GLOBAL TRADE AND LOGISTICS
PLUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Los Angeles Maritime Museum/Port Of Los Angeles – San Pedro, CA
Photo by Jeannine Saffigna
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2018 Gig Economy Symposium Industry
& Job Fair - Feb 27
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Whether you spend hours mixing and mingle with industry professionals, drop in for continental breakfast and trending seminar topics, or spend your day recruiting new talent and exhibiting at the job fair; you will find that there is no skimping on the job and educational opportunities at this year’s Industry Spotlight event.
RSVP NOW to Participate in the Gig Economy Symposium and the Global Trade and Logistics Job Fair Pavilion.
WHEN:
Tuesday, Feb. 27th, 2018
TIME: 8:00AM to 1:00PM (PDT)
FREE PARKING IN LOT 8
WHERE: LAHC Music Hall and Theater Courtyard
1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington, CA 90744
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PRO-GTL COFFEEHOUSE SERIES
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COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE
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Field trip to Yusen Terminals LLC.
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On November 30, 2017, I took my students to Yusen Terminals LLC.
One of our goals at Santa Monica College is to provide real life working experiences to our students in the Global Trade and Logistics industries. Our program offers classes in areas such as: Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Principles of Logistics, International Management, Transportation Management and Procurement. You can find more information in a flyer attached to this article. We like to take students on field trips so that they can learn about job opportunities in international trade and logistics. Since the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are the nation's two largest ports, and are so important in our economy, I took them on a tour of one terminal.
Yusen Terminals LLC. YTI is a company jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III, operates marine cargo terminals in Los Angeles and Oakland. YTI provides stevedore and terminal services to container shipping lines.
It was great experience to take students to tour this facility. Our main contacts were Tammy Duncan Manager, Client Services and Tracy Burdine, Director Operations. Students were able to see big vessels, containers, trucks and various operations while learning about the different positions at YTI. We also saw crane operators, customer service representatives, operations managers.
Students were able to ask questions and talk to employees of the company.
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Santa Monica College PRO-GTL
Tour at LAX United Airlines Terminal
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DEC 5, 2017
Keith Everett
(GTL Business Instructor) along with
Katya Rodriquez
(GTL Business Instructor), and
Sal Veas
(Chair of the Business Department) led Business students on a tour at LAX/United Airlines.
25 students took part in this GTL field trip to see the real world of logistics at the second busiest airport in the USA.
The tour was guided by United Airlines operations managers who educated the students on bag sortation processes, airplane maintenance, scheduling of flights, and intricacies of the air cargo hangar processes and procedures.
The students and SMC GTL faculty were given a private tour of a 787 Dreamliner, which was the highlight of the tour.
SMC will continue their relationship with LAX/ United Airlines to give our students exposure to logistics and supply chain and advance our students to internships and employment.
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FEATURED BUSINESS LEADERS
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Network Kinection
TEDx Talk - Mike Marinoff
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In this TEDx talk, entrepreneur and father Mike Marinoff gives his daughter the talk of a lifetime...while reminding us all of the one thing needed to move forward in life.
Mike Marinoff, and Co-Owner of Network Kinection Erick Briggs
, care about helping dedicated students and employers, (with internships and jobs that have the potential to lead to successful careers), find each other.
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PRO-GTL Interviews Network Kinection
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January 11, 2018
The
Network Kinection
team are
experts in job development, job placement and work-based learning in the community college system.
In this interview,
Mike Marinoff
and
Erick Briggs
discuss how their
work impacts students, faculty and employers.
Network Kinection shares job trends they are seeing in the Global Trade and Logistics space; and ways that students can increase their opportunities to secure internships and entry level jobs in their field of study, (while they are still in school).
How can we each be a part of helping community college students move forward in a positive direction, and build a solid foundation for a successful career?
We can all help in two ways:
- Think of your connections. If you have a connection at a business that would be interested in partnering with Network Kinection and Pro-GTL, so that our community college students can be a top choice for their internships and entry level jobs, let us know.
- If you know a student who "is "passionate about building a career" in the Global Trade and Logistics sector, or another area, please connect that student with the Network Kinection team.
We want to help students gain relevant experience within their field; so that by the time they graduate, they are already on the path to building a successful career.
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Erick Briggs, Network Kinections, Co-Owner and VP
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As we build up our pipeline of businesses and students...it is our hope that our work sets students for life," Erick Briggs.
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Los Angeles Harbor College and the Foreign Trade Association - Feb 5
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Los Angeles Harbor College has a new educational partnership with the Foreign Trade Association.
LAHC is hosting FTA's bi-annual Customs Brokers License Exam Preparation Course. The training is open to companies that import and allows for up to
(2) two
complementary seats
for faculty to audit the program.
PRO-GTL would like to extend an offer for to (1) one of our community college faculty from partner colleges to attend along side (1) LAHC faculty person.
Course starts February 5, 2018. You can find more information about the program here:
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J
oin the Global Initiatives Council for the first session of the year on
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 9-10:30 a.m.,
to hear from Dr. Ira Kalish, chief global economist of
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
As a specialist in global economic issues, as well as the effects of economic, demographic and social trends on the global business environment, Dr. Kalish will provide an outlook of trade trends for 2018.
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Import Compliance Training - Feb 23
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Date:
February 23, 2018
Time:
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PST
Event Description:
Join us for an Import Compliance practitioner’s course (3 all-day sessions), which walks participants through all aspects of import compliance. This hands-on workshop covers the nuts and bolts of importing, including HTS classification, demonstrating reasonable care, Free Trade Agreements, C-TPAT, how to implement you’re your own compliance program, and so much more.
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NETWORKING EVENT - MARCH 8
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Legal Do's and Don'ts of International Trade - March 13
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Seafood Delegation from China Visiting Los Angeles - March 14 to 16
Los Angeles Harbor College and the Los Angeles Gateway Chamber of Commerce is assisting the Agricultural Trade Office in Beijing with an In-Bound Seafood Delegation,
March 14-16 2018.
The Agricultural Trade Office Beijing is cooperating with China Aquatic Products Processing & Marketing Association (CAPPMA) on a seafood mission. They are arranging site visits with Los Angeles area seafood companies and providing this delegation of 40 seafood buyers/processors with an opportunity to understand the local seafood operation, varieties, and/or seafood export business. CAPPMA is one of the ATOs main contact organizations for seafood and aquatic products, and they have worked with them to increase contacts with seafood importers, and exposure of U.S. seafood products in China.
For more information on food export training, and 2018-2019 in-bound delegations for the Food and Agricultural Industry Sector contact
Michael Caress
at
caressma@lahc.edu
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CITD 2018 EDUCATORS CONFERENCE "GLOBAL COMPETENCIES
in the Classroom & the Workforce" - April 10
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This workshop was designed for educators and faculty to learn more about global competencies relevant to students.
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Certified Global Business Professional Boot Camp - April 13 to 14
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Date:
Friday, April 13-14, 2018
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Place: Rancho Santiago CCD
2323 N.Broadway
# 107. 1st Floor
Santa Ana. CA 92706
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WORLD TRADE WEEK KICKOFF BREAKFAST - MAY 4
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92nd Annual World Trade Week Kickoff Breakfast
Friday, May 4, 2018
7:15 AM - 11:AM
For over 90 years, World Trade Week (WTW), an initiative of the L.A. Area Chamber, has been the most extensive and unique program of its kind in the country.
Join us for the largest celebration of international trade in the nation at the 92nd Annual World Trade Week Kickoff Break
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ORANGE COUNTY WORLD TRADE WEEK - MAY 17
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World Trade Week 2018 College/University Scholarship
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The World Trade Week 2018 Education Committee is sponsoring several $1000 scholarships for students intending to pursue a career in international trade. Those who apply for this scholarship will also be in the running to potentially receive another additional $500 through selection as the Global Trade Scholar Award (more details at the end of this application).
The purpose of the scholarships is to foster international trade education and international business development.
https://lachamber.com/forms/world-trade-week-2018-college-university-scholarship-application/
The
deadline for submission
and receipt of the materials is
5 p.m., Friday, March 16, 2018.
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Important:
Faculty and employers please
add your upcoming industry events in to this PRO-GTL calendar.
Here is a link to the calendar:
By having our industry events on one central calendar, we will be better able to plan around, attend, and invite people to each others events.
For assistance with adding events to the calendar, or to have your event details put in the Navigator newsletter, please contact Jeannine Saffigna at (310) 601-6208, or via email at:
To: progtlconsortium@gmail.com
Cc: saffigj@lasc.edu
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SUBMIT CONTENT FOR NAVIGATOR
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Everyone is encouraged to submit content for the Navigator newsletter and on the Pro-GTL social media platforms regularly.
Each Pro-GTL college partner faculty representative should to sign up their college to be featured in this Navigator Newsletter "college spotlight" one, or more, times in 2018. Pro-GTL wants to share all the fabulous things you are doing!
If your college has not been featured in a newsletter in the past four months,
please contact
Jeannine Saffigna to request one of the following months for your college to be featured: April, June, August, October, or December.
- Include your preferred month, college, your name, title, email and a direct phone number.
Email your content and questions: progtlconsortium@gmail.com
Cc: saffigj@lasc.edu
The Navigator newsletter will e-mailed the week of the 15th, every other month. If you wish to submit content, please do so by the end of the previous month.
April 15 - (Submit content by March 31)
June 15 - (Submit content by May 31)
Aug 15 - (Submit content by July 31)
Oct 15 - (Submit content by Sept 30)
Dec 15 - (Submit content by Nov 30)
Each college is also welcome to submit additional content for every newsletter.
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INDUSTRY NEWS, REPORTS & TRENDS
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Port of Long Beach
Green Ship Incentive Program
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The
Green Ship Incentive Program
is a voluntary clean-air initiative targeting the reduction of smog-causing nitrogen oxides (NOx). It rewards qualifying vessel operators for deploying today's greenest ships to the Port of Long Beach and accelerating the use of tomorrow's greenest ships.
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The top 10 supply chain stories of 2017
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Over the course of the year, Supply Chain Dive sought to provide a balanced coverage of each aspect of the supply chain – from procurement to fulfillment, the first-mile to the last – and pin point emerging trends in each topic.
Looking back, we put together a short list of our top 10 stories of 2017:
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7 global trade trends in 2018
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Let’s take a look at areas where you need to jump into to capitalize on your business opportunities.
- AR and VR.
- Artificial intelligence (AI).
- eCommerce.
- Quantum computing.
- Bitcoin.
- Wearables.
- Microlearning.
These global trade trends have the ability to dramatically shift the way you do business. Keep reading to see how.
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Maersk, IBM to launch blockchain-based platform for global trade
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The world’ s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk is teaming up with IBM to create an industry-wide trading platform it says can speed up trade and save billions of dollars.
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U.S. oil industry set to break record, upend global trade
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Surging shale production is poised to push U.S. oil output to more than 10 million barrels per day - toppling a record set in 1970 and crossing a threshold few could have imagined
even a decade ago
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and invite your contacts.
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These platforms are for you:
share favorite industry articles,
pictures at industry events,
flyers for your upcoming events,
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and create original content.
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