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Selling Online to Southeast Asia

November 2, 2022 - 10:00 PM EDT

Selling Online to Southeast Asia

Grow your online sales across SouthEast Asia

There's never been a better time to start selling online to consumers in your neighboring countries across Southeast Asia. Build your entire cross-border ecommerce roadmap in this single workshop with industry leaders from across the globe! All through the award-winning GrowBig Initiative ecommerce workshop platform used by governments and industry to accelerate merchant growth across multiple channels and geographies.

1.  James Eron from Kung Fu Data and Josh Halpern a.k.a. Vanbassador help answer the question, “How big is my opportunity across the region by country, channel, and product vertical?” 

2. Lee Yung Sheng from Singapore Business Federation talks about how they can help support your international online sales through market advisory, networking, and more.

3. Shruti Tiwari from CedCommerce speaks on managing inventory and syndicating your listings across multiple online sales channels such as marketplaces, your own website and social commerce sites.

4. Travis Robinson from Zonos shares insights on improving customer experience and gaining visibility on duties & taxes, and full “landed costs” instantly with a seamless cross-border enabled check-out experience.

5. Kammy Tse from FedEx covers how to increase sales through logistics. Boosting conversion with shipping technology and time-definite solutions.

6. Raul Gonzalez Osuna from Payoneer talks about how to reduce your FX rates, reduce decline rates, and reduce operational expenses by leveraging earned funds in your target geography to pay for supplies and services without repatriating funds. 

7. Lyn Rosmarin from Prizm talks about building your brand across social media and avoiding common digital marketing and content localization pitfalls. 

8. Nugraheni Utami highlights the resources provided by the US-ASEAN Business Council's SME Academy which can support your growth with a global network and training services.

Date & Time

November 2, 2022 - 10:00 PM EDT

Topics
Ecommerce
Location

Zoom webinar

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The Grow Big Initiative
The Grow Big Initiative (GBI) brings together best-in-breed industry experts, business leaders and government officials to re-tool and empower small and medium-sized companies to get online and start selling EVERYWHERE.

Speakers

Nugraheni Widia Utami
Nugraheni Widia Utami

Nugraheni Widia Utami

Manager, SME ASEAN Program

Utami is a Manager at the US-ASEAN Business Council where she leads the Council's SME Program in ASEAN. Her aim is to create an impactful program to empower ASEAN SMEs in the digital transformation era and build a more inclusive environment for small businesses, especially during the COVID-19 situation. She focuses to establish a strong partnership between U.S. Private Sectors and the ASEAN Government. She works together with these stakeholders and develops various capacity-building activities for SMEs in the region.
Lee Yung Sheng
Lee Yung Sheng

Lee Yung Sheng

Executive Director, Global Division 1

Lee Yung Sheng graduated from Miami University with an honours degree in Economics and Finance. Yung has senior management experience as Management Committee member in large banks and SME’s. He has 30 years experience in the financial, technology and lifestyle sector. His broad experience includes general management, business strategy, sales, market entry, operations and technology. At Singapore Business Federation (SBF), Mr Lee is the Executive Director for Global Division 1. He is responsible for the SEAPAC (South East Asia and Pacific) region which includes ASEAN, ANZ, North America, Central and Latin America.
Raul Gonzalez Osuna
Raul Gonzalez Osuna

Raul Gonzalez Osuna

Director, Enterprise Client Success

Payoneer is the world’s go-to partner for digital commerce, everywhere. From borderless payments to boundless growth, Payoneer promises any business, in any market, the technology, connections and confidence to participate and flourish in the new global economy. Powering growth for customers ranging from aspiring entrepreneurs in emerging markets to the world’s leading digital brands, Payoneer offers a universe of opportunities, open to you.
Shruti Tiwari
Shruti Tiwari

Shruti Tiwari

Content Marketing Manager

Being actively involved with the SaaS and Open Source industry, Shruti has a good hold on everything eCommerce and has expertise in framing content, including web content, web marketing, and guest posts. Staying updated with industry activities, she delivers the right content to help the end audiences grow their ecommerce sales. Ms. Tiwari Shruti is a proud Ambassador at Women Techmakers and leads the content marketing and partner collaboration between CedCommerce and the Grow Big Initiative.
Josh Halpern
Josh Halpern

Josh Halpern

HOST - Chairman of Grow Big Initiative.

Josh is the chair of the Grow Big Initiative which is a public/private partnership to help companies grow their sales across multiple online channels and geographies. Mr. Halpern is also the North American General Manager of Shopline.

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Lyn Rosmarin
Lyn Rosmarin

Lyn Rosmarin

Director

Lyn is a modern management executive who has a hybrid background in Capital Markets and Entrepreneurship. Currently, she is the Head of Prizm Digital Singapore, managing the expansion of Prizm group business outside of HK headquarters. She first started her banking career lasting more than a decade covering hedge funds, banks, asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds in the region.
Kammy Tse
Kammy Tse

Kammy Tse

Marketing Advisor

Based in Hong Kong, Kammy manages FedEx Express relationships with third-party eCommerce enablers and technology providers within the AMEA region to grow.
Travis Robinson
Travis Robinson

Travis Robinson

Chief Strategy Officer

Travis Robinson is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Zonos, a leading, cross-border technology solution that simplifies the complexities of global trade. Travis loves working with teams to find solutions to difficult problems and bring order out of chaos. With over 7 years of industry experience, Travis has gained a wide range of knowledge and loves utilizing that to assist customers in building out a world-class cross-border solution. Throughout his time at Zonos, Travis has led Customer Success, and Engineering, as well as established Zonos' first international office in Gold Coast, Australia. He now works closely with all teams throughout the organization around its long and short-term strategy to help continue Zonos' success.
James Eron
James Eron

James Eron

Partner

James is a Partner at Kung Fu Data, China's leading eCommerce Data and Analytics advisory and a leading TMall Partner (TP) focused on digital optimization. Results-oriented executive with deep strategy, business development, sales, marketing, and technical management experience in the China eCommerce industry. Proven track record of success in growing revenue streams, leading sales teams, negotiating strategic deals, and managing key partnerships in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.

Partners

Singapore Business Federation
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) is the apex business chamber that champions the interests of the Singapore business community in trade, investment and industrial relations. It represents more than 27,000 companies, as well as key local and foreign business chambers, that contribute significantly to the Singapore economy.
Contact the Singapore Business Federation
US-ASEAN Business Council
The ASEAN SME Academy platform is a free online learning platform initially launched in 2016 to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southeast Asia. This platform is an initiative led by the US-ASEAN Business Counciland an official ASEAN platform endorsed by the ACCMSME and co-administered by the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry – Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development and Philippine Trade and Training Centre.
Contact the US-ASEAN Business Council
Payoneer
Payoneer is the world’s go-to partner for digital commerce, everywhere. From borderless payments to boundless growth, Payoneer promises any business, in any market, the technology, connections and confidence to participate and flourish in the new global economy. 
Contact Payoneer
CEDCommerce

 CedCommerce is a leading eCommerce platform and marketplace integrator. It leads with the vision to serve online merchants with the best multichannel capabilities enabling them to leverage secure, optimized, and scalable integration tools and technologies.

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PRIZM Group Singapore
PRIZM digital marketing agency was founded with the belief that for a brand to be digital, it is more than translating content from print to new media, and we have to exceed what a traditional online advertising agency or online marketing agency delivers. Rather it is a mindset transformation of how digital innovations and business operations are knitted together seamlessly.
Contact PRIZM Group
U.S. Commercial Service - Malaysia
The U.S. Commercial Service Malaysia resides at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and promotes U.S. exports, facilitates inward investment to the U.S. and conducts Commercial Diplomacy to support U.S. business interests.
Contact the USCS Malaysia
U.S. Commercial Service - Singapore
Our team helps U.S. exporters identify potential business partners, obtain valuable market research, and launch their U.S.-made products and services in Singapore and Brunei. 
Contact the USCS Singapore
U.S. Commercial Service - Hong Kong
The U.S. Commercial Service at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau promotes exports of U.S. goods and services into the market.  We provide a range of services and programs to help American companies, and also encourage Hong Kong and Macau business investment into the U.S.
Contact the USCS Hong Kong
FedEx
FedEx connects people and possibilities through our worldwide portfolio of shipping, transportation, e-commerce and business services. We offer integrated business applications through our collaboratively managed operating companies — collectively delivering extraordinary service to our customers — using the expertise and reliability represented by the FedEx brand.
Contact FedEx
Zonos
Zonos provides scalable technology to simplify the complexities of international commerce making it accessible to everyone. We create products that allow businesses to take full control of their cross-border trade experience. Our SaaS solutions alleviate the headaches of cross-border trade with APIs and software that provide businesses with the tools and data they need to scale globally, including the only true landed cost solution on the market.
Contact Zonos
Kung Fu Data
KFD is the key to your brand's success in China, from intel to entry, and optimisation. With roots as a data and market research firm, the KFD team are experts in leveraging actionable, data-driven insights to expertly navigate market conditions and manage brand operations for unparalleled success in China.
Contact Kung Fu Data