DRAFT PROGRAM. Netherlands Flanders Economic Mission to Atlanta headed by Prime Minister Rutte and Minister President Bourgeois.

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1 DRAFT PROGRAM Netherlands Flanders Economic Mission to Atlanta headed by Prime Minister Rutte and Minister President Bourgeois Atlanta, Georgia Including OPTIONAL PROGRAM for FinTech / to Washington, DC (October 8-9) Version: DRAFT Augustus 7, 2015

2 Sunday 4 October 2015 Flight to Atlanta 19:30 21:00 Kick- off meeting Informal drinks and Monday 5 October 2015 Breakfast at own Dailing Briefing Morning Doing Business & Sector specific developments in Atlanta Intro and session overview 08:50 Georgia and the Greater Atlanta Region: the economic, demographic, and cultural setting 8:50 The Economic Foundation Factual description of economy, demographics, state/region, macro and micro Key sectors / drivers of economy, fast growing segments of economy (and why) Economic cycles: Atlanta region economic evolution since :10 Why Georgia? State-level / gov t economic development goals and targets State support for business, workforce, education, universities, infrastructure, foreign investment, tax - Need to invite / confirm 9:25 Why Atlanta? What makes Atlanta economy unique? City support for innovation, incubators, infrastructure, incentives, tax, foreign business - Why is the Atlanta culture (business, economic, social, community) unique and interesting? (tbc) 9:40 Coffee Break 10:00 Testimonial Panel NL / Flemish Companies 2

3 Monday 5 October :00 - Separate breakout sessions Smart Logistics & 12:00-13:00 and Presentation "Doing Business in the US / in Georgia" By Annemarie MacFarland (NACCSE) & Anton Mertens (Belgian Chamber) 12:00 Legal aspects of doing business in US / Georgia Corporate form / partnership / LLC / Delaware Corp etc; Insurance / liability; Future scalability of operations 12:15 Practicalities: offices, incubators, agents, licenses/licensing 12:25 Cultural differences (what to do / what not to do) in business interactions (US / Georgia vs NL/Flemish) 12:35 The Pitch : 30 seconds to make an impact. How, what, why, to whom, when.- Who? 13:00-14:00 Transfer to company visit 13:00-13:30 Transfer to company visit 13:00-13:30 Transfer to company visit Afternoon visit(s): Meeting with senior representatives of company and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. Interactive Focus: Systems and technology geared at improving the logistics airfreight operations. Airport Cluster visit Evening 19:00 visit(s): and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. WorldPay, FirstData, Global Payments, NCR, Equifax, Elavon, TSYS, SunTrust, Simeio, BitPay, Vesta Corporation, Vanco Payments, CardLytics, CoinX, Bastille, Controlscan, Acculynk, Kabbage visit(s): and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. Dell SecureWorks, IBM (ISS), AT&T, Honeywell, IntelSat, CISCO, Ionic Security, Pindrop Security Informal BBQ and official kick-off with Prime-Minister Rutte and Minister-President Bourgeois - Includes meet & greet with official delegations 3

4 Tuesday 6 October 2015 Breakfast at own convenience Transfer to GSU Robinson CoB Plenary GSU Robinson College of Business - 08:45: Arrival Delegation Seminar with US, Dutch and Flemish experts from industry, academia and government 09:00am - Welcome by Dr. Stephen Fleming, Vice President and Executive Director of the Enterprise Innovation Institute 09:15am - Opening by Prime-Minister Rutte and Minister President Bourgeois Morning Robinson CoB Robinson CoB Innovation in Handling & Control - Cross Chain Logistics, City Logistics/last mile logistics Next Generation Infrastructures in Financial Services & Cybersecurity - Keynote presentations - Break-out sessions with (technology) matchmaking and discussion on sector specific innovation topics 12:00-13:00 09:30am - Keynote presentations: 09:30am - Big Data/ICT 10:00am - Multimodal & Synchromodal logistics / Cross Chain Controlling Solutions 10:30am - Coffee break 11:00am - Material handling /warehousing management systems 11:30 - City Logistics last mile logistics 12:00 - Break-out sessions with discussion panels on sector specific innovation topics 12:00pm - Networking breaks and lunch with showroom of company presentations - Meet&Greet with Prime-Ministers - Focus areas cyber security: identity management / e-identity, big data analytics, malware, cryptography. - Focus areas fintech: instant / faster payments, blockchain platforms, virtual currencies, mobile payments. 4

5 Afternoon visit(s): and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. Focus: Cross Chain Control - Smart Gateways (including Co-/ Synchromodality) Coca Cola, UPS Microsoft, Bing Mailing Systems Evening visit(s): and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. WorldPay, FirstData, Global Payments, NCR, Equifax, Elavon, TSYS, SunTrust, Simeio, BitPay, Vesta Corporation, Vanco Payments, CardLytics, CoinX, Bastille, Controlscan, Acculynk, Kabbage visit(s): and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. Dell SecureWorks, IBM (ISS), AT&T, Honeywell, IntelSat, CISCO, Ionic Security, Pindrop Security Reception & Trade and Investment Dinner wih Dutch and Belgian Chambers of Commerce - Guests from the Georgian government, business, investor and research communities (possibility for signing contracts, MoU s etc) 5

6 Wednesday 7 October 2015 Breakfast At own convenience Morning and Lunch 8:00-9:00 Debriefing of the mission with official delegations visit (tbd) Central theme for this visit will be Sustainable Transport and Logistics Meeting with senior representatives of company and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. Coca Cola, Microsoft, Bing Mailing Systems Visit to federal Reserve bank Atlanta Roundtable discussion and networking. Topics include (tbd): - The future of Digital Banking and - The impact of emerging technologies on financial industries and banking regulators - The rising role and importance of Public Private Partnerships Roundtable sessions with experts from the Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta, InfraGard and Business Executives for National Security (BENS). Followed by a networking lunch. Afternoon visit: visit: visit: Incl networking lunch - including UPS incubator members E-commerce and the Future of Logistics Presentations/roundtable on latest developments in e-commerce - incl matchmaking, Q&A and tour. Focus areas: 14:00-14:10 - general introduction by UPS and delegation leader of the trade mission 14:10-14:30 - NeXt generation customers 14:30-14:50 - Parts/Return/Reverse/Service logistics 14:50-15:10 - Last mile logistics 15:10-15:30 - Warehouse maangement systems 15:30-16:00 - Q&A and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. WorldPay, FirstData, Global Payments, NCR, Equifax, Elavon, TSYS, SunTrust, Simeio, Vesta Corporation, Vanco Payments, CardLytics, CoinX, Bastille, Controlscan, Acculynk, Kabbage and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. Dell SecureWorks, IBM (ISS), AT&T, IntelSat, CISCO, Ionic Security, Pindrop Security End of economic Mission 6

7 Breakfast Thursday 8 October 2015 OPTIONAL PROGRAM (DRAFT) Breakfast kick-off meeting: - Official welcome and briefing on the program and logistics Morning and Lunch (tbd): - Introduction to key industry developments and regulatory challenges in the space of fintech. - Includes presentations and matchmaking group sessions with representatives from the banking and fintech industries incl. fintech and venture capital associations. - Partners include: Milken Institute, Chamber of Digital Commerce, Bitcoin Foundation, Coinbase, Ripple, CoinCenter, Master Card, PayPal, Intuit, Citi, Western Union, American Bankers Association, Electronic Transactions Association and National Venture Capital Association - Focus areas: digital currency, payments processing, security and eidentity Afternoon Institute of Standards and Technology (tbd): of Homeland Security (tbd): - Introduction to key developments and challenges in cyber security - Networking and discussions with experts and program managers including partners from industry and centers of excellence to discuss opportunities for collaboration - Focus areas: critical infrastructures, (nuclear and digital) forensics, national and urban security Networking event and lunch: - Introduction to key market and investment developments in cyber security in Maryland - Meetings with key players in the network of CyberMaryland: companies, investors, government agencies. - Pitch presentation for US companies and investors incl lunch Focus areas: - e-identity: National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) - critical infrastructures: National Center of Excellence Meeting with senior representatives of the NSTIC program and the National Center of Excellence. (NCSCoE) incl. the NIST partner network from e.g. financial services industry. Discussion on use cases and opportunities for collaboration. Evening 17:00 VIP networking and dinner with special guests and speakers from Fintech and communities 7

8 Breakfast Friday 9 October 2015 OPTIONAL PROGRAM (DRAFT) Morning and Lunch Reserve Bank Washington DC (tbd): Roundtable discussion and networking. Topics include (tbd): - The proliferation and use of virtual currencies - The impact of emerging technologies on financial industries and banking regulators - Challenges in international trade and market access in fintech - Privacy and consumer protection Introductions and roundtable sessions with experts from the Federal Reserve Bank, industry (see above), Milken Institute, Chamber of Digital Commerce, Bitcoin Foundation, CFPB, SEC, FTC, FDIC, NACHA incl. their partner networks incubator (tbd): Networking event and lunch: - Introduction to key market and investment developments in cyber security in Virginia - Meetings with key players in the network of Northern Virginia: companies, investors, government agencies. - Pitch presentation for US companies and investors incl lunch - Signing of MOU Followed by networking lunch. Afternoon visit(s): and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. VISA, Paypal, Intuit, Citi Focus areas: payment processes, eidentity Evening 18:00 visit(s): and/or customers. Includes presentations, Q&A, tour. Raytheon, Northgrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing Focus areas: critical infrastructures, ICS/SCADA, systems integration Cocktail reception and wrap-up / evaluation Afternoon/ evening Saterday 10 October 2015 OPTIONAL PROGRAM (DRAFT) 17:45-07:30 Departure from Washington DC to Amsterdam KL 652 8