International Trade Night: Thinking Local, Acting Global
Thursday
May 13, 2010
In honor of World Trade Month the St. Louis Regional International Partnership will be hosting
the International Trade Night on Thursday, May 13. The dinner event will feature International firms and exhibitors
representing all types of international trade facilitators including freight forwarders, banks, federal agencies, universities,
and others involved in international trade and cultural exchange.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Murray Weidenbaum.
Professor Weidenbaum is a prominent figure in business and government. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
from 1969 to 1971 and in 1981-82 as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. His research and teaching interests are
government regulation of business, public finance, and economic policy. He founded the Center for the Study of American Business
at Washington University and directed the Center for many years. The center was renamed in his honor to the Murray
Weidenbaum
Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.
International Trade Night
5 to 9 pm
Sit Down Dinner/Open Bar
The Cedars
939 Lebanon Drive, St. Louis, MO 63104
314-241-8248
Reservations can be made at http://www.trafficclubofstlouis.com/. $60.00 per person. Vendor tables are available for $250.00 (included 2 dinners). For questions or Sponsorship possibilities
please contact Brad Reinhardt at 618-806-4411 or breinhardt@re-trans.com.
The St. Louis Regional International Partner is an alliance of internationally focused
organizations in the region that support efforts to increase international trade, education, cultural exchanges, and world
understanding to improve the socio-economic and cultural well being of the St. Louis region specifically, and the world in
general.
