alisonlohhman: Investing In Haiti: Challenges, Strategies, and Opportunities

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Investing In Haiti: Challenges, Strategies, and Opportunities | Tufts ...

Dear friends,

You are cordially invited to BrandHaiti?s Second Annual Business Symposium entitled ?Investing in Haiti: Challenges, Strategies, Opportunities?! This unique event will take place in Cabot Auditorium at the Fletcher School at Tufts University Saturday, February 11^th, from 10:30AM to 5:00PM (ET). REGISTER NOW! The purpose of the symposium is to bring the entrepreneurial potential of Haiti to the forefront of economic policy while simultaneously deconstructing the negative conceptions too often associated with the country. This symposium will assemble prominent members of the business community, students, activists, and organizations that currently work to ameliorate the Haitian economy, but who will also discuss the promising future for a sovereign Haitian with an innovative private sector. It is our hope that you will share your vast personal and professional experiences with the students, academics, activists, economists, and investors in attendance during the question and answer sessions of our four panels:

1. Entrepreneurship

2. Investment Industries

3. Infrastructure & Economic Development

4.The Role of the Diaspora in Promoting Growth

BrandHaiti is a non-profit, student-led marketing organization that re-brands the negative images and perceptions of Haiti currently dominating international discourse. Our goal is to highlight the Haitian people?s resiliency, creative capacity, and entrepreneurial ability to foster pro-Haitian business investment and revitalize a non-exploitative economy. We do so through a number activities, including the creation of a product line to connect Haitian artisans and entrepreneurs directly to markets, an inaugural spring break program to expose young foreign entrepreneurs to the beautiful Caribbean island of Haiti and network with Haitians, expos?s of Haitian entrepreneurs on our website with photos and videos to highlight the positive aspects of doing business in Haiti, and many more.

Currently, here is list of confirmed speakers:

?????? Drusillia Brown, Economist at Tufts and Chair of International Relations Studies
?????? Prof. Bernard Simonin, Nation-Branding Specialist at Fletcher School
?????? Genevieve Lemke, Owner of Wahoo Bay Beach Club & Resort in Haiti
?????? Joey Adler, CEO of Diesel and Founder of ONEXONE
?????? Jean-Patrick Lucien, CEO of BelSoley
?????? Fritz Charles, Haiti Ventures
?????? Mathias Pierre, Executive Director of GaMa Consulting Inc. in Haiti
?????? Jacques-Philippe Piverger, CEO of Global Syndicate
?????? Wilhelm Lemke, CEO of d?Adesky Group
?????? Legrand Gandhi Lindor, Esq., CEO of LGappareL, LLC, President of Provincial Real Estate Group
?????? Chef Ron DuPrat, ?Top Chef? and Culinary School of Haiti?Top Chef? Ron DuPrat has generously agreed to cater the event. This year?s symposium is generously sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University.

It is our hope you will join us in an effort to construct practical solutions to investing in Haiti, especially investing in those young Haitian entrepreneurs who are the future of this Caribbean nation. REGISTER TODAY!

Best regards,

The BrandHaiti Team