SAN DIEGO – World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD) will present its annual 2011 International Business Leadership Awards during a ceremony on Jan. 11 at Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center on the campus of San Diego State University. The awards will recognize San Diego companies, people and technologies that embody the best of the international trade community and outstanding achievement in exports and imports. The ceremony will feature Dr. Maynard Howe, CEO of Stemedica, as the keynote speaker. Registration and networking begin at 4 p.m. at the center, located at 5500 Campanile Dr. The awards ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m. Howe will speak on Stemedica’s strategic path to international growth. A reception follows the ceremony. Belle Heule, president and CEO of WTCSD, said judging has become more difficult each year because of the achievements of local companies in growing their international businesses and the creative ways institutions and organizations are supporting the growth. Companies will be recognized from three categories: Importer of the Year, Exporter of the Year and Service Provider of the Year. The finalists are: • 2011 Importer of the Year Award: — AMSOLAR Corp. — Goodrich Corp. — Nationwide Promotions, LLC — Seawind International Inc. 2011 Exporter of the Year Award: — ABC Aluminum Solutions — Aperio — CMF Distribution — MLB (Happy Heiny’s) — Orthodontic Design & Production, Inc. — Solar Turbines Inc. — Solatube Global Marketing, Inc. — WD-40 • 2011 Service Provider of the Year Award: — BC Manufacturing — Center for International Trade Development, Southwestern College (CITD) — CIBER@SDSU — Kintetsu World Express — Pacific Western Bank — San Diego-United States Export Assistance Center (USEAC) — Technology Integration Group (TIP) — Validation Technologies, Inc. — WorldTrans Services Inc. For more information on registration or on the event itself, visit www.wtcsd.org.