http://www.wita.org Washington International Trade Association Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:30:03 CDT en-us http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48016 http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48016 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:00:00 CDT IPOA's 2010 Legal Conference will focus on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and how it affects professionals and actors in the industry. http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48881 http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48881 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:00:00 CDT Global Services Summit 2010: Breaking the Deadlock on Services Trade and Investment Featuring: Ambassador Ronald Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative Hon. Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Hon. Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce & Industry, India Hon. Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, New Zealand Hon. Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of Trade and Industry, Malaysia Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization Hon. Sander Levin, Chairman, House Ways and Means... http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/46140 http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/46140 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:00:00 CDT The localization industry has made tremendous strides in terms of efficiency and capacity in the past twenty years. Quality, however, has remained an elusive goal. While it is an important goal, companies cannot agree on what quality is exactly or how to obtain it. Nor can they agree on who is responsible for quality: is it the client or the globalization service provider ultimately responsible? Everyone says that they want quality, but what is it that they really need and what are... http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48022 http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48022 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:00:00 CDT This year the Summit will cover a variety of topics relevant to private companies and their clients working in conflict and post-conflict environments. Some highly relevant topics will include: International standards and accountability, logistics and support in contingency operations, regional issues, regulatory evolutions in the industry, capacity building, and disaster response. http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48848 http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48848 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 CDT 19th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48860 http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/48860 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 CDT Opportunities for Afghan firms to learn about US companies interested in doing business in Afghanistan and for American firms to learn about the realities of business operations in Afghanistan. The Conference also provides a conducive forum to meet potential business partners and develop joint business relationships. http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/46141 http://www.wita.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/46141 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:00:00 CST India’s IT industry has emerged as a global leader for high-quality engineering and design tasks and for development of products sold around the world. At the same time it has helped spur a revolution in India’s internal consumer economy, which is on track to become the third largest in the world by 2035. Over half of the world’s leading IT firms are located in India and the size of this sector is expected to quadruple by 2025. Much of this growth will be fueled by...