Select LA
Investment Summit
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May 23-24
The 2018 Select LA Investment Summit is Southern California’s premier international trade event that brings together global investors with business and government leaders from around Southern California.
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Catch the Exporting Tide California Exports Keep on Growing
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Wednesdays:
June 19, July 17, August 21, 2018
7:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
“ExporTech™ is an integral part of Mayor Garcetti’s export program. We chose to partner with the Department of Commerce and CMTC to deliver ExporTech™ in Los Angeles due to its great success in increasing manufacturers’ export sales.”
Eric Eide, Director of International Trade Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
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Applied Global Competencies
Tour Finland
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Nov 28 - Dec 6, 2018
In response to offer more opportunities to explore global trade firsthand, we are excited to offer a tour of Finland including the following:
Meet with college instructors training students for the global workforce
Tour and meet with Finnish companies that are exporting to the U.S. and discuss workforce skills
Attend one of the world’s largest global entrepreneur conferences, SLUSH in Helsinki
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Note: We no longer have scholarship opportunities available.
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April 27
Presented by
International Trade Education Programs (ITEP)
To get involved:
Genetric Brown
ITEP Senior Marketing Manager
424-368-7100
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Applications are now being accepted for WITOC’s Scholarships!
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Applications are now being accepted for WITOC’s Scholarships! Organization of Women in International Trade--Orange County (WITOC) has awarded approximately $40,000 in educational scholarships to local students pursuing careers in international trade or business. Scholarships are to assist students with the cost of a study abroad program or continuing International Business or International Trade studies.
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Faculty and business leaders, you can ADD your upcoming industry events in to this PRO-GTL calendar.
By having our industry events on one central calendar, we will be better able to plan around, attend, and invite people to each others events.
For assistance with adding events to the calendar, contact Jeannine Saffigna at (310) 601-6208, or via email at: progtlconsortium@gmail.com
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NAVIGATOR -
SUBSCRIBER LIST & DATES TO SUBMIT CONTENT
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Share your news about all the great things you are doing in the arena of global trade, manufacturing and entrepreneurship!
Partners you are welcome to submit content, for consideration, for the NAVIGATOR newsletters and/or on our social media platforms.
To be added to our subscriber list
and/or to coordinate having your events featured in NAVIGATOR E-News, contact
Jeannine Saffigna.
Email your content to: progtlconsortium@gmail.com
Cc: saffigj@lasc.edu
The Navigator newsletter will be e-mailed the week of the 15th, every month. If you wish to submit content, aim to submit your content by the end of the previous month.
May 15 - (Submit content by April 30)
June 15 - (Submit content by May 31)
July 15 - (Submit content by June 30)
Aug 15 - (Submit content by July 31)
Sept 15 - (Submit content by Aug 31)
Oct 15 - (Submit content by Sept 30)
Nov 15 - (Submit content by Oct 30)
Dec 15 - (Submit content by Nov 30)
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INDUSTRY NEWS, REPORTS & TRENDS
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Testimony: Transfer Is Key to Closing the Workforce Skills Gap
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California faces a shortage of highly educated workers. Specifically, economic projections to 2030 show that about two in five jobs will require at least a bachelor’s degree, while demographic projections suggest that only about one in three Californians will attain this level of education. This shortfall equates to 1.1 million workers
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Global trade growth makes promising start to 2018
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The first month of 2018 saw the joint-fastest global trade growth since the financial crisis ended in 2011.
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The technology of blockchain has been discussed at great lengths, ever since Bitcoin broke into mainstream contention a few years back. Though the idea is still largely perceived to be inherently associated with cryptocurrency, the advantages that come with adopting this technology in logistics and supply chain is immense - especially with regard to security and tracking.
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The digitisation of trade’s paper trail may be at hand
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THE enormous ships steaming into and out of the world’s ports do not only carry cargo. They also represent paperwork: bills of lading (BOLs), packing lists, letters of credit, insurance policies, orders, invoices, sanitary certificates, certificates of origin.
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Gefco and Techstars to collaborate on "supply chain of the future"
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Industrial supply chain services firm Gefco has announced a partnership with Techstars, a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, which it says will allow it to connect with the “supply chain of the future”.
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Who’s Who – Third Party Logistics
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The world’s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk is teaming up with IBM to create an industry-wide trading platform it says can speed up trade and save billions of dollars.
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