GLOBE Series is the largest and longest-running sustainable business summit and innovation showcase in North America. Since 1990, 170,000 people from 97 countries have come to GLOBE to learn from industry leaders, marvel at cutting-edge technology and form long-lasting partnerships. In 2020, we’ll be celebrating the 30th anniversary of this event and our amazing community — that’s 30 years of big deals, big ideas and big impact!
Given the urgency of the global climate crisis, GLOBE 2020 will have a laser focus on impact, action and outcomes. Offering stellar growth and networking opportunities to thousands of corporate, government and young leaders, GLOBE 2020 is the business summit with global impact.
The time for acting on opportunities in the clean economy is now. Trillions of dollars are on the table. This is your chance to shape the economy of tomorrow.
GLOBE Exchange: For the first time ever, GLOBE is dedicating a full day to business-to-business (B2B) networking and transactions focused on cleantech. Taking place on February 10, 2020, GLOBE Exchange will connect capital and market opportunities with innovation to accelerate the transition to the clean economy.
GLOBE Forum: GLOBE Forum is our flagship business summit, featuring world-renowned thought leaders, innovators and sustainability experts. The GLOBE community is at the forefront of economic transformation: we generate ideas, make deals and take bold steps that transform our economy and change the world for the better. Every session, activity, networking break and exhibit will be focused on creating a big impact — for your business, for the economy and for the planet.
Innovation Showcase: GLOBE’s Innovation Showcase is the place to experience cutting-edge technology and find your own path through the clean economy. The latest and greatest in cleantech will be front and centre at GLOBE 2020. In the Hall of Technology, you will get a chance to touch and feel the newest innovations in sustainability. Our Hall of Discovery will give you the opportunity to meet leaders from Canada and around the world, featuring corporate vanguards in five thematic clusters: Bioeconomy/Circular Economy, Mobility, Smart Cities, Carbon Productivity, and Oceans & Plastic.
Meet your people. Grow your business. Change the world.
Register here: globeseries.com/forum/register
Dates:
FEB 10 | GLOBE Exchange
FEB 10-13 | GLOBE Forum
FEB 11-12 | Innovation Showcase
Location: Vancouver Convention Center West
Contact: Alice.Martin@globeseries.com, Sarah.Fox@trade.gov, Bob.Deane@trade.gov, or Ryan.Russell@trade.gov
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The USA Fair in Lagos is a 3-day conference and exhibition which covers multiple sectors and provides an avenue for U.S. companies to showcase their services/value propositions to a large Nigerian audience. It's taking place on March 31 - April 2, 2020. At the maiden edition held in May 2019, we had 33 US exhibitors and over 5,000 Nigerian attendees, with representation from key government and private sector stakeholders. Exhibition fee is only $2,000, which includes a 3m x 3m booth, 1m diameter display table, 2 regular chairs, power outlet, a trash can, a light bulb, booth fascia board branding, an invitation to our networking reception, tea/coffee breaks, and a pre-event meet-and-greet with other exhibitors. Additional items and services, such as B2B meetings, product presentations, magazine racks, booth branding, and other related requests are available on-demand. Early bird discounts available until November 30th
Date: March 31 - April 2, 2020
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Contact: Benedicta.Nkwoh@trade.gov
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You are invited on Tuesday, November 19 at 2:00pm Eastern to join regional experts like Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary Alan Turley and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Laurie Farris on a webinar to learn more about opportunities in key Asian markets. This will be a great opportunity to engage with experts, learn about the industry prospects in the region, hear an experienced company's perspectives on business in this region, and learn about the Trade Winds 2020 Business Forum.
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Why the Indo-Pacific
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Japan is the third largest economy in the world, after the United States and China and fourth largest importer of U.S. goods.
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South Korea remains one of the world’s most trade-dependent nations, with trade valued at 90 percent of GDP.
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Thailand is not only one of the world’s top ten most visited countries, in 2018, Thailand received U.S. goods valued at $12.6 billion.
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Hong Kong is an ideal platform for doing business in Asia, especially mainland China. Hong Kong is a free port that does not levy any customs tariff and has limited excise duties.
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Vietnam’s young consumers are among the most optimistic in the world providing the right demographics for growth and receptivity to U.S. products and services.
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Register here: Access Asia: Sell to the Indo-Pacific Top Markets!
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 2:00pm Eastern
The State Department's Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs will host a call on December 3, 2019 at 9:00am Eastern to encourage U.S. companies to explore opportunities to export air quality monitoring and control equipment to South and Central Asia. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ambassador Marcia Bernicat will host the discussion If you have interest to expand your air quality business in that region, please be sure to attend.
Register and find more information here. Registration deadline is November 29.
Please email DirectLineNotification@state.gov with any questions.
Location: Israel
Opportunity: In line with a recent Israeli Government resolution, Mekorot Water Company is required to significantly increase its investments in development of the Israeli water infrastructure. The comprehensive upgrades will present substantial opportunities for U.S. exporters of equipment and services. Mekorot’s development budget will increase to approximately $4 billion in the next 7 years (of which approximately $1 billion will be open for international tenders). Key opportunities include laying water pipes up to 108", drilling of shallow and deep-water wells, construction of pumping stations and reservoirs, water treatment and desalination facilities, Advanced sensors and meters, command and control system, SCADA system, new central operation system, cyber security. A delegation comprised of 11 key management staff of Mekorot is scheduled to participate in a series of events in the U.S. between November 12-14, 2019 to present these opportunities and encourage U.S. companies to bid on upcoming tenders.
Contact: Naama.Altman@trade.gov
Location: Pakistan
Opportunity: Established in 1984, The Dolmen Group is one of Pakistan’s leading real-estate companies, primarily engaged in the development, construction and management of prime commercial real-estate. They are looking for a U.S. company that can provide complete solutions to generate electricity via waste-to-energy technology.
Contact: tashfeen.mehdi@trade.gov
Location: Tunisia
Opportunity: The EBRD is working on the components of the Wastewater Program with the National Office of Sanitation of Tunisia ("ONAS"), the national water purification company, the ultimate beneficiary. The EBRD's € 20 million loan will finance the expansion and rehabilitation of three wastewater treatment plants and the extension and rehabilitation of the network (the "Project"). These investments will improve the wastewater services offered to a population estimated at 400,000 inhabitants in the governorate of Bizerte. ONAS plans to appoint a consulting firm or a group of consulting firms (the "Consultant") for assistance with the implementation of the Environmental and Social Action Plan of the project (PAES) Required by the EBRD.
Deadline: December 13th, 2019 at 10am
Contact: Mrs. Dhouha Benzarti at dep.developpement@onas.nat.tn or Mr. Slim Hajji at pge.etude@onas.nat.tn
Event: Webinar - Access Asia: Sell to the Indo-Pacific Top Markets!
Date: November 19, 2019 at 2:00pm Eastern
Description: Join experts like Deputy Assistant Secretary Alan Turley and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Laurie Farris at the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration on a webinar to learn more about key markets in this region. This will be a great opportunity to engage with experts, learn about industry opportunities in the region, hear from a company's own experience, and learn about the Trade Winds 2020 Business Forum.
Event: Call with the State Department on Air Quality Opportunities in South and Central Asia
Date: December 3, 2019 at 9:00am Eastern
Description: The State Department's Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs will be hosting this call to encourage U.S. companies to explore opportunities to export air quality monitoring and control equipment to South and Central Asia.
Event: InterAqua
Date: January 29-31, 2020
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Contact: Kimdell Lorei at klorei@b-for.com or https://www.b-for.com/archives/events/interaqua-japan
Event: Envirotech Executive Service (EES) Mission – Water Delegation to India
Location: New Delhi, Ahmedabad & Chennai with optional spin-off Gold Key Service in Mumbai or Hyderabad
Date: February 9-15, 2020 (spin-off on February 17, 2020)
Description: Water/wastewater is one of the most promising sub-sectors of the environment technologies industry in India for U.S. exporters. The EES Mission to India will introduce potential delegates to the Indian water/wastewater markets in these three cities; help participants learn about relevant policies, procedures and opportunities in India’s water industry; and take part in business to business matchmaking appointments with private sector organizations and government agencies. In addition, the delegates will have an opportunity to visit/participate in the Water Expo 2020 (www.waterexpo.biz) , a local trade show that takes place from February 13-15, 2020 in Chennai.
Contact: Jolanta.coffey@trade.gov & Malarvizhi.parimel@trade.gov
Event: GLOBE 2020
GLOBE Series is the largest and longest-running sustainable business summit and innovation showcase in North America. Since 1990, 170,000 people from 97 countries have come to GLOBE to learn from industry leaders, marvel at cutting-edge technology and form long-lasting partnerships. In 2020, we’ll be celebrating the 30th anniversary of this event and our amazing community — that’s 30 years of big deals, big ideas and big impact! Given the urgency of the global climate crisis, GLOBE 2020 will have a laser focus on impact, action and outcomes. Offering stellar growth and networking opportunities to thousands of corporate, government and young leaders, GLOBE 2020 is the business summit with global impact. The series will be composed of three parts, the GLOBE Exchange, the GLOBE Forum, and an Innovation Showcase.
Dates: February 10-13
Location: Vancouver Convention Center West
Contact: Alice.Martin@globeseries.com, Sarah.Fox@trade.gov, Bob.Deane@trade.gov, or Ryan.Russell@trade.gov
Event: Water Today's Water Expo
Location: Chennai, India
Date: February 13-15, 2020
Contact: Malarvizhi Parimel at Malarvizhi.Parimel@trade.gov
Event: USA Fair 2020
Date: March 31 - April 2, 2020
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Description: The USA Fair is a 3 day conference and exhibition which covers multiple sectors and provides an avenue for US companies to showcase their services/value propositions to a large Nigerian audience. At the maiden edition which held in May 2019, we had 33 US exhibitors and over 5,000 Nigerian attendees, with representation from key government and private sector stakeholders. Exhibition cost only is $2,000 which includes 3m x 3m booth, 1m diameter display table, 2 regular chairs, power outlet, a trash can, a light bulb, booth fascia board branding, invitation to networking reception, tea/coffee breaks, pre-event meet-and-greet with other exhibitors. Additional items and services, such as B2B meetings, product presentations, magazine racks, booth branding, and other related requests are available on-demand. Early bird discounts available until November 30th
Contact: Benedicta.Nkwoh@trade.gov
Event: IFAT
Date: May 5-9, 2020
Location: Munich, Germany
Description: IFAT is the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management. This truly international show offered over 3,300 exhibitors the opportunity to present their latest innovations in waste management and recycling to more than 142,000 visitors from 162 countries! There is still time to apply for the show, but time is running out. You can apply here: https://www.ifat.de/exhibitors/book-your-space/application-for-main-exhibitors/index.html to be placed on a waitlist (registration deadline was April 30) or to apply as a co-exhibitor.
Contact: CS Germany’s Doris Groot at doris.groot@trade.gov or the show organizer contact, Karen Vogelsang at kvogelsang@tssworldwide.com.
Event: Singapore International Water Week
Date: July 5-9, 2020
Location: Singapore
Description: There will be a U.S. pavilion and support for participating U.S. exhibitors from the U.S. Commercial Service in Singapore.
Contact: Sherry Ng at Sherry.Ng@trade.gov
Export Basics
STEP Funds (Grant available to U.S. SMEs looking to Export Internationally) via Small Business Administration.
HS Codes, Tariffs, Taxes, Controls and Licenses, Guide to Exporting, and Recorded Webinars
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