KUDOS

Utah Hispanic Chamber
to Receive Award

The Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will be awarded the Medium-sized Chamber Award of the Year at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce national convention in Puerto Rico, Sept. 19 - 22.

Ms. Silvia Norman, Wells Fargo Bank - Utah, Vice President - Latino Manager, will also receive the Corporate Advocate of the Year Award at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce national convention.
 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Peru and Columbia, Export.gov's Markets of the Month

Peru

Colombia

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MCC Approves $285 million Compact with Mongolia

Millennium Challenge Corporation’s board of directors has approved a five-year, nearly $285 million Millennium Challenge Compact with Mongolia to alleviate poverty there by stimulating economic growth.

The Compact with Mongolia will invest in the efficiency and capacity of the country’s critical rail system, the backbone of Mongolia’s economy. MCC is also working with Mongolia to improve the ability of Mongolians to register and obtain clear title to their land, expand vocational education in core technical skills, and focus on the health and well-being of the labor force by reducing non-communicable diseases and injuries. (Read more)

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Looking to Export? Think Regionally!

Source: Export.gov
When Stewart Dahlberg, International Sales Manager of J.D. Streett and Company, Inc., of Maryland Heights, Missouri, was looking to boost his international sales, he found a partner in the U.S. Commercial Service and its St. Louis Export Assistance Center. A manufacturer of automotive lubricants, Streett made new-to-market sales in Panama by tapping into export counseling, trade leads, and the Gold Key Service, which provides pre-arranged business appointments in overseas markets. Once established in Panama, Streett was able to facilitate exponential sales growth throughout Central America.

Today, more and more small and mid-sized U.S. companies are following Streett’s example by thinking regionally: First establishing a presence in an international market, then expanding sales into neighboring countries. (Read more)

TECHNOLOGY

University of Dusseldorf Orders Cancer Treatment System from BSD Medical

Salt Lake City's BSD Medical Corp. has announced that it has received an order for a new BSD-2000/3D/MR system to be installed at the University of Dusseldorf. The purchase was made possible by a multi-million Euro donation from the Parents’ Initiative Pediatric Cancer Clinic.

The new BSD-2000/3D/MR system further enhances the treatment capacity of the clinic and integrates a BSD-2000/3D Deep Regional Hyperthermia System with a Siemens Magnetom Avanto Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit. The system is a joint effort in cooperation with Siemens Medical Solutions. (Read more)

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Corda Technologies’ Dashboard Technologist Presents Graphics Research Paper at Conference in Germany

Kenric B. White, an expert Dashboard Technologist at Corda Technologies, presented a graphics research paper at the Symposium on Interactive Ray Tracing 2007 in Ulm, Germany on Sept. 12. The paper, which was co-authored by Mr. White, David Cline of Brigham Young University and Arizona State University, and Parris Egbert of Brigham Young University, presents a novel way to create Poisson disk point sets. A Poisson disk point set is a sampling method that produces a well-distributed, uniform sample. Current methods used are very time consuming. There have been some new methods published recently that speed the process, but are complicated. The new method proposed by Messrs. White, Cline and Egbert is not only up to 271 times faster than the latest, state-of-the-art methods, but is significantly simpler as well. (Read more)

SEMINARS

Learn About International Banking

The World Trade Association of Utah invites you to an international banking presentation with Mark Garfield, Zions First National Bank, and Bill Gilbert, American Express, on Friday, September 21, 2007.

Garfield has 25 years in banking with 16 years experience in international banking. He has specific training in trade finance, foreign exchange, letters of credit operations, international payment systems and correspondent banking. He has expertise in SBA, Department of Agriculture and EXIM Bank programs that support foreign sales. He is a member of the World Trade Organization of Utah, District Export Council, University of Utah International Host Family and the Utah Council of Foreign Relations. He holds a bachelor of science degree in international business from the University of Colorado.

Gilbert is a seasoned international banker with a unique combination of operational, product, credit and relationship skills. In his 14 years of experience he has been based in New York, London and Los Angeles. Currently, Gilbert serves as American Express Bank Ltd.'s representative in Los Angeles, where he is responsible for marketing global, wholesale international products to regional banks in the western US. In this role Gilbert serves as a single point for AEB's vast global network, helping banks and their clients execute transactions in unfamiliar markets. He sits on the board of the International Banker's Association of California.

When: Friday, September 21, 2007
Where: Little America Hotel & Towers, 500 South Main Street, Salt Lake City
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm (lunch)
Cost: Non-Member rate: $30.00 (to include both the presentation and lunch).
Paid-Members: Depends on your membership status. For membership information, please email us at info@WTAofUtah.com

To RSVP, please call Jennifer at the Global Management Center at 801-422-6495 and be ready with your name, company, email address and phone number, or email the preceding information to info@WTAofUtah.com. All RSVPs are due by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19, 2007.
Any cancellations after Wednesday or failing to attend the meeting will result in an invoice for the cost.

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Free Conference on Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China and the Global Marketplace

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is sponsoring a two-day, free program on "China's Impact on Intellectual Property: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China and the Global Marketplace", to be held on Wednesday and Thursday, September 19-20, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, MO. (Read more)