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The 21st Century Border

Sept. 8-9, 2010, McAllen, Texas
McAllen Convention Center Ballroom


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Wednesday September 8, 2010
Afternoon Tour of McAllen Foreign Trade Zone and the new Anzalduas International Bridge available to event attendees.
2:00 p.m. BTA board meeting – board members only
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. BTA Reception at Casa De Palmas Hotel
   
Thursday September 9, 2010


8:00 to 8:15 Intro (15min)
  • Nelson Balido – Border Trade Alliance President

  • Kathy Neal, BTA Chair

  • Honorable Richard Cortez, City of McAllen Mayor

8:15 to 9:00 VISAS (45min)
  • Michael Barkin, U.S. Consul General- (confirmed)

  • Erasmo R. Martínez Martínez, Mexico Consul General-(confirmed)

  • Bobby Crane, Immigration Attorney- (confirmed)

  • Moderator: Steve Ahlenius, McAllen Chamber of Commerce-(confirmed)

9:05 to 9:50 International Rail (45min)
  • Dr. Barry Lawrence, Director of TX Supply Chain, Texas A & M-(invited)

  • Bill Glavin – TxDOT Rail Division Director-(confirmed)

  • Moderator: Eddie Campirano, Port of Brownsville Director-(confirmed)

9:50 to 11:00 Business & Security (70min)
  • Jorge Cisneros, Special Agent FBI –(invited)

  • Stewart Tuttle – U.S. State Dept Office of Mexico Affairs Director-(invited)

  • Dan McGrew – RAMMAC, President- (confirmed)

  • Moderator: Veronica Callahaghn, USAID-(confirmed)

11:00 to 12:00 Congressional Roundtable (60min)
  • Congressman Henry Cuellar –(confirmed)

  • Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez-(confirmed)

  • Moderator: Sam F. Vale, BTA Chairman elect-(confirmed)

  (30min cushion)
12:30 to 1:30 Keynote Speaker & Lunch (60min)

Commissioner Alan Bersin, Customs and Border Protection (Confirmed)

Lic. Juan Jose Bravo, Administrador General de Aduanas – Mexico (Invited)

 
    

Registration

$75 Members $125 Non-Members
    

Sponsorship Opportunities

$1,000  Bronze: organization banner posted in facility, 5 conference passes, VIP room access
$2,500  Silver: banner in facility, 8 passes, workshop sponsor introduction, VIP room access
$5,000  Platinum:
  
banner in most prominent locale, 10 conference passes, VIP room access,
brief address before keynote.
   

Hotel

   
Renaissance Casa De Palmas (downtown) Hilton Homewood Suites (conv. center)
101 Main Street, McAllen, TX 78501 3801 W. Expressway 83,
online gov rate $89 (956) 631-1101 online gov rate $89 (956) 630-0500
   

   ***BTA is not reserving a block of hotel rooms for the event. Reservations are on your own.

   
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