GLOBAL CAROLINA CONNECTIONS

​GLOBAL CAROLINA CONNECTIONS

8:00AM – 9:00AM: Registration & Networking

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

THE HONORABLE CHANDRA DILLARD

Representative, SC House of Representatives and

Director, Community Relations, 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

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

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

11:30AM – 12:00PM: Lunch

12:00PM – 12:45PM: Keynote Address

THE HONORABLE PAMELA EVETTE, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

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

2:05PM–2:20PM: Coffee & Networking Break

2:20PM–2:50PM: Featured Presentation

Economic Update from Wells Fargo

2:50PM–3:40PM: Aerospace Panel

MODERATOR: Stephen Astemborski, Director, SC Aerospace

3:40PM–4:00PM: Closing Remarks & Networking Session

OLIVER HECKING, Rödl & Partner Charlotte, NC

JOHN LUMMUS, President and CEO, Upstate SC Alliance

THE HONORABLE CHANDRA DILLARD, Representative, South Carolina House of Representatives, Director, Community Relations, Furman University

CHRISTOPHER CHUNG, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC)

BRIE SACHSE, Vice President and Head of U.S. Government Affairs, Siemens

MARTIN CHEN; Director, Economic Division; Taipei Economic & Cultural Office

THE HONORABLE MIGUEL ANTONIO CUESTA ZARCO, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh, North Carolina

THE HONORABLE JAMES HILL, Consul General, Consulate General of Canada

THE HONORABLE MELANIE MOLTMANN, Consul General, German Consulate General in Atlanta

THE HONORABLE PAMELA EVETTE, Lieutenant Governor, State of South Carolina

ALEXANDER GRANT, Managing Director, Head of Client Fraud Prevention, Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

BARRY CUTSHALL, Senior Vice President, Preconstruction; Myers & Chapman

BILL JOSLIN, Principal, Director, Industrial Practice Area; McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

DEREK MATHIS, MRED, Senior Vice President, SunCap Property Group

STEPHEN ASTEMBORSKI, Director, SC Aerospace

MARK HARRIS, Director of Site Operations, GKN Aerospace South Carolina

Sam C. Moses, Partner and Co-Chair, Manufacturing & Distribution Industry Team; Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein LLP

​Global Carolina Connections is the premier conference on foreign direct investment and international manufacturing in the Carolinas.

Now in its 10th year, the conference has brought together 1000s of leaders from foreign-owned and affiliated companies to discuss topics of immediate relevance and importance. Past topics include top management talent for global businesses; global automotive manufacturing in the Carolinas – current impacts and future trends; workforce development for international companies; and updates on North and South Carolina’s FDI recruitment and international trade strategies.