The World Trade Center Delaware is hosting a briefing on Jan. 26 at the University & Whilst Club/Ball Room in Wilmington, Del., to give businesses the tools and confidence necessary to succeed in the global marketplace.

The briefing is designed to provide the skills, strategies, insights and network of contacts necessary to expand sales globally. It is geared toward companies thinking about exporting or companies that have just exported reactively.

Registration is open online.

The schedule of events is as follows:

9:00 a.m.
SBA Export Guaranteed Loan Programs
Robert L. Elsas, Export Solutions Group and U.S. Small Business Administration

9:45 a.m.
China today and tomorrow: Practical advice to small and midsize businesses
Dr. James Chan, Asia Marketing & Management

10:30 a.m.
STEP Grant from the State of Delaware
David Mathe, export director

11:15 a.m.
A Delaware company that has used STEP Funds
TBD

1:00 p.m.
One-on-one appointments until 3:00 p.m.
Speakers, SBA, State Representatives