Learn strategies and secrets from regional company leaders that have been there and done it - and have done it successfully! You will get fundamental advice on what to avoid, what to embrace, how to make the right contacts, gain knowledge and insight from professionals on getting paid for your exports, establishing the right foreign relationships, developing contracts and much more! Hear from experts straight out of China, Japan, Canada, India, Sweden, the UK, and more! Representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce will be on hand to help you connect with over 200 trade representatives all around the world.

World Country Risk Trends Meeting 2007.

The GTDC's Investor Relations Conference is a targeted, intimate gathering of buy- and sell-side financial analysts from the nation's top investment firms that focus on IT distribution and the channel.

The conference will include panels and breakout sessions. The panels will be comprised by the leaders of the top IT distributor companies in the world. You will hear from the industry's top wholesale distributors about their own individual performance, as well as the strength and viability of the IT channel as a whole, and specific product segments in particular.

During the conference investors and analysts will have the opportunity to register for breakout meetings with the presidents and CEOs of the GTDC member companies. The GTDC Investor Relations Conference is an invitation-only event and will be closed to the press.

The Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club is dedicated to promoting and stimulating economic growth through timely and insightful community forums presented for personal and professional development. The Economic Club provides a forum where local business and community leaders can hear presentations on a broad range of business-related topics. Past presentations have ranged from how global economic trends affect the national and local economy, to hearing how leaders from different walks of life have achieved their success and view of the future. Karen Healey of the Delphi Corporation will speak at the May luncheon.