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Present
“DR-CAFTA Impacts and
Opportunities on Florida’s Agribusinesses”
As part of the Hemispheric
Agribusiness Seminar Series
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Thursday,
November 16th, 2006
8:30 am to 10:30 am
Florida International University
~ University Park
Miami, Florida
Management and Advanced
Research Center (MARC) Pavilion
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Agenda:
8:30 am to
9:00 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am to 9:15
am: Welcome and Introduction
Frank Lam, Agribusiness
Consultant, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
(IICA), Miami;
Carmen Algeciras, Director
USAID Farmer to Farmer Program, FIU.
9:15 am to 9:40 am: Principal
Address
“An overview of opportunities created by DR-CAFTA
for Florida businesses”
Miguel Garcia, Director,
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Miami;
Presentation
9:40 am to
10:05 am
“Opportunities
and Challenges for the Florida Agribusiness Industry”
Dr. Edward
‘Gilly’ Evans, Assistant
Professor and Associate Director, UF-Center for Tropical Agriculture,
University of Florida;
Moderator: Dr.
Jerry Haar, Senior Fellow of the KRCEM, Professor of
International Business
10:05 am to
10:20 am: Question and Answer
Session
10:20 am to
10:30 am: Summary and
Conclusions
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To assure space, please RSVP to
elieth.villalta@iica.int or by fax to (305) 260-9020
by November 10th,
2006.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE BUT RSVP IS
REQUIRED
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DIRECTIONS TO MARC PAVILION: You can park in the
Visitor’s spaces located in the BLUE and GOLD Parking Garages. To
access the BLUE and GOLD Parking Garages you MUST enter through the
entrance on SW 107 Avenue and SW 16th Street. Pass the
traffic circle and proceed directly forward to the BLUE and GOLD
Garages. Once inside the garages you can park in the Visitors spaces in
the first floor. MARC Pavilion is located in the Management and Advanced Research Center building, right
across from the garages.
From Miami International
Airport:
Take the I-836
WEST exit from the Airport
Follow I-836 to the Florida Turnpike
Take the Florida Turnpike SOUTH exit
Follow the Florida Turnpike to the Tamiami Trail exit (SW 8th Street)
Take the SW 8th Street EAST exit
Follow SW 8th Street, FIU will appear on the right before SW 107th
Avenue
From I-95, Downtown Miami, Ft.
Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach:
Take I-95 to I-836 WEST
Follow I-836 to the Florida Turnpike
Take the Florida Turnpike SOUTH exit
Follow the Florida Turnpike to the Tamiami Trail exit (SW 8th Street)
Take the SW 8th Street EAST exit
Follow SW 8th Street, FIU will appear on the right before SW 107th
Avenue
From Homestead:
Take
the Florida Turnpike North
Follow the Florida Turnpike to the Tamiami Trail exit (SW 8th Street)
Take the SW 8th Street EAST exit
Follow SW 8th Street, FIU will appear on the right before SW 107th
Avenue
For more information on how to get to FIU, please call
(305) 348-7663.
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