The GetGlobal Conference - Los Angeles 2017 | Equities.com | 25 October 2017 | JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE  , 900 W Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90015, USA

GetGlobal is the premiere conference for companies planning international growth. Meet and hear from the world's experts on global expansion and operations including political and business leaders, start-up executives and industry pioneers.

Whether you're a start-up securing your first international contract, or an established Fortune 500 company looking to optimize your in-market operations, GetGlobal will arm you with the contacts and knowledge to achieve success.

2017 Speakers:

William Bao Bean
General Partner at SOSV; Managing Director at Chinaccelerator; Managing Director at MOX

Laura Dawson
Director, Canada Institute, The Wilson Center

Gary Mendell
President, Meridian Finance Group

Edith Yeung
Partner & Head of China Investments at 500 Startups Mobile Collective

Ken Silverman
Head, North America at Sannam S4

David Erickson
Founder & CEO, FreeConferenceCall.com

Robert Pearlstein
Vice President, Global Business Development at SRI International

Thomas Coates
Director, UCLA

Andy Kaplan
President of Worldwide Networks, Sony Pictures Television

Ryan Patel
Global Business Executive / Board of Directors at American Red Cross LA

Atman Trivedi
Managing Director at Hills & Company, International Consultants

Witney Schneidman
Senior International Advisor for Africa at Covington & Burling LLP

Kenneth E. Hyatt
Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade at U.S. Department of Commerce

Joel Whitaker
SVP, Global Head of Research at Frontier Strategy Group

Thomas McLain
Counsel, Hogan Lovells US LLP

Mark Schultz
Corporate Executive Officer and General Counsel at Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd

Rebecca Alexander
Founder and President at Socialyte Collective

Tomoko Kizawa
Japan Leader for Deloitte’s Advisory Practice, responsible for facilitating cross-border collaboration between United States & Japan

Wayne Forrest
President at American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce

Barry Draskovich
Vice President, Program and Contract Management at Parker Hannifin

Glen Fukushima
Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, former president & CEO of Airbus Japan; former US trade negotiator to Japan

Hon. Spencer Abraham
Chairman & CEO, The Abraham Group and Former U.S. Secretary of Energy

Elisabetta Bartoloni
Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

Anthony Cino
Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group; former Associate Vice President for International Affairs at PhRMA

Stuart Dean
Senior Advisor, ASEAN Advisory and Former CEO, GE ASEAN

Robert Kelle
Co-Founder, MAPLE Business Council

Blake Irving
CEO and Board Director of GoDaddy

Vivek Lall
Chief Executive US and International Strategic Development at General Atomics

John Rossant
Founder and Chairman, New Cities Foundation

Hon. Thomas Pickering
Vice Chairman, Hills & Company; former Senior Vice President for International Relations, The Boeing Company

Robert Theleen
Chairman and CEO of Chinavest

William Zarit
Board chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. Former minister for commercial affairs at the U.S. embassy in Beijing

Margaret Wong
President & CEO, Golden California Inc./California Center and McWong

Heidi Nazarudin
Founder Marque.Media Blogger-In-Chief, TheAmbitionista.com

William Edwards
CFE & CEO, Edwards Global Services

Karen Thorland
SVP & Associate General Counsel, Content Protection, MPAA (The Motion Picture Association of America)

Roy Paulson
CEO of Paulson Manufacturing and board member of the National Association of Manufacturers

Jon Berroya
Vice President, Legal Affairs at ESA

Diego Gilardoni
Associate Partner of Itim International

Rajiv Kumar
Board Member, Indian Central Bank

2017 Sponsors:

AmCham Abu Dhabi
American Business Council
Auerbach Internatinal Inc
Destination Luxury
Frontier Strategy Group
Global Chamber
Heidrick & Struggles
globig
MAPLE
Safeguard World International
VISTRA