Date: Thursday, December 15
Time: 12noon until 2pm
Venue: St Nicholas Room, Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen AB10 1FY
Cost: Free
We are pleased to advise that the Consul General Houston, Karen Bell, will be visiting Aberdeen on 15th December 2016.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn about business opportunities from one of the UK’s leading international trade specialists. She will be accompanied by Leah Mayo Head of Trade and Investment, Houston and they will present intelligence on opportunities for Aberdeen companies and organisations in the southern US market.
The presentation shall cover the following:
-Update on the Department for International Trade strategy – what is being done to promote trade and investment opportunities with a particular focus on the energy, advanced engineering and manufacturing, ICT and life sciences sectors. How firms in and around Aberdeen can access the services from the Department of International Trade.
-Update on the economic outlook across the following regions : Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico and where the Department of International Trade see the opportunities.
Times
12:00-12:30- Lunch and Registration
12:30 -Welcome
12:35 - Update on the Department for International Trade Strategy and Update Regional Economic Outlook
13:15- 14:00- Q&A and Networking