Key Discussion Topics for the Global California Conference
In today's world, there is no such thing as a purely self-sufficient economy. The fact of the matter is that all business is in some way global, and nowhere is this truer than in the state of California.
Unique in its role as both a world class market for and producer of a broadest possible range of goods and services, California's economy in terms of Gross Domestic Product ranks alongside countries such as Japan, the UK, Germany and China, as one of the top ten economies in the world.
Historically California has been the leading trading state in the leading trading nation on the planet, but this role is being challenged as the international trade community faces a growing list of unparalleled changes:
- What is the future role of Sacramento in promoting and facilitating California's trade activity;
- what can be done to promote trade as an engine of local and regional economic development;
- how can small and medium-sized businesses be energized to take their companies global;
- what can be done to educate government at all levels as to the crucial role that trade plays in California;
- and how can trade organizations forge alliances to better serve their members as they face the competition from at home and abroad in the global arena?
On December 5th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cisco Conference Center in San Jose, CA, Global California - Economy in Transition will address these important issues, and more, by providing a forum of unique topic-specific panels of international businesspeople from across the state to offer insight, vision and dialogue on the current and future state of California's global economy.
Global California - Economy in Transition will also provide provide an unprecedented opportunity to meet and network with some of the most experienced international business people in the state. Join us and draw on California's vast reservoir of business acumen, energy and entrepreneurial spirit to further international business and trade.
Challenges give birth to opportunities. If you have a vested interest in California's international future, you can't afford to miss Global California - Economy in Transition.
