Thank you to everyone for making Trade Winds Europe a Success!

This year’s event involved 150 participants including 97 U.S. business representatives from 67 companies spanning 25 states as well as 28 SCOs from across Europe.  Participating companies conducted over 1000 scheduled business meetings including over 600 meetings with Europe based SCOs and 400 meetings with Turkish businesses

Trade Winds Europe at a Glance:

What: U.S. exporters learned from the experts on European market opportunities and how to market U.S. products and services throughout Europe.
Where:  Istanbul, Turkey
When:   April 14 to 16, 2008

Monday, April 14 - Pan European Business Development Conference

Tuesday, April 15 - Private Meetings with Senior Commercial Officers from 27 European Countries

Wednesday, April 16- Prearranged business appointments with Turkish Companies

About Trade Winds Europe:

Pan European Business Conference:  The Conference featured leading experts from the private sector and key U.S. government officials.  Representatives were able to address important industry trends and trade topics to help develop a Pan-European business strategy. 

Private Meetings with U.S. Commercial Officers:  While at the conference, participating companies had the opportunity to meet privately with the U.S. Senior Commercial Officers to discuss business opportunities for their company.  In an effort to help prepare for meetings, information on each company was sent to each Officer with whom they had requested an appointment.  U.S. Senior Commercial Officers from the following markets were available:

Austria* Belgium* Bulgaria* Croatia* Czech Republic* European Union* France* Finland* Germany*  Greece* Hungary* Ireland* Italy* Kazakhstan*Netherlands Poland* Portugal* Romania* Russia* Serbia* Slovakia*Spain* Sweden* Switzerland* Turkey* Ukraine* United Kingdom*

Access to this many markets in one location is absolutely unique!

Business to Business Matchmaking Appointments!

On the third day of the program participation in prearranged business appointments with Turkish companies whose interests and objectives matched the company's requirements were available. Meetings were held at the hotel and each company received an agenda of prearranged appointments prior to arrival in Turkey.

To Access a Webinar on this Pan European Business Conference: Trade Winds Europe Webinar

To Access PowerPoint Presentations from the Pan European Business Conferece and the Senior Commerical Officers, please click HERE 

Additional Information:

***For More Information: Please contact any of our Trade Winds Europe Team members:

Debora Sykes, Ph 856-722-1032/ Email:debora.sykes@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Janice Barlow, Ph 215-597-6126/ Email:janice.barlow@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Deborah Doherty, Ph 717-872-4386/Email:deborah.doherty@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Bill Burwell, Ph 410-962-3097/Email:bill.burwell@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Greg Sizemore, Ph 704-333-4886/Email:greg.sizemore@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Michael Manning, Ph 856-722-0958/Email:michael.manning@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Anne Grey, Ph 703-235-0327/Email:anne.grey@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Leslie Drake, Ph 304-347-5123/Email:leslie.drake@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov

Shannon Christenbury, Ph 704-333-4886/Email: shannon.christenbury@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov