NFAIS Webinar: Doing Business in Brazil: An Information Industry 

Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 11:00am (EDST)

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Featured Experts: James Locke, CEO of Enosis Global and Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D., Director of BrazilWorks

The world economy is growing, but it is China and other emerging economies such as that of Brazil -- not the U.S. and Europe -- that are leading the way. Indeed, Brazil has one of the fastest growing economies and is becoming a major player worldwide. Publishers and database producers cannot afford to ignore the market opportunities that it offers.

Want to learn more about the information industry in Brazil? NFAIS has scheduled a webinar - Doing Business in Brazil: An Information Industry Overview - to be held on June 1, 2011. The presentation will provide insights on the following with regard to the information industry in Brazil:

• Market size
• Fastest growing segments
• Government policies
• Leadership
• Publishing companies
• Number of Universities
• Number of degrees granted
• University spending
• Challenges and opportunities in doing business in Brazil
• Opportunities for publishers
• Current trends

The webinar will have two speakers. James Locke, CEO of Enosis Global. Locke helps companies enter or expand their business in the United States and in Brazil, leveraging his international experiences to help companies with location selection, marketing and branding, routes to market, organizational structure, business development, and government relations. He also helps both international and domestic companies with strategic planning, project management, alliance strategies, and business and trade development. Mr. Locke earned a BBA in Business Administration from Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

The second speaker will be Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D., Director of BrazilWorks ( www.brazilworks.org), Adjunct Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-University College, and Associate Researcher at the Centro Universitário de Brasilia (UniCEUB) in Brasilia, Brazil.

If you or your staff need to learn more about publishing developments and doing business in Brazil, register for this NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $75, Sister Society members pay $85, and non-members pay $95. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $225. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any Sister Society is $255, and for staff of non-member organizations is $285.  An NFAIS webinar on doing business in China is scheduled for April 7, 2011. Register for both and get a 10% discount!

For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org

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