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Trading with the World: Past, Present, & Future Markets for the Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach

When
Thursday, March 11, 2021
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Location
Virtual Event Via Zoom

Registration

1) Member – $20.00
2) Non-Member/Guest – $30.00
3) Non-LA/LB Propeller Club Member Discount – $20.00
4) Complimentary Invite
5) Bronze Sponsor – $300.00
Company logo on the registration website
Mention at the beginning of the program
2 Complimentary registrations
6) Silver Sponsor – $500.00
Company logo on bottom of: flyer, registration, and beginning and end webinar presentation slides
Mention at the beginning of the program
5 Complimentary registrations
7) Gold Sponsor – $1,000.00
10 complimentary registrations. Bigger company logo on: the flyer, registration, and beginning and end webinar presentation slides
Mention at the beginning and end of the program
8) Platinum Sponsor – $1,500.00
20 complimentary registrations.
Largest company logo on the upper portion of: the flyer, registration, and beginning and end webinar presentation slides
Significant mention at the beginning and end of the program, and opportunity to introduce guest speaker after PC MC introduction of sponsor is given

Registration is closed

Trading with the World:
Past, Present, & Future Markets for the
Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach

Thursday, March 11, 2021

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM • Networking Session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM • Keynote

This presentation will look at significant changes in Southern California’s trade with major markets between 1919 and 2019 and review future strategic opportunities and challenges for trade through our global gateway.

The first fifteen minutes of this meeting will be spent in a networking session breakout room.

Registration
Member: $20
Non-Member: $30

Sponsorships are available!
Register here or contact us for more information.

Please note: a link to register for this webinar will be included in your confirmation email

Jim MacLellan
Retired Director of Trade Development for the Port of Los Angeles
As director of trade development for the Port of Los Angeles, Jim was responsible for outreach to cargo owners and their professional associations, until his retirement in 2018 after 26 years of service. He also directed trade promotion programs to encourage increased business through Southern California. This includes outreach efforts to assist small to medium size business to consider global markets. He held this position since 2007, and previously was Director of Marketing, at which time he directed marketing programs, coordinated ten international offices and worked to build the Port’s long-term clientele. Prior to joining the Port in 1992, he worked for more than 22 years in the private sector of the international shipping business, which included many years in Europe. Jim received the Stanley T. Olafson Lifetime Achievement during the LA Chamber World Trade Week in 2018.

Jim holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Sir George Williams University. In the past, he has taught a course on shipping and transportation for UCLA Extension and for the international MBA program at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate Business School. Since 2008 he conducted an annual intensive course on trade and shipping at the Monterey Graduate School of International Policy Studies. He was a Director of the U.S. – Mexico Chamber of Commerce (Southern California), the Foreign Trade Association and the Southern California District Export Council of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Cancellations must be received in writing 7 days prior to the event to receive a refund or to avoid being billed. Your payment for this event is not deductible as a contribution or gift under Federal Income Tax Laws, but is most likely deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense.