AGENDA
8:00am – 9:00am
Registration & Networking
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking
Sponsored by: EDIFICE General Contractors
9:00am – 9:15am
Opening Remarks
FDI IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE
John Lummus, President and CEO, Upstate SC Alliance
9:15am – 9:25am
Welcoming Remarks
ALLISON FOY
Executive Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement
Furman University
9:25am – 9:40am
Featured Presentation
The State of FDI in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Robert Underwood
Professor of Marketing and International Business
Department of Business & Accounting
Furman University
9:40am – 9:50am
Coffee & Networking Break
Sponsored by: Job Impulse
9:50am – 10:40am
Featured Presentation
A Fireside Chat with Siemens: Investing in the Carolinas (and America) for the Future of Infrastructure and Technology
Participants:
Christopher Chung, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC)
Brie Sachse, Vice President and Head of U.S. Government Affairs, Siemens
Sponsored by: Myers & Chapman
10:40am–11:30am
Panel Discussion
State of Foreign Relations and What it Means for the Carolinas
MODERATOR
ELIZABETH GIBBES
Parker Poe
Sponsored by: Roedl & Partner
PANELISTS
The Honorable Miguel Antonio Cuesta Zarco, Deputy Consul General, Mexico
The Hon. James Hill, Consul General, Canada
The Hon. Melanie Moltmann, Consul General, German Consulate General in Atlanta
11:30am – 12:00pm
12:00pm – 12:45pm
Lunch
Keynote Address
THE HONORABLE PAMELA EVETTE
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Sponsored by: ResearchFDI
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Featured Presentation
Cybersecurity Update from JPMorgan Chase & Co.
ALEXANDER GRANT
Managing Director; Head of Client Fraud Prevention, Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1:15pm–2:05pm
Panel Discussion
Industrial Construction Market Trends in the Carolinas:
Perspectives from Owners, Contractors, Architects and Developers
MODERATOR
COLLIER MARSH
Parker Poe
Sponsored by: Parker Poe
PANELISTS
Barry Cutshall, Senior Vice President, Preconstruction, Myers & Chapman
Bill Joslin, Principal; Director, Industrial Practice Area, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Derek Mathis, Senior Vice President, SunCap Property Group
2:05pm–2:20pm
Coffee & Networking Break
Sponsored by: M. B. Kahn Construction
2:20pm–2:50pm
Featured Presentation
Economic Update from Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Economist
2:50pm–3:40pm
Aerospace Panel
MODERATOR
Stephen Astemborski
Director, SC Aerospace
Sponsored by: J.P.Morgan
PANELISTS
Mark Harris, Director of Site Operations, GKN Aerospace South Carolina
Kate Konopasek, Director of Manufacturing, Toray Composite Materials America, Inc.
3:40pm–4:00pm
Closing Remarks & Networking Session
2023 AGENDA
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2022 AGENDA
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2019 AGENDA
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