CHINA BUSINESS NETWORK PRESENTS

Oregon Agriculture in China:
A Panel Discussion

with

Patrick Mayer, Oregon Department of Agriculture
Don Richards, Oregon Association of Nurseries
Mike Baker, Pennington Seed Company

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

We are presenting a panel of experts talking about their experience doing agriculture business in China. Mr. Mayer will speak about the State's role. Mr. Richards will speak about the nursery stock business in China. And, Mr. Baker will speak from the perspective of a commercial seed company. A question and answer period will follow.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Patrick Mayer, Oregon Department of Agriculture, is an international trade professional with over 13 years of experience in relationship building, consumer product business development, transportation, and global project management, with expertise in East Asia.

Don Richards is owner and president of Applied Horticultural Consulting in Lake Oswego and co-owner of Sauvie Island Ornamentals. Don is also U.S. Managing Partner of the Plant Trading Network, a cooperative that helps facilitate trade between the western United States Green Industry, China and Japan.

Don represents the Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) with more than 1,500 wholesale growers, retailers, landscapers and suppliers. The OAN is one of the largest state nursery association in the U.S. Oregon's ornamental horticulture industry is the state's largest agricultural commodity, with annual sales of more than $1 billion.

Mike Baker is a senior vice president of Pennington Seed and its general manager in Lebanon, Oregon. Mike is a past President of the Oregon Seed Council, the Oregon Seed Trade Association and served as Chairman of the Oregon Seed Council Research Committee from 1988-1996.

WHEN	Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, 12:00-1:30 PM
WHERE	House of Louie 331 NW Davis St., Chinatown
COST	Lunch & Talk: $20 members; $30 general; $15 for students with ID. Please add $5 handling charge to above for registration after 5pm Sept. 9th.
REGISTER	Register On-line (click here), or Call 503-973-5451
PAY	Pay On-line via Credit Card or Paypal (click here)
PARKING	SmartPark on NW Davis, between NW Naito Parkway and NW 1st Ave.