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Upcoming Business Conferences and Private
Sector events Focused on Iraqi Reconstruction February 11 U.S. Secretary of Commerce hosted an interagency business
briefing on Iraq that included remarks from Tom Foley, director of private
sector development, Coalition Provisional Authority; Rend al-Rahim, Iraq's
representative to the United States, and senior officials from the department of
commerce, treasury department, state department, export-import bank, OPIC, and
the private sector. Proceedings of this event including web casts of each
session are available for world-wide viewing on
www.export.gov/iraq. Materials
also include a useful PowerPoint presentation on “doing business in Iraq”
prepared by minister counselor Bob Connan, recently serving in Iraq on business
and trade issues. Please share these links with interested clients. Late February U.S. Department of Commerce domestic road show: beginning in
late February, the department of commerce is undertaking a domestic road show to
provide local business communities with an overview of the investment and
reconstruction opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan. The following U.S. cities
are included in this tour: Late February thru April U.S. department of commerce foreign road show: beginning in late
February thru April, the department of commerce is launching a foreign road show
to inform coalition partner countries about business opportunities in Iraq. For
more information on the events, please contact the foreign commercial officers
at the u.s. embassies in these countries. The cities and countries to be visited
include the following:
“Iraq Rebuilding Trade Show and Conference” in Amman, Jordan.
Contact: Samer Asfour, samerasfour@aol.com;
website is “www.awtc.com.” This show currently has 150 exhibitors
participating from 21 countries, including five March 20-22, 2004, Exicon international exhibitions and conferences will organize
the “reach and build iraq exhibition” in conjunction with the iraqi-arab
alliance for reconstruction, trade and investment. The event will be held at the
gulf international conventions and exhibition centre (gulf hotel) in bahrain.
Exicon projects approximately 100 exhibitors and up to 10,000 visitors at the
show. Major objectives include covering political, legal, and economic
developments in iraq; status of iraqi facilities and infrastructure;
reconstuction plans of the cpa; donor country roles; local entrepreneur
capacities; iraqi and arab company partnering; the role of arab bodies and
institutions; and a review of the goods and services needed in the
reconstruction process that are available in arab and foreign countries
participating in the conference. For more information: e-mail "exicon@exicon-intl.com"
or visit their website at www.exicon-intl.com. Amman, jordan, the citizens network for foreign affairs (cnfa)
is hosting "iraqi agriculture: strategies for growth and opportunity.” This
conference is focused specifically on iraq’s agriculture and will include key
iraqi interim government (ministries of agriculture, science and technology,
water irrigation, and trade) and international agribusiness leaders. Organizer
contact: agribusiness@cnfa.org and website is www.cnfa.com; contact from the
coalition provisional authority is george adair at george.adair@hqda.army.mil
Iraqi-American chamber of commerce and industry is organizing in
Baghdad “Destination Baghdad Expo” or “DBX.” This is the first major trade show
in iraq following military conflict. "DBX" is an exhibition and conference that
will include speakers from the following organizations: coalition provisional
authority, u.s. department of commerce, Iraqi ministries, and the private
sector. As of February 18, over 200 exhibition booths have been sold for "DBX"
with the following major country break downs –U.S.. 13 companies, Iraq 10
companies, Kuwait 18 companies, Korea 32 companies, and other countries. Major
sponsors for the event include general electric, Laru, triple canopy, canon,
Orascom/Iraqna, eagle global logistics, and others. Security will be provided by
GE security and Erinys. More information including registration on "DBX"
can be obtained on the website www.dbxexpo.com
April 10 U.S. commercial service in Saudi Arabia with the council of Saudi chambers is hosting an Iraq reconstruction seminar in Riyadh. For more details, please contact douglas.wallace@mail.doc.gov April 26-29 ‘New Fields’ is holding its fourth conference in its “rebuilding Iraq” series in Irbil, Iraq. Irbil is located in northern Iraq, and is accessible over land transport from turkey and Baghdad. Local business leaders will address their economic success and stability over the last decade, and highlight trade and investment opportunities in northern iraq. Additional speakers will include Iraqi governing council members, representatives from the parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi ministries, and the private sector. More information on this conference including registration can be obtained on the website www.new-fields.com
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