Saturday, August 15, 2009


Going Global
"a discussion of international trade"

Topic: Ohio's Global Markets

Speaker: Sean Corson, Senior Trade Manager

Ohio Department of Development - Global Markets Division


Here is your invitation to join us at the first "Going Global" International Trade Forum. Our September gathering features the "Global Markets Division of the Ohio Department of Development. We begin at 7:30am and will end by 9:00am on Friday, September llth. We meet in The Stocker Foundation Boardroom, 401 Broadway (first floor)n Lorain, Ohio 44052.

Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. These seminars are free.

Sean Corson is the Senior Trade Manager with the Ohio Department of Development Global Markets Division. He serves as the liaison between Lorain area firms and Ohio's 11 overseas trade offices in Canada,Mexico,Belgium,Chile,Brazil,Israel,
South Africa,Hong Kong,China,Japan and India. These offices promote the exports of Ohio goods and services as well as investment into the state of Ohio.

Ohio is the seventh-largest exporting state in the USA with exports worth $45 billion in 2008, a 7% increase from 2007. Ohio is the only state in then nation that has increased exports every years since 1998.

Please join us at this inaugural event of our monthly series devoted to helping area companies develop their export opportunities.

Please RSVP by noon Wednesday,September 9th,
mvinesky@internationaltransport.com
or call Mark 800.783.7871

Thursday, August 6, 2009





Hello everybody,
hope to see you there!

Please mark your calenders:

The August meeting of the Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force will be held Thursday August 13th at 12:00 p.m.

The meeting will be held at Sustainable Cleveland 2019: Building an Economic Engine to Empower a Green City on a Blue Lake. Cleveland Convention Center, 500 Lakeside Avenue, Room 212B.

We will not be offering lunch at this meeting. If you have already registered and will be attending the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit- your will be receiving lunch from the Summit.

If you did not sign up, there will be no lunch available for you.

Please RSVP for the Task Force meeting by Tuesday, August 11th.

Please see attached: the July meeting minutes.

If you have any questions, please call.
Thanks, Maureen
216-443-7868