Upcoming Outreach
SelectUSA will conduct targeted outreach throughout the United States and around the world. Some upcoming events include:
- On September 12, SelectUSA will be speaking as part of a panel at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS is expected to be attended by 1,800 companies and 82,000 buyers and sellers from roughly 116 countries.
- On September 23-25, SelectUSA will be speaking as a part of a larger U.S. International Trade Administration presence at the Realizing the Economic Strength of Our 21st Century Border Conference. The conference will focus on range of areas from workforce needs to trade facilitation and identification of cross-border economic development and job creation strategies.
- On September 30 – October 3, representatives from SelectUSA will be speaking as part of three panels at the International Economic Development Council’s 2012 Annual Conference in Houston, Texas. The first panel will take place on October 1, entitled Tapping into the Global Economy: Effective International Attraction Strategies. The second panel will be held on October 2 and is entitled Doing Business with China. The third panel will be held on October 3 and will be a SelectUSA specific session entitled SelectUSA: Your Federal Government Partner to Attract, Retain, and Expand Investment. SelectUSA will also maintain a booth at the event with a larger focus on the challenges and opportunities of growing jobs and investment in a global economy.
- On October 4, AIM –International Business Council and the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council will hold the 2012 International Business Symposium. At this event in Springfield, Massachusetts, SelectUSA will participate in a series of panels comprised of global business leaders who will discuss opportunities for international trade and investment between the United States and emerging and developed economies.
- On October 9, SelectUSA will be speaking as a part of the Duke Energy Economic Development Team LEDO Workshop in Indianapolis, Indiana. The speaking engagement will be a part of a panel discussion entitled, Regional Best Practices for Successfully Designing a Foreign Investment Strategy.
- On October 22, a SelectUSA representative will speak at an Invest in America Seminar in Oman. The topics to be covered at the event will range from investment funds to doing business under the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement.
- On October 22-26, SelectUSA and the U.S. Commercial Service Milan will participate in a five-day five-city road show titled “Doing Business and Investing in the United States” hosted by the Italian Trade Commission. The seminars will occur in Verona, Treviso, Bologna, Milan, and Turin. For details, please visit www.italtrade.com.
- On October 25-26, SelectUSA will participate in seminars on Doing Business in the United States in Edinburgh and Manchester, hosted by the Council of American States in Europe (CASE). For more information, please visit www.case-europe.com.
- On November 12-13, SelectUSA will be presenting as a part of the China Overseas Investment Fair (COIFAIR) in Beijing, China. The theme for this year’s event will be “Invest and Cooperate for a Better World”. Attendance is expected to be high, with 5,000 multinationals and 12,000 Chinese companies having been invited by the COIFAIR Secretariat to participate.
- On November 13, the Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is organizing an investment seminar for potential Taiwanese investors to the United States. AIT is partnering with Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to organize a full-day program. The program will include information on investment incentives, taxes, visas and legal issues in the morning and breakout sessions focusing on several industry sectors. Individual states are invited to participate in this full-day seminar. For more information, contact Mei Mei Wang at Meimei.Wang@trade.gov. Deadline for state registration is October 1, 2012.
Recent SelectUSA outreach has included:
- On August 22-23, SelectUSA participated in the China Overseas Investment Summit (COIS). Executive Director Steve Olson delivered the keynote address at the seminar on August 23rd, promoting the United States as the most friendly outbound investment destination in the world.
Announcements by U.S. Economic Development Organizations:
SelectUSA is introducing a new section in its monthly updates that provides U.S. economic development organizations (EDO) a platform to share announcements and initiatives that readers may find of interest. This information is shared here for reference, only. If you are an EDO and have an announcement that you’d like to share, please contact us at info@selectUSA.gov.
- The Arizona Innovation Challenge has announced its fall 2012 Challenge to award funding to innovative companies. Please visit www.azinnovationchallenge.com for more details.
Reports of Note:
- The Asian Development Bank released a new edition of Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012, containing the most up-to-date economic, financial, social and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the bank. The new edition highlights green urbanization projects in Asia and the role of FDI in the rapid urbanization process.
- KMPG International released a report Global Rewards Within Reach, a survey of mid-sized multinational companies in the Americas. The report focuses on how mid-sized corporations are pursuing global expansion. An interesting finding in the report is that when mid-sized companies assess whether to expand globally and invest in foreign ventures, market opportunities and market size weighs more heavily in the decision than cost savings.
- Ernst & Young released Capturing the Momentum, the 2012 attractiveness survey for Brazil. The report found that Brazil is the most attractive destination in Latin America, receiving the votes of 7 out of 10 business leaders as the country in which they would most likely establish a business. The report also states that while industrial progress has been hindered in Brazil in recent years, the real future for FDI and their economy is in manufacturing.
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