Los Angeles-Hungary Business Summit Brings a ``Taste of Hungary'' to Los Angeles.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2003 State Secretary, Consul General consul general n. pl. consuls general Abbr. CG A consul of the highest rank serving at a principal location and usually responsible for other consular offices within a country. , Trade Commissioner and Business Leaders Convene to Form Business Alliances What do the Rubik's Cube Rubik's Cube (commonly misspelled rubix, rubick's or rubicscube) is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974[1] by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. , Harry Houdini, Andy Grove, Governor George Pataki George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who was the 57th Governor of New York serving from January 1995 until January 1, 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party and was seen as a possible 2000 and 2008 Presidential candidate. , Paul Newman Noun 1. Paul Newman - United States film actor (born in 1925) Newman, Paul Leonard Newman , Goldie Hawn, Adrien Brody Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, the youngest actor ever to win the award. , Calvin Klein, Estee Lauder, Drew Barrymore, Karch Kiraly, Robert Capa, George Cukor, Franz Liszt, Andre Kertesz, Jozef Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen, the father of the VW Beetle, the inventor of the seat belt and Hugo Bockh, the geologist who discovered Iran's oil fields, have in common? Answer -- they are of Hungarian descent. These, and so many more innovators, explorers, mathematicians, engineers, scientists, philosophers, musicians, creative artists and Nobel Prize-winners hail from one of Europe's most culturally diverse, progressive and intellectually rich countries -- Hungary. You are cordially invited to attend the Los Angeles-Hungary Business Summit on May 21 at 9:30 a.m. The Hungarian Consul General and an official delegation of Hungarian Trade representatives and businessmen will meet with local and regional business executives, U.S. trade officials and the media in Los Angeles The Media of Los Angeles serves a large population in the Los Angeles area. The major daily newspaper in the area is The Los Angeles Times. La Opinión is the city's major Spanish-language paper. to unveil their mission of promoting Hungarian trade and investment opportunities for American businesses interested in reaching over 600 million Europeans from Central Europe's most exciting hub. The mission is part of a five-city tour, with stops in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Detroit, Boston and Seattle. Ranked 6th in the top 10 of best countries to develop high technology industries in a survey conducted by The Financial Times, Hungary is quickly developing a highly visible role as the regional center for high technology manufacturing and research and development for Eastern Europe. In the past 10 years, foreigners have invested over $24 billion in Hungary and the economy has grown by nearly 4% a year for the past five years with bilateral trade up ten-fold in the past decade. Furthermore, Hungary has been described by a Lehman Brothers-Eurasian Group Study published in the Economist Magazine and The Wall Street Journal as "the most stable emerging economy in the world." Members of the trade mission include: Dr. Imre Rethy, State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Economy and Transportation; Mr. Szabolcs Kerek-Barczy, Consul General of the Republic of Hungary; Dr. Andras Kiss-Dozsai, Senior Director, Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency (ITDH ITDH Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency ); Dr. Odon Kiraly, Trade Commissioner for Hungary (Los Angeles); and Mr. George Hemingway, owner of the largest chain of fast-food franchises in Hungary (KFC KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken (restaurant chain) KFC Kenya Flower Council KFC Kitchen Fresh Chicken (Kentucky Fried Chicken motto) KFC Kung Fu Cult (Cinema) KFC Kitchen Fixed Charge and Pizza Hut).
MEDIA REGISTRATION, RSVP IS ESSENTIAL TO: 323.960.4787
LOS ANGELES - HUNGARY BUSINESS SUMMIT
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Luxe Summit Bel Air Hotel
Metro Room
11461 Sunset Boulevard - 310.476.6571
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