Working on behalf of U.S. business to protect the current trade and to expand
and increase the potential for future business between the United States and Cuba.

         
     
 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

9:00-9:15 Welcome

  • Bill Reinsch, President National Foreign Trade Council
    Chairman, Board of Directors, US-Cuba Trade Association

9:15-9:45

  • Overview of Cuban Business Environment
    Kirby Jones, US-Cuba Trade Association

9:45-11:00 Teleconferences from Havana

  • Worldwide Cuba Business and Trade
    Maria de la Luz B’Hamel, Director of North America Trade
    Ministry of Foreign Trade
  • State of US-Cuba Trade in Agricultural and Medical Products
    Pedro Alvarez, Chairman, Alimport

11:00-11:30 Break

11:30-12:15 Teleconference from Havana

  • Cuba’s Energy Operations
    Rafael Tenreyro
    , Vice President, CUPET

12:15-12:45

  • View from House of Representatives
    Rep. Jeff Flake (R.-Az
    )
    - Sponsor of HR5353 to exempt energy companies from embargo

12:30-1:45 Lunch

2:00-2:45 View of Companies Doing Business Now

  • Ruben Bonilla, Chairman, Port of Corpus Christi
  • Jack Maybank, Jr., Maybank Shipping Company
  • Jose Luis Martinez, PS International

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-3:45 Teleconference from Havana

  • Travel Industry and Potential
    Moderator: John McAuliff, Fund for Reconciliation and Development
    Speaker: Miguel Figueras, Sr. Advisor to Minister of Tourism

3:45-4:30 What Companies Can Do Now: Laws, Licensing, Procedures

  • Kirby Jones, President, Alamar Associates
 
     
         
   

Fund for Reconciliation and Development

 
         
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