Ex-Im Bank's Annual Conference, April 12-13, to explore Iraq, international opportunities
S. exporters attending the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States Annual Conference on April 12 to 13 at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. will have access to detailed information regarding billions of dollars of acquisitions in Iraq and throughout the world.
U.S., foreign government and private sector experts will provide specific information on project opportunities in the Middle East, Africa and for Panama Canal expansion.
"In addition to the superb networking opportunities and updated information about Ex-Im Bank financing tools that the Bank's Annual Conference always provides," Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President James H. Lambright said, the event "will offer U.S. exporters detailed information about infrastructure projects that are in the planning stages in important emerging markets, and how U.S. exporters can participate."
One discussion, entitled Project Opportunities in the Middle East, will take place April 13. An estimated $1 trillion of new public and private sector infrastructure projects are currently or will soon be under development in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and other countries of the region. This includes an estimated $100 billion in power and desalinization projects and over $320 billion in petrochemical, oil and gas, and Independent Water and Power Project projects in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries alone. Terry A. Newendorp, chairman and CEO, Taylor-DeJongh, Inc., and other Middle East experts at this session will focus on opportunities and potential issues relating to the large expansion.
Information about Ex-Im Bank's Annual Conference, including online registration, accommodations and program details, is available at Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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