Trade Mission to Washington
June 2009
Registration for this trade mission has now closed,
Further details about the Welsh companies attending the mission are available here: http://www.ibwtradeamericas.co.uk
Wales will be the featured nation at the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a festival that attracts over one million visitors from across the Americas, which takes place annually on the National Mall in Washington, for 10 days at the end of June and the beginning of July. The main theme of Wales’ programme will be sustainability. This means that this will be a great showcase for Wales where a great many visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about Wales and its business opportunities.
As part of Wales’ commitment to be showcased, International Business Wales (IBW) Americas team aims to take the largest cross sector delegation of Wales based businesses ever to leave Wales for North America, to Washington DC. This gives you the opportunity to meet and network in Washington as well as to dovetail IBW’s programme of events with your own, let us help you organise your own mission to the Americas.
There are a series of events which IBW have put in place to maximise the networking opportunities for Wales based business whilst in Washington. Let IBW help you identify future partners, joint ventures opportunities, strategic alliances. Let us introduce you to a broad range of like-minded US businesses – together you will be stronger!
Monday, June 22 – Thursday, June 25
DIA (Drug Information Association) Annual Meeting & Expo
San Diego
This is the biopharmaceutical industry's largest, longest running, best-value, global, multidisciplinary event. This year's program offers learning opportunities for everyone and features the biggest names from industry, regulatory, and academia.
• This event will give delegates the opportunity to Network with more than 8,700 colleagues
• Showcase your products and services along with more than 550 exhibiting companies in attendance
• Choose from more than 350 hot topic sessions and 34 tutorials across 26 content areas and 3 mega-tracks
• Hear from over 1100 speakers, including representatives from FDA, EMEA, and other global regulatory agencies
• Fly from DIA to join other Wales based companies exploring opportunity in Washington DC
Monday, June 22
Boeing Event, Washington
A Boeing Outreach Programme for Welsh companies with presentations by senior representatives of the Boeing Company to include:
• How to become a supplier to the Boeing Company
• How to sell to Boeings subcontractors in the USA and UK as well as other countries
• How Welsh companies can take advantage of Boeings Industrial Participation (Offset Programme)
• One on one meeting with Boeing senior staff including Boeings supply chain managers
Creative Sector, Mission to New York/Boston & Washington
Meetings with History Channel, Lifetime, WNET (public TV station) and brokers
Meetings with WGBH, Boston (a public TV channel uses a lot of offshore programme from UK and Ireland.
Tuesday, June 23
NASA Langley Event
Organised by IBW’s partner Scott ‘Doc’ Horowitz (NASA Astronaut)
Langley Innovative Partnerships (special programs that NASA Langley has with industry and academia)
• Doing business with NASA. (Upcoming procurements, research and development opportunities, contracting, ITAR, etc.)
• Lunch with NASA personnel
• Tours - Wind Tunnels, Structural test facilities, hardware for Exploration program
NASA Langley are the lead centre for the Launch Abort system, the Max Launch Abort System to be flight tested at Wallops, VA on March 27th, and the Composite Crew Module which is a 5 meter diameter capsule made completely out of composite materials), crash research facility, flightline/NASA hangar where they do aircraft flight research projects, simulator facility.
Tuesday, June 23
Creativity & Entrepreneurship Event
University of Wales, Newport announces a sponsored Sandpit event for US and Welsh companies focusing on Re-thinking doing business in different markets. Competitive advantage in a post-recession 21st century economy requires identifying big themes and next generation opportunities that straddle a number of sectors and interest groups. To seize these opportunities we need the right environments, tools and techniques where creative exchange, innovation, risk-taking and even play can flourish, in other words, a Sandpit. Our Sandpit offers a dynamic space where ideas can be quickly built-up, knocked-down and re-shaped over and over again, until finally the strongest emerges.
The Sandpit has two questions for 'players':
• How do we create a culture of doing business differently focused on market needs?
• How can we gather meaningful intelligence about our audience?
Sandpits are part of Newport Business School's new Entrepreneurship oundation which has been established to offer leadership development and entrepreneurship programs with the mission of developing the business champions of the next generation:
• Imaginative thought leaders who bring together strategic thinking; creativity and innovation to shape the organisation of the future
• Leaders who are equipped to navigate their organisations safely though new and uncertain times
• Champions who are not afraid to challenge the norms; change the rules; inspire their people and lead their organisations to global success
Wednesday, June 24
Defence and Homeland Security Event
British Embassy, Washington
- Defence Business in the US: Paul Newbegin, First Secretary Defence Equip. Policy & Trade
- Business in the Metro: Matt Erskine / Angie Lawry, Greater Washington Initiative
- Consultants: Andrew Wilson, JGW Group
- Selling to DHS: UKTI (tbc), US Dept of Homeland Security
Break
- ITAR & Export Reform: DE rep to be confirmed
- FCT: Col Eric Burns, Director Comparative Test Officers (ODUSD)
- Experiences of a UK company: George Straubs, ULTRA Electronics
Taste of Wales Reception
An opportunity for you, the participants of the Welsh mission to meet the highest profile of CEO’s across multi sector activity.
Also, these potential CEO’s attendees will be specially selected to reflect the mission's Welsh company interests. We are targeting the main industries of interest you: Aerospace and Defence, Media/Video production, Biotech and ICT.
This event will be in partnership with the Baltimore World Trade Centre where previous events have been a great success in the past.
Thursday, June 25
IBW Mission Participants Meet the Press
An opportunity for Welsh business to meet the press.
Furthermore, Wales is host to some of the most prestigious sporting events and in 2010 Wales will host the Ryder Cup. An opportunity for press to learn more. This event will create a platform for media to talk to representatives from Wales about this prestigious event and what it means for Welsh business.
Wales at the British Embassy, DC
Wales networking opportunity with American companies and senior government officials and hosted by HM Ambassador and the First Minister for Wales, Rt. Hon Rhodri Morgan AM.
Creative Industries Reception, DC
Networking reception and film screening at Goethe Institute, China Town
- How Green Was my Valley, Under Milk Wood or talk by Dave Berry (Author and Film Historion).
Friday, June 26
Life Science Event
The IBW Americas team is in the process of organising a wide range of meetings, seminars and site visits as part of its Life Science activity in Washington during your visit.
Registration for this trade mission has now closed,
Further details about the Welsh companies attending the mission are available here: http://www.ibwtradeamericas.co.uk
