OPIC’s EXPANDING HORIZONS 2012 Workshop in NYC
Register today for the OPIC 2012 Expanding Horizons workshop for small business in New York on June 27
Since 2006, OPIC has held 13 EXPANDING HORIZONS events across the U.S., educating small businesses and investors about the OPIC and other U.S. government programs available that can help U.S. companies expand into international markets while supporting growth at home. Specific OPIC presentations will include political risk insurance and how it can protect your business; accessing capital for your overseas projects; special support for renewable energy and clean tech projects; and how to begin—and successfully complete—the OPIC application process. Other U.S. government agency participants will include the Minority Business Development Agency and the U.S. Commercial Service with the U.S. Department of Commerce; the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of International Trade; the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.; and the U.S. Trade & Development Agency.
Come network to build your opportunities—at Expanding Horizons 2012 in New York
Come to EXPANDING HORIZONS, A Workshop for Small Businesses Entering International Markets
June 27, 2012, Hilton New York – New York City, New York
Learn how hundreds of American small businesses have used Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) finance and insurance products to gain access to emerging markets overseas. Discover how you can take advantage of all the products OPIC has to offer to expand internationally while supporting growth at home. Participants will also hear from other U.S. government agencies that offer programs complementary to OPIC, including market research, international partner search, trade financing and feasibility study funding.
OPIC, the U.S. government’s development finance institution, offers a variety of financial tools including direct loans and political risk insurance, to help businesses invest in new and emerging markets. Since 1971, OPIC has supported nearly $200 billion of investment in thousands of projects in more than 150 countries around the world, generating $74 billion in U.S. exports, and creating jobs in local economies overseas as well as in the U.S.
Sign up for the June 27 workshop in New York
Small businesses in the New York region will have an opportunity to learn how to gain access to lucrative emerging markets overseas with the support of the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), when OPIC hosts a workshop in New York City on June 27.
Since its establishment in 1971, OPIC has committed $27.8 billion in financing and political risk insurance to projects sponsored by companies in the greater New York region – New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – supporting more than 109,000 jobs and $23.6 billion in U.S. exports (data current as of September 30, 2011).
The Expanding Horizons workshop will outline for participants the innovative financial tools that OPIC has used for 40 years to help U.S. businesses successfully invest in emerging markets. Special emphasis will be placed on opportunities in the renewable energy and clean technology sectors, an OPIC priority.
Speakers will include senior government officials from OPIC, as well as from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, the U.S. Department of Commerce, including the U.S. Commercial Service and the Minority Business Development Agency.
The OPIC workshop will be held Wednesday, June 27, at the Hilton New York at 1335 Avenue of the Americas. Companies interested in attending may register online at www.rgameetings.com/opic.
The event is the latest in a highly successful series that has educated more than 1600 small and medium-sized business owners across the United States about OPIC products and services. Since 2006, OPIC has held Expanding Horizons events in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Houston, San Francisco, Boston, St. Louis, Denver, Philadelphia, Orange (CA), Raleigh and New Orleans.
Register today for the OPIC 2012 Expanding Horizons workshop for small business in New York
Since 2006, OPIC has held 13 EXPANDING HORIZONS events across the U.S., educating small businesses and investors about the OPIC and other U.S. government programs available that can help U.S. companies expand into international markets while supporting growth at home. Specific OPIC presentations will include political risk insurance and how it can protect your business; accessing capital for your overseas projects; special support for renewable energy and clean tech projects; and how to begin—and successfully complete—the OPIC application process. Other U.S. government agency participants will include the Minority Business Development Agency and the U.S. Commercial Service with the U.S. Department of Commerce; the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of International Trade; the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.; and the U.S. Trade & Development Agency.
Come network to build your opportunities—at Expanding Horizons 2012 in New Orleans.
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has decided to continue its popular workshop series EXPANDING HORIZONS: A Workshop For Small Businesses Entering International Markets into 2012 with events in four cities:
June 27 – New York City, New York City
October 3 – Seattle, Washington
October 18 – Chicago/Rosemont, Illinois
Since 2006, OPIC has held 13 EXPANDING HORIZONS events across the U.S., educating small businesses and investors about the OPIC and other U.S. government programs available that can help U.S. companies expand into international markets while supporting growth at home. Specific OPIC presentations will include political risk insurance and how it can protect your business; accessing capital for your overseas projects; special support for renewable energy and clean tech projects; and how to begin—and successfully complete—the OPIC application process. Other U.S. government agency participants will include the Minority Business Development Agency and the U.S. Commercial Service with the U.S. Department of Commerce; the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of International Trade; the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.; and the U.S. Trade & Development Agency.
June 27 – New York City, New York City
October 3 – Seattle, Washington
October 18 – Chicago/Rosemont, Illinois
Since 2006, OPIC has held 13 EXPANDING HORIZONS events across the U.S., educating small businesses and investors about the OPIC and other U.S. government programs available that can help U.S. companies expand into international markets while supporting growth at home. Specific OPIC presentations will include political risk insurance and how it can protect your business; accessing capital for your overseas projects; special support for renewable energy and clean tech projects; and how to begin—and successfully complete—the OPIC application process. Other U.S. government agency participants will include the Minority Business Development Agency and the U.S. Commercial Service with the U.S. Department of Commerce; the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of International Trade; the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.; and the U.S. Trade & Development Agency.
“Jeff Williamson of the California Center for International Trade spoke at OPIC’s Expanding Horizons workshop in 2011, and explained why it was so important for U.S. businesses to look abroad for new customers.”
Ricardo Tejada, Founder of Vnesto Capital, delivered the keynote address at OPIC’s 2011 Expanding Horizons workshop and spoke about the opportunities for U.S. businesses to expand overseas.
“OPIC Director of Public Affairs Lawrence Spinelli introduces the Expanding Horizons workshop in Orange, Calif., in 2011 and outlines the support that OPIC programs provide to help small businesses expand overseas.”
How do you know where and how to expand your business overseas? OPIC’s small business Expanding Horizons workshop, June 27 in New York, give you tips and connections you need for export.
