Summit explores booming opportunities in region
Stakeholders and influencers from across the region gather in Miami this week for the third annual Caribbean Investment Summit, set for May 13 at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay. Continuing under the theme “The Climate is Right in the Caribbean,” the event will provide an unmatched platform for regional investment promotion agencies, senior government officials and ministers of government to expose “shovel ready projects” to prospective investors in their newest target market – USA.
The Summit, says organizers, will provide a unique window into three of the region’s key developing industries: renewable energy, business process outsourcing (BPO) and niche tourism. Faced with a fluctuating oil market, the Caribbean has made massive strives in the renewable energy industry, with growing use of wind and hydro power, as well as Exploratory drilling in the Eastern Caribbean for geothermal energy sources. Counties such has Jamaica has seen booming development in domestic Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)/ICT sector, which is currently valued at well over US$200 million (J$18 billion). And many countries have broaden their tourism attractions from the typical “sea, sand and sun” to adventure and eco-tourism.
Keynote speakers will include Manager of Integration and Trade Sector, for the International Development Bank, Antoni Estevadeordal, President of the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA), McHale Andrew, President, CAIPA, and Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Pamela Coke Hamilton. This year’s Summit which will once again be hosted by Ms. Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, FDI Magazine, Financial Times Group. Awards will be given out to the Regional Investor of the Year, recognizing innovative individuals and organizations within new markets.
The event is presented by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA), and with support from Financial Times’ FDI Magazine. The event is funded and co-organized by the Inter-American Development Bank as a part of the “Support to Foreign Direct Investment in the Caribbean.”
Anyone who is interesting in attending must register here. https://eventosconnectamericas.mybusinessmatches.com/Miami
