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"International Sourcing" & International Trade Networking Event (Happy Hour)

Date : Tuesday, Jan 17th, 2012, 630-9pm
Location : Arctica Bar, 384 3rd avenue(Between 27th and 28th street), Lower Floor, New York, NY 10016 (For the direction, please visit http://bit.ly/upqoqJ )

Fee : Online per-registration $10, At the door $15 (One free drink ticket included)
(Please support the venue. All night happy hour, Drink/food available starting from $4 for the selected beer, $6 for cocktail/wine)

6:30-7:00 pm Pre-networking
7:00-8:20 pm Presentation

  • Rufiya Blank, Vice President, Kompass North America - "Kompass's online international system for sourcing and customer searching to adapt to globalization"
  • Tanjila Islam, CEO/Founder, TigerTrade Inc. - "Finding trusted trade partners in Southeast Asia"
    8:20-9:00 pm Post-networking

Speakers

  1. Rufiya Blank, Vice President, Kompass North America

Rufiya Blank is the Vice President of Kompass North America. Rufiya has more than 10 year experience in International Business Development, speaks 5 languages, and throughout her entire career has truly believed in “connecting” people globally. That is where she truly finds her inspiration.

Kompass connects Business to Business for more than 70 years. Kompass is a comprehensive B2B database, with more than 3 million international and domestic companies listed, which link buyers and sellers worldwide. Kompass allows you to promote your activities and reach domestic and international buyers searching for your specific products or services. The Kompass database allows you to proactively search for potential customers, buyers, partners, distributors, and much more. The overall accuracy of the Kompass system allows us to be a key and influential player within the global database market.

  1. Tanjila Islam, CEO/Founder, TigerTrade

Tanjila Islam brings extensive experience as an international business development and trade expert, and has worked on facilitating business linkages in a variety of industries. Her areas of expertise include SME development, trade and export promotion, market linkages, and facilitating access to finance. She has designed and managed multi-million dollar private sector development and trade promotion programs in countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Ms. Islam has built businesses and promoted trade efforts worldwide and is adept at managing multiple teams across countries.

TigerTrade is a trusted partner network for global trade, connecting manufacturers in Southeast Asia, with US and international buyers. TigerTrade works in the apparel, textiles, footwear, furnishings, and home accessories industries. A social enterprise, TigerTrade facilitates business linkages that increase trade and catalyze broad-based economic growth in developing world markets.

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