Export
Issue No. 30 - August/September 2006
Chris is back in the black for IBW06
International Business Week 2006
Austrade State Manager, Chris Rees has been living his organisation's commitment to UniSA International Business Week for a long time now and he's very happy with the prospects.
This year, he says, the program has a tighter focus on export relevance.
"There are some very good event holders who are serious about what they are trying to do," Chris says.
Billed as South Australia's premier event for exporters and companies considering the leap from domestic to world markets, International Business Week's 2006 program will include seminars, workshops and hypothetical forums covering the critical issues exporters face.
Industry and government experts will offer advice on support programs and give market-specific information in areas such as the law and cultural differences.
UniSA IBW 2006 is from 7-18 August with events taking place in metropolitan and regional locations. The metropolitan program involves seminars, workshops and activities in various locations, with most of the metropolitan events held in the week of 7-11 August. The regional program is similar but spread over 7-18 August.
Chris says this year's approach has emphasised relevance, which has led to core presentations on IP protection in the global context, opportunities in the giant Chinese and US economies, the whats and whys of export that explore its implications, costs and show how to build exporting into existing businesses.
"We're looking at new and different markets, Taiwan, Italy and Singapore," Chris says. "With Japan we're trying to emphasise that the lean years are over.
"CPA Australia is highlighting Australian export success stories from Balco, Kojo and NuKorc."
Export of services gets some much-deserved attention. Several presentations aim to attract firms which don't consider themselves exporters or potential exporters and explain the many export assistance programs available in service fields such as engineeri...
