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Turbulence In The Global Marketplace

In a world that’s heating up, speeding up, and increasingly interconnected, discover what works from company leaders who are leveraging the hard-earned lessons from the past two years to maintain better visibility into the future for global business. As elevated uncertainty continues, learn how to sharpen your focus, improve leadership skills, develop innovative practices and hire and retain great staff to ensure your global business runs profitably. Market discontinuities can create opportunities. You must be ready for them, have a burning desire to make things better, and navigate turbulence in the global marketplace.

FACT: World trade will grow over the next decade, even if at a slower pace. Beneath this overall slower growth are significant shifts in trade corridors. These shifts will produce new winners and losers. The actions companies take now can ensure they remain on the winning side. – Source: How to Navigate the Unpredictable Landscape of World Trade, The World Economic Forum, 2023

NOTE: This event is hybrid (in person and via Zoom).

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Speakers

Lu Holter
Owner Croix Valley Foods
Bill Mchenry
President, Widgeteer, Inc.
Cathy Koch
Founder and CEO, K-Tec Systems
Tom Dustman
International Sales Director, Sunnen Products Company
Ellen Wheeler
Partner and Litigation Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP
Ahmad Murrar
Litigation Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP
Susan Walters-Flood
Chief Operating Officer, The Planting Hope Company
Donald J. Lloyd
Senior Vice President | Manager: Capital Markets – Foreign Exchange, Rate Swaps and Commodity Derivatives, Associated Bank
Angie Kappel
VP, Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets, Associated Bank
Lori Novak
VP Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets, Associated Bank
Marc S. Schulman
President, Eli’s Cheesecake Company
Laurel Delaney
Founder, GlobeTrade and President, Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global; Author, "Exporting: The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably"
Richard Paullin
Executive Director, International Trade Association of Greater Chicago

Hear and learn from business owners and international trade executives who are leveraging the hard-earned lessons from the past two years to maintain better visibility into the future for global business – all while navigating turbulence in the global marketplace.

Program

This conference runs from 8:00am - 11:30am CT.
Lite breakfast available for in-person participants.

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Day 1

20 Oct 2023

9:20 am - 10:20 am

Panel Discussion on Navigate Turbulence in the Global Marketplace – Panel 1: Leveraging what works in the global marketplace

- Moderator: Donald Lloyd, Senior VP, Capital Markets, Associated Bank
- Lu Holter, Owner, Croix Valley Foods
- Tom Dustman, International Sales Director, Sunnen Products Company
- Cathy Koch, Founder and CEO, K-TEC Systems

Lu Holter

Cathy Koch

Tom Dustman

Donald J. Lloyd

10:35 am - 11:15 am

Susan Walters-Flood

Bill Mchenry

Ahmad Murrar

Panel Discussion on Navigate Turbulence in the Global Marketplace – Panel 2: Sharpening focus to ensure global success

- Moderator: Ahmad Murrar, Litigation Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Bill McHenry, President, Widgeteer, Inc.
- Susan Walters-Flood, Chief Operating Officer, The Planting Hope Company

As elevated uncertainty continues, learn from two international experts on how to sharpen your focus, improve leadership skills, develop innovative practices and hire and retain great staff to ensure your global business runs profitably. They will also cover navigating turbulence in the global marketplace.

Susan Walters-Flood

Bill Mchenry

Ahmad Murrar

THE VENUE

Hosted by Foley & Lardner LLP

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Gold Sponsor

Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB) has total assets of nearly $34 billion and is one of the top 50 publicly traded U.S. bank holding companies. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Associated is a leading Midwest banking franchise, offering a full range of financial products and services from more than 230 banking locations serving more than 110 communities throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, and commercial financial services in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Texas. The Associated Bank Foreign Exchange team advises a wide range of businesses on managing their currency risk arising from conducting business globally. Associated Bank, N.A. is an Equal Housing Lender, Equal Opportunity Lender and Member FDIC. More information about Associated Banc-Corp is available at www.associatedbank.com

Host Sponsor

Foley & Lardner LLP looks beyond the law to focus on the constantly evolving demands facing our clients and their industries. With over 1,100 lawyers in 24 offices across the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Asia, Foley approaches client service by first understanding our clients’ priorities, objectives, and challenges. We work hard to understand our clients’ issues and forge long-term relationships with them to help achieve successful outcomes and solve their legal issues through practical business advice and cutting-edge legal insight. Our clients view us as trusted business advisors because we understand that great legal service is only valuable if it is relevant, practical and beneficial to their businesses.Learn more at www.foley.com.