From Deborah Schultz

WHO: Harold Forsyth, Peru Ambassador to the United States

WHAT: 2011 Middfest International Ambassador Luncheon

The Ambassador Luncheon is an opportunity to learn about the future of trade relations between Peru’s dynamic economy and US business prospects. The subject of the luncheon is “Peru-US in an Era of Change: Trade and Beyond.”

The international business programming underscores Middfest International's core belief that arts and culture set a beautiful stage for trade and investment. Each year the ambassador and other top government officials and businesses from the featured country actively participate in programs that are adapted to the economic synergies of the featured country and commerce in our region.

WHEN: Friday, September 30, 2011

TIME: 12:00 – 1:30 pm

WHERE: Wingate by Wyndham and Meridian Conference Center
7500 Tylers Place Boulevard in West Chester, Ohio 45069

TICKETS: $25 per person; $175 for table of 8

MIDDFEST 2011 AMBASSADOR LUNCHEON PARTNERS:
Ohio Department of Development Global Markets Division, the Ohio Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, Miami Valley International trade Association, Northern Kentucky International Trade Association, Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council, Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA, Dayton Hispanic Chamber, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe & Trenton, the Springboro Chamber of Commerce and the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

ABOUT MIDDFEST INTERNATIONAL:
Middfest International Foundation exists to promote world understanding, friendship and peace with its annual cultural week-long event that focuses on different country each year. This year, Middfest celebrates Peru. Programming culminates on the first weekend of October in and around the Middletown City Building on Donham Plaza in Middletown, Ohio showcasing live entertainment, food, art exhibits, lectures, movies, children’s programs, sports, business and trade, and much more. For additional information on Middfest contact 513-425-07707 and visit www.middfestinternational.org.

ABOUT PERU AS A TRADING PARTNER:
Peru’s GDP expanded by 8.8% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year. In 2010 growth was 7.8% due to expanded exports, giving it a country comparison to the world in real growth rate of l3 . With the recent election of President Humala, the U.S. Peru Trade Promotion Agreement signed in 2009, and strong exports/imports between our countries, this is the lunch to attend to learn about future relations between Peru’s dynamic economy and U.S. business prospects.

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