Agenda for ITDU Spring Conference June 19-20, 2007 Baruch College, NY
Changes in Measuring Trade and Maintaining U.S. Competitiveness
An International Trade Data Users (ITDU) Conference Co-Sponsored by the Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College
June 19-20, 2007
Baruch College Newman Conference Center
151 East 25th Street
(Btw. Lexington and Third Ave, Fl. 7)
New York, NY
Tuesday, June 19
8:30 – 9:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 – 9:30 Opening Remarks – Alvis Pauga, Executive Director, ITDU; Lene Skou, Deputy Director, Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College; Scudder Smith, Chairman ITDU
9:30 – 10:30 I. Impact of Harmonized System Code Changes on Worldwide Trade Data – Don Brasher, President, Global Trade Information Services, Inc.
10:30 – 10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45 – 12:00 II. Perspectives on HS 2007 Code Changes
- The Legal Perspective on Implementation of HS Code Changes – Robert Leo, Esq., Partner, Meeks & Sheppard
- U.S. International Trade Commission, Mara Alexander
- U.S. Customs & Border Protection Perspective – Tom Russo, C&BP
- Discussion
12:15 – 1:45 LUNCHEON (included)
Keynote address: Leveling the Worldwide Playing Field for U.S. Trade – Irving A. Williamson, Commissioner, U.S. International Trade Commission. Text of Mr. Williamson’s comments.
2:00 – 3:00 III. Measuring the Impact of U.S. Export Control Regulations
3:00 – 3:15 Refreshment Break
3:15 – 4:30 IV. The Role of Trade Data in Valuation of Recent Port Asset Sales
- The Need for Better Trade Information – Scudder Smith, Principal Consultant, PB Consulting
- Trade Forecasts and Role of Trade Data – Michael Lapson, Moffatt & Nichol
- Another Perspective – Paul Bingham, Global Insight
- What’s Needed? – Discussion by panel and conference participants.
- Web Site Overview – Forum, Links, TradeWiki
- Discussion of What’s Desired
4:45 – 5:15 Annual ITDU Membership Meeting (all invited)
5:15 – 7:30 Networking Reception (included) hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, soda
We thank our sponsors Zepol Corp and Global Trade Information Services, Inc.
Wednesday, June 20
8:30 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45 VI. U.S. Trade Statistics Developments
- Update on Current and Future Programs – William A. Bostic, Jr., Chief, Census FTD
- Demonstration of Related Party Trade New Web Application – Tim Baxter, Census FTD
- AES Compliance and Marketing Initiative Review – Jerome Greenwell, Census FTD
- How Data is Defined and Collected – Alison Gajcowski, Methods Research and Quality Assurance Branch, Census FTD
- Comparison of 2005 MarAd Data to Census Bureau’s Data – John Sexton
- Comments on MarAd/Army Corps Waterborne Data Methodology – Douglas McDonald, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
10:30 –10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45 – 12:15 VIII. Identifying U.S. Inland Cargo Origins and Destinations
- Identifying Inland Container Destinations for U.S. Imports – A New Approach – Scudder Smith, Principal Consultant, PB Consult; Ryan Butler, PIERS
- Michael Lapson, Moffatt & Nichol
- Michael Filippov, Senior Consultant – Global Transportation, Global Insight
- Alan Torrance, Statistics Canada
12:15 –12:30 IX. Role of ITDU in Advocating Trade Data Needs
- Containerized Data
- Inland Origin/Destination
- U.S. State of Destination Data
- Manifest Data for Exports
- Other Data
12:30 End of Official Conference
An Additional In-Depth Presentation (no additional charge):
1:30 – 4:30 Accessing STAT-USA Products – An In-Depth Review and Demonstration – Forrest Williams, Ph.D., Director, STAT-USA, Dept. of Commerce
- Detailed U.S. Trade statistics, including recently released U.S. port data with containerized field, on USA Trade Online
- Trade of individual European Union countries by year and month, available on EuroTrade Online
- All the information available on the National Trade Data Bank now online at STAT-USA/Internet
Note: Program subject to change, depending on availability of speakers.
Conference Participation Fee: $195, including lunch and networking reception evening of the first day. $165 for ITDU members.
Annual membership is $90. We encourage you to become a member to obtain conference discounts as well as to provide support to our organization’s continuing activities. For additional information on ITDU visit www.itdu.org or contact Alvis Pauga at alvis@att.net or 201.337.0533.
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