International Events Calendar Mayor’s Office of Trade & International Affairs October 2014 February 2016 Sylvester Turner, Mayor Business & Networking Events Date Time Event Venue Contact Greater Houston Partnership: State of the County— 2/2 10:30 AM NRG Center [email protected] Featuring Harris County Judge Ed Emmett French-American Chamber of Commerce: Managing Awty International Communication 2/3 6:30 PM Successfully in the Oil & Gas Crisis—Keynote Speaker School @facchouston.org Edward Hirs Houston West Chamber 7:45 AM Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Coffee Talk [email protected] Office Building Houston Technology Center: Celebration of Innovation— 9:00 AM Texas Heart Institute 713-658-1750 Center for Houston’s Future Houston East End Chamber of Commerce: Houston Small George R. Brown 9:30 AM 713-926-3305 Business Expo Convention Center Houston-Hispanic Info@houstonhispanic 11:30 AM Houston-Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Business Seminar Chamber Offices chamber.com Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce: Katherine@theshow 11:30 AM The Astorian 2/4 Houston Small Business Expo producers.com Accelerate Houston: R&D Study Group—R&D Strategy at Norris Westchase skdavis@technology 11:30 AM Saudi Aramco Center intermediaries.com Society of Petroleum Engineers: Student Symposium Crowne Plaza Houston 3:00 PM [email protected] (through 2/6) Hotel Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, Associazione 3:00 PM Internazionale Delle Imprese: Texas—Opportunita per il TBA 713-626-9303 Made in Italy US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce: Networking Mixer— Fogo de Chao 5:30 PM 713-854-1577 Fogo de Chao Restaurant, Woodlands Marriott Hotel, 2/6 6:30 PM India House: 13th Annual India House Gala [email protected] Sugarland Texas Association of Business: Houston Chapter Event— 2/8 11:30 AM Tony’s Restaurant [email protected] Export-Import Reauthorization American Petroleum Institute: World Oil’s 2016 Forecast for 10:30 AM Petroleum Club 832-779-1116 the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry 2/9 Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Sales Energizer & Houston West Chamber 3:30 PM [email protected] Mentor Group Office Building Page| 1 International Events Calendar Mayor’s Office of Trade & International Affairs October 2014 February 2016 Sylvester Turner, Mayor Date Time Event Venue Contact The American Association of Professional Landmen: George R. Brown 8:00 AM National Association of Power Engineers (NAPE) Summit [email protected] Convention Center 2016 (through 2/12) Camara de 8:30 AM Empresarios Latinos: Procurement Breakfast Empresarios Latinos De 713-774-5002 Houston Houston West Chamber of Commerce: SEO411—Basics of Houston West Chamber 11:00 AM [email protected] Search Engine Optimization Monthly Class Office Building 2/10 Indo-American Chamber of Commerce: Distinguished Federal Reserve Bank 11:30 AM Lecture—Featuring Dr. Renu Khator, Chairwoman of the of Dallas, Houston [email protected] Dallas Federal Reserve Branch Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Wellness 11:30 AM The Wyndham Hotel [email protected] Networking—Lunch & Learn Good Co. Seafood Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Jump Start— 4:30 PM Restaurant, Katy [email protected] Networking 101 Workshop Freeway Colombia-Texas Chamber of Commerce: How to do The Colombia-Texas Info@colombiatexas 9:00 AM Business with Colombia Chamber of Commerce chamber.com Asian Chamber of Commerce: Super Bowl Impact & Small 11:15 AM The HESS Club 713-782-7222 2/11 Business Opportunities U.S.-Russia Chamber of Commerce: Luncheon with His Location provided upon 11:30 AM Excellency Sergey I. Kislyak, Ambassador of the Russian [email protected] registration Federation to the United States Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Economic 11:00 AM Omni Houston Hotel [email protected] Development Summit 2016 2/12 1:00 PM Bio Houston: Startup Career Fair Texas Medical Center 713-791-6161 Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce: Brazil Anti-Corruption 8:00 AM & Compliance—What Companies Need to do Going The Houstonian Hotel [email protected] Forward Australian-American Chamber of Commerce: Energy & 2/16 8:00 AM Westin Houston Hotel [email protected] Technology Conference—Insight, Innovation & Evolution Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Building Your Houston West Chamber 11:30 AM [email protected] Awesome Business Plan Office Building Page| 2 International Events Calendar Mayor’s Office of Trade & International Affairs October 2014 February 2016 Sylvester Turner, Mayor Date Time Event Venue Contact Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Business Over Houston Westchase 7:00 AM [email protected] Breakfast Rotary Club British-American Business Council: Lunch & Learn 2016— The Energy Industries 11:30 AM [email protected] The Year of the Great Reorganization in Oil & Gas Council Building 2/17 Greater Houston Partnership: Conversations with Houston Greater Houston 5:30 PM [email protected] Young Persons Endeavor—Strategic Networking Partnership Texas Medical Center: Creating a Globally competitive Life 6:00 PM Rice University 713-348-6222 Science Cluster in Houston 2/18 6:00 PM Irish Society: Irish Network Houston—Networking Mixer TBD [email protected] Center for International Studies: Distinguished Diplomat Centerforinternational 5:30 PM Program—Syria, Russia, ISIL & Prospects for Talks, Dr. Crooker Center [email protected] Joshua Landis Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce: Education Insight 2/19 TBA Series—9th Annual Bilateral Model Arab League (through TBA [email protected] 2/21) Japan-America Society of Houston: Japan Update—The TBA Petroleum Club 713-963-0121 Japan-Houston Relationship in the New Japan-US Dynamic P.F. Chang’s China 7:00 AM Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Bagels & Business [email protected] Bistro, Highland Village Houston Business Journal: A Conversation with Houston’s 7:40 AM Houstonian Hotel [email protected] Energy Leaders Economic Alliance of the Houston Port Region: Business Cullen’s Bar & dana@allianceport 11:00 AM Update Luncheon—Open Carry Law, What does it Mean to Restaurant region.com Your Organization 2/23 Houston East End Chamber of Commerce: 9th Annual 11:15 AM Hotel ZaZa [email protected] Making a Difference Luncheon American-Turkic Chamber of Commerce: Panel Discussion 11:30 AM Raindrop Turkish House 713-974-1412 Luncheon—Houston Real-Estate Investment Opportunities Kris Bistro c/o Culinary 6:30 PM Sister Cities of Houston: 13th Networking Dinner Series [email protected] Institute LeNotre Page| 3 International Events Calendar Mayor’s Office of Trade & International Affairs October 2014 February 2016 Sylvester Turner, Mayor Date Time Event Venue Contact 8:30 AM East End Chamber of Commerce: Ambassador Meeting Gulfgate Center Mall [email protected] Houston West Houston West Chamber of Commerce: SEO411—Basics of 11:00 AM Chamber Office [email protected] Search Engine Optimization Monthly Class Building Houston West Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Business Growth 11:00 AM Chamber Office [email protected] Workshop Building Greater Houston Partnership: Women’s Business Alliance Greater Houston 2/24 11:15 AM Lunch & Learn Table Talk—Self Esteem, Self Awareness, Self [email protected] Partnership Growth Federal Reserve Bank Houston-Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Networking Info@houstonhispanic 11:30 AM of Dallas, Houston Luncheon chamber.com Branch Turnaround Management Association: February Women’s Sonoma Wine Bar & 5:30 PM [email protected] Social Restaurant Asia Society: The TPP—Challenges & Opportunities for the Asia Society Texas 7:00 PM 713-496-9901 Future of U.S.-Asian Trade Center Africa iXchange: Pan Africa Women’s Economic Marriott Westloop 2/25 TBA [email protected] Empowerment Summit Hotel Greater Houston Partnership: Houston Young Persons 2/27 TBD TBD [email protected] Endeavor (HYPE) Habitat for Humanity Texas Medical Center: HGM 2016—Translational Genomics 8:00 AM Hilton Americas Hotel www.hugo-hgm.org (through 3/2) 2/28 2:00 PM Indo-American Chamber of Commerce: Tax Laws Seminar India House [email protected] Double Tree Hilton 2/29 11:00 AM East End Chamber of Commerce: Vision 2016 Luncheon [email protected] Hotel Houston West Chamber 7:45 AM Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Coffee Talk [email protected] Office Building Colombia-Texas Chamber of Commerce: Business The Colombia-Texas 3/3 9:00 AM Breakfast—Industry-Manufacturing Opportunities in 713-936-9083 Chamber of Commerce Colombia after the Peace Agreement Junior League of 11:00 AM Asian Chamber of Commerce: Welcome Sylvester Turner 713-782-7222 Houston Irish Society: 2016 Celebration Dinner—Honorees David 3/4 6:30 PM Petroleum Club [email protected] O’Keefe & Lyn Brogan Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Sales Energizer & Houston West Chamber 3/8 3:30 PM [email protected] Mentor Group Building Page| 4 International Events Calendar Mayor’s Office of Trade & International Affairs October 2014 February 2016 Sylvester Turner, Mayor Date Time Event Venue Contact Camara de 8:30 AM Empresarios Latinos: Procurement Breakfast Empresarios Latinos De 713-774-5002 Houston Houston West Chamber of Commerce: SEO411 Internet The Forum at 3/9 11:00 AM [email protected] Marketing Class Memorial Woods Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Wellness 11:30 AM The Wyndham Hotel [email protected] Networking—Lunch & Learn Houston West Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Building Your 3/15 11:30 AM Chamber Office [email protected] Awesome Business Plan Building Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Business Over 7:00 AM Westside Cafe [email protected] Breakfast 3/16 Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Women’s Excellence 11:15 AM Tony’s Restaurant [email protected]