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Eighth Annual
US - EU
Workshop
United States and European Union 
Small and Medium Enterprise Best Practices 
Workshop in the framework of the
Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC)
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas
Thursday, October 19, 2017







PRESENTED BY
GOLD SPONSOR
SILVER SPONSORS

AGENDA
8:30 a.m. 
Breakfast and Registration
9 a.m. 
Welcome and Opening Remarks
 
• 
Karyn Page, President and CEO, Kansas Global & Chair of Industry Trade Advisory Committee for 
 
 
 
Small & Minority Business (ITAC 11)
 
• 
Mayor Jeff Longwell, City of Wichita
 
 
 Kansas Department of Commerce
 
 
 U.S. Export Assistance Center (USEAC), U.S. Department of 
 
 
 
Commerce (USDOC) 
 
 
 Office of International Trade, SBA
 
• 
Signe Ratso, Director, Trade Strategy and Analysis, Market Access, DG TRADE, European Commission
 
• 
Kristin Schreiber, Director, SME Policy & COSME, DG GROW, European Commission 
9:30 a.m. 
Manufacturing SMEs in transatlantic trade:  export strategies, 
 
regulatory issues and barriers to trade   
10:45 a.m. 
Coffee Break
11 a.m. 
Support policies to SMEs, Startups and scale-ups: encouraging 
 
innovation and competitiveness  
Noon 
Lunch
1 p.m. 
Transatlantic skills development for SMEs and best practices in 
 
apprenticeships and vocational training
2:30 p.m. 
Transatlantic Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Manufacturing
3:30 p.m. 
Coffee Break
3:45 p.m. 
U.S. Export Promotion Resources for Small and Medium Enterprises 
 
and EU Support for SME Internationalization
5 p.m. 
DOC-DG GROW SME Cooperation Arrangement Updates 2017-2018
 
 
Office of European Union, USDOC
 
• 
Kristin Schreiber, European Commission, DG GROW
 
• 
Signe Ratso, European Commission, DG TRADE
5:45 p.m. 
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
6 p.m. 
Networking Reception immediately following for SME Workshop 
 participants


9:30 am - 10:45 am
Manufacturing SMEs in transatlantic trade: export strategies, 
regulatory issues and barriers to trade


11 am - Noon
Support policies to SMEs, startups and scale-ups:
encouraging innovation and competitiveness


1 pm - 2:30 pm
Transatlantic skills development for SMEs and best practices 
in apprenticeships and vocational training


2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Transatlantic Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 
Manufacturing


3:45 pm - 5 pm
U.S. Export Promotion Resources for Small and Medium 
Enterprises and EU Support for SME Internationalization

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