August 11, 2008 – Sturbridge, MA: Tapping Into the Mexican and Canadian Markets

Discover the Opportunities in the Mexican and Canadian Food Markets and How Federal Assistance Programs Can Help Increase Your Export Sales.

August 11, 2008 • Sturbridge, MA • 9:00 am – 4:30 pm 
 
More small and medium sized food businesses from Massachusetts are doing business in Canada and Mexico.  As the dollar continues to weaken, there is more growth in U.S. food exports than expected.  Trade agreements are adding to this positive growth. Canada and Mexico currently buy 28% of America's food and agricultural exports, up from 20% purchased 15 years ago when trade began under NAFTA.  In 2007, U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico reached more than $25 billion.
 
Raul Caballero, Mexico City, and Kathy Boyce, Ontario, will provide an overview of the Mexican and Canadian markets including discussions on the economy, geography, and demographics.  They are experts in their respective markets, assisting US companies with market entry strategies and support.  

Space is very limited. Registration deadline: August 1, 2008 • $60 per person (includes lunch) Contact  dhruv.sood@N0SPAM.state.ma.us  617-626-1736 or  bonita.oehlke@N0SPAM.state.ma.us  617-626-1753 
 
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This seminar is sponsored by Food Export USA Northeast, the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, as well as partnering agencies in Connecticut and New Hampshire. 

August 17-19, 2008- Atlanta, GA: The Americas Competitiveness Forum 

The second annual Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) will be held on August 17-19, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia. The Forum will provide an opportunity for business-to-business and business-to-government discussions yielding practical actions that can be taken to improve competitiveness and economic prosperity in the Americas.

The Americas Competitiveness Forum will provide a venue for government ministers from the Western Hemisphere to come together with leaders from the private sector, academia, and non-governmental organizations, to explore cutting edge ideas and best practices in several key areas of competitiveness.

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September 17, 2008 - Boston, MA: Web Revolution for Business

Date: September 17, 2008
Venue: Google's offices in Cambridge, MA

You’ve built a website, but will they come? How do you do target marketing with website intelligence? How do you build a low-cost international marketing campaign? How can you find out if inquiries from international companies to your website are "real"?

All these questions and more will be answered at the Web Revolution half day seminars. The cost is only $60, and includes presentations from Google, FedEx and Baker & McKenzie.

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November 11-14, 2008 - Munich, Germany: Electronica 2008

As an American company with products and services related to electronics, specifically, components and assemblies, the U.S. Department of Commerce encourages you to exhibit at electronica 2008, the 23rd International Trade Fair for Components, Systems and Applications in electronics, to be held at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich Germany, November 11-14, 2008.

For more information on exhibiting at electronica 2008, you may contact Sabine Kallup, Project Manager, Munich International Trade Fairs, German American Chamber of Commerce, 75 Broad Street, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10004.  Tel: 646-437-1012, e-mail: skallup@N0SPAM.munich-tradefairs.com