CONFERENCE PROGRAM - TUESDAY 6 MARCH 2012
- ECUADOR - Ecuador: National Plan for Good Living; development of sustainable projects.
- COSTA RICA - Costarican CTS program forTourism - Nation Branding Plan- Sustainable Energy
- ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia; New Destination for FDI.
- ROMANIA - Romania Top Destination for FDI
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ECUADOR
Ecuador: National Plan for Good Living; development of
sustainable projects.
The Embassy of Ecuador in The Netherlands will promote opportunities inspired by the National Plan for Good Living, regarding several sectors. These include the sectors of Renewable Energy, Solid Waste Management, Sustainable Mobility, Fair Trade, Eco-Tourism, Water Management and the development of highly sophisticated technological knowledge, directed by scientific research in areas such as communication and information technology, which is being supported by the latest project YACHAY- La Ciudad del Conocimiento.
Ecuador has been categorized by “International Living Magazine” as a desirable destination for retirees to migrate to, due to its mild temperate climate, longevity attributes, affordable real estate and low cost of living. Nevertheless, Ecuador also offers a business environment that is eager and open to take on new opportunities to develop large-scale projects.
ECUADOR - a Country of Opportunities
Ecuador is a developing economy with vast natural resources and a secure judicial system. Ecuador has shown steady economic growth in the last 5 years reaching 8% of Real PIB in 2011, from which 11.24% corresponds to non-petroleum goods and services. Thanks to this economic growth and the country’s well-organized financial management, Ecuador’s public external debt has achieved its lowest levels in history.
The Government of Ecuador, via its National Plan for Good Living, offers the best conditions for the development of sustainable projects under the confluence of its environmental, economic and socio-political frameworks. Ecuador is interested in legitimate and equitable socio-economic business relations that will benefit all parties.
Time
11:30-12:30
Location
Room 1
Speaker:
H.E. Ambassador Mr. Miguel Calahorrano
Language:
English
DCONSULT & H.E. TECHNOLOGIE (The Netherlands)
Seminar Sustainability and Renewable Energy Opportunities.
Program:
Trends and developments in Sustainability and Renewable Energy by Mr. Jan Willem Dijk, Managing Director DConsult.
This presentation deals with trends and future developments in sustainability and the renewable energy for the Netherlands and Europe. At first, the main strengths and weaknesses of the Netherlands and Europe are described. Secondly, the biggest chances and threats for sustainable investments will be spoken out. Areas that will be dealt with are biofuels, solar, wind, thermal energy storage, smart grids, and sustainable buildings. Finally, a limited overview of financing opportunities will be presented.
Mr. Jan Willem Dijk is owner and managing director of the consultancy bureau DConsult. Since 1999, his firm advises on strategy and policy with regard to sustainability, renewable energy, and international business development. He also assists companies, governments, universities, and healthcare organisations in preparing investment and subsidy proposals for the Dutch government, (private) investors, and the European Union.
Dijk is also expert evaluator for the European Union with regard to environment and small and medium enterprises related topics.
Projects were successful managed and executed in Europe (27), China, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Suriname.
Gerard te Boekhorst is Director at HE Technologie and responsible for renewable energy, electrification of mobility, energy storage and smart grids.
He is also active in the Triple Helix (government –industry-education) as a matchmaker. In the period 1980-2011 he worked in combination as owner for two electrical firms (W&G and Mansveld)
Biobased/Cleantech centre developments and investment opportunities by Mr. Paul Gosselink, Programme Manager New Energy, Noord-Brabant Development Agency (NV BOM).
Brabant has developed a business plan
Biobased Economy (BBE) Brabant as part of the Energy Agenda. This lecture will
focus on its realisation: BBE-West Brabant (agro meets chemistry), BBE
Oost-Brabant (manure valorisation) and joint clean tech development centre
Jiangsu-North-Brabant.
Eindhoven Energy Institute: from research to innovation by Mr. Geert Verbong, Eindhoven Energy Institute, and Eindhoven University of Technology.
The Eindhoven Energy Institute is the organisation at the Eindhoven University of Technology that deals with the transfer of energy research to innovations. Verbong explains how it works. Energy at TU/e focuses on new technological solutions for societal problems like the exhaustion of fossil fuels, the harmful effects on the environment and climate change as well as the increasing need for energy from emerging economies. There are four research themes: future fuels, energy conversion, built environment, fusion energy. This makes it possible to simultaneously push the frontiers of science, product development, and societal implementation of new technologies.
Mr. Geert Verbong (1955) Ph.D. is a full-time Associate Professor in the section of Technology Innovation & Society of the School of Innovation Sciences. He has a master degree in Applied Physics (1981). He specialised in the History of Technology and he wrote, based on extensive archival research, a Ph.D. thesis on innovations in textile printing and dyeing in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies in the 19th century. He was senior researcher and co-editor of two book series on the History of Technology in the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th century. His contributions focused on the relation between science and technology, engineering education and the development of energy systems.
More recently he focused on the introduction of renewable energy technologies and the future of energy systems. Recent publications include a book on the history of renewable energy in the Netherlands (2001) and the Dutch Energy Research Centr(2005). He has managed several research projects, funded by NOW and the Dutch Government (BSIK, EOS) and provides policy advices. He teaches courses on Technology Assessment, Scenario methodology, Strategic Niche Management, Energy Policy and Governance in the Innovations Sciences MSc. program.
Electrification of mobility and the Floriade 2012 by Mr.Wiel Aerts, Chairman Florielectric Foundation, owner/director at com-b-nations BV, former vice mayor at city of Venlo.
The Stichting Florielectric is promoting E-mobility in the Venlo Region. First step in this pilot project is offering participants and visitors of the Floriade 2012 the possibility of using E-cars. There are hotels that have arrangements for their guests including the use of electric cars to get to the Floriade location or to make a trip in the Venlo Region. For more information take a look at our website www.florielectric.nl.
Mr. Wiel Aerts has an international career in the field of export marketing. He was working for several international companies in the Far East, Middle East and Europe. This international experience also was of good use during a period of 8 years when he was vice mayor of the City of Venlo and responsible for economic development. His company Com-B-Nations is specialized in supporting companies to start up export activities, matching Dutch and German firms to cooperate in cross border projects and organizing business events.
House of Tomorrow Today by Mr. Jos Lichtenberg, Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology Initiator at House of Tomorrow Today, General manager at Inno-Experts, Chairman at Slimbouwen, Hoofdredacteur BouwIQ at Aeneas.
House of Tomorrow Today (HoTT) is a demonstration and experimental project . It is based on two visions. Firstly the Active House vision regarding energy efficiency, comfort and sustainability. Secondly the Slimbouwen vision focussing on process efficiency. Jos Lichtenberg will elucidate the project that will be performed in close cooperation with industrial companies.
Websites: www.activehouse.info and www.slimbouwen.nl
Mr. Jos Lichtenberg is professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of the Build Environment (from 2003). Chair: Product development. He is also co-founder and partner at Inno-Experts BV, chairman of the Slimbouwen foundation and active in various advisory boards among others in the field of innovation and sustainability.
In the period 1976-1982 he worked for Rockwool and in-between 1982-1984 for DSM. In both companies he was responsible for R&D for the building market.
He is among others also chairman in some governmental committees regarding sustainability and regulations and chief editor for BouwIQ, a professional magazine.
In 2011 he was honored with the Dutch Lighthouse Club Award, for his contribution to innovation in the building industry.
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Time
13:00-16:30
Location
Room 1
Speakers:
- Mr. Jan Willem Dijk - Managing Director DConsult.
- Mr. Paul Gosselink - Programme Manager New Energy, Noord-Brabant Development Agency (NV BOM).
- Mr. Geert Verbong - Eindhoven Energy Institute, and Eindhoven University of Technology.
- Mr.Wiel Aerts - Chairman Florielectric Foundation, owner/director at com-b-nations BV, former vice mayor at city of Venlo.
- Mr. Jos Lichtenberg - Professor at the Eindhoven University of
Technology Initiator at House of Tomorrow Today, General manager at
Inno-Experts, Chairman at Slimbouwen, Hoofdredacteur BouwIQ at Aeneas.
Language:
English
COSTA RICA
Costarican CTS program forTourism - Nation Branding Plan-
Sustainable Energy
The Embassy of Costa Rica in The Netherlands will hold a conference on their succesfull CTS Program for Tourism, their Nation Branding plan and Sustainable Energy.
Costa Rica has positioned itself as one of the best destinations for companies looking for efficiency and that belong to the high technology sectors. They are promoting investment on the following sectors: services, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and renewable energy.
Costa Rica is a country rich with renewable energy. In fact, it gets about 99% of all its electrical energy from clean sources, and it’s aiming to be the first country to become carbon neutral. Some of Costa Rica’s energy sources include geothermal energy, the burning of sugarcane waste and other biomass, solar and wind energy. However, the largest source of energy is hydroelectricity — its hydroelectric dams provide more than 82% of the country’s electricity.
Time
17:00-18:00
Location
Room 1
Speaker
Mr. Gustavo Campos - Minister Counsellor Embassy of Costa Rica to the Netherlands
Language
English
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Investment and Trade Opportunities Uljanovsk Region.
Mr. Alexander Chepukhin - Minister o
f
Agriculture of the Ulyanovsk region holds a conference on the Uljanovsk Region, one of the most important
economical regions of the Russian Federation.
He will specifically highlight the agricultural sector. This branch is very important for the region - 11% of RDP. About 2 mil. ha land
(300 th free for investment!). Cost of 1 ha blacksoil land is less than
100 Euro.
We welcome investors from Holland, especially from milk and meat production sectors!
Also in Ulyanovsk - heart of Russia (midle Volga area) you will encounter greatly developed grain, sunflover, sugar beet, potato, mais production. The rural part of Ulyanovsk Oblast is agricultural and is focused
primarily on animal husbandry, to the lesser extent on crop farming.
Time
11:30-12:30
Location
Room 2
Speaker
Mr. Alexander Chepukhin - Minister of Agriculture of the Ulyanovsk region
Language
English
TURKEY
Investment and Trade Opportunities Agricultural Sector
A strong business delegation under the auspices of the Chambers of Commerce of Istanbul will present
investment and trade opportunities in the agriculture sector.
Time
13:00-14:00
Location
Room 2
Language
English
VIETNAM
Vietnam as a Trade and Investment Partner & Opportunities in the Vietnamese Agriculture & Seafood
Sectors.
Mr. Le Xuan Duong, Executive Director of the Vietnam Trade
Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) presents a conference on the economic potential of Vietnam for trade and investment as well as the potential of
investment in the Vietnamese seafood and agricultural sectors.
He will provide a detailed overview of the economy of Vietnam, export figures, main export and import markets, the trade relations between the Netherlands and Vietnam, priority sectors, and incentoives for Foreign Direct Investment.
The second part of the conference is focused on the potential of the Vietnam's agriculture, aquaculture & seafood sectors.
Time
14:30-15:30
Location
Room 2
Speaker
Mr. Le Xuan Duong - Executive Director of the Vietnam Trade
Promotion Agency (VIETRADE)
Language
English
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
B
est Strategies for FDI Promotion & Keys to Success in the U.S. From a Legal Perspective
Best Strategies for FDI Promotion by Mr. Steve Lanier, Managing Director of AWS.
This informative and
interactive presentation will provide an overview of recent and emerging
trends among multi-national companies expanding internationally.
The presentation will use specific case studies of regions that have
successfully developed investment promotion programs and discuss the
challenges that were encountered during the development process.
Mr. Lanier has been involved in investment and export promotion for over
15 years. Since founding American World Services in 1993, he has worked
with numerous countries and regions as well hundreds of individual
companies to develop their international marketing
activities. He has become a frequent speaker and presenter on export
and investment promotion topics speaking at conferences and events in
Europe and Asia. Mr. Lanier has an M.A. in international affairs (with
a trade and development concentration) from
American University in Washington D.C., and a B.A. in communication
from Bethel University in Minnesota.
Keys to Success in the U.S. From a Legal Perspective by Mr. Thom Thorelli CEO Thorelli & Associates, Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. Tom Thorelli will hold a presentation on legal services for companies interested in investing or doing business in the U.S.A.
Mr. Tom Thorelli is a trusted advisor of numerous companies around the
world, of many global trade associations and of numerous foreign trade
commissions in Chicago.
Thorelli & Associates offers over thirty years of experience in the
legal representation of businesses and individuals with particular
emphasis in assisting European interests in the United States. The firm
provides an array of services, ranging from initial consultation
regarding the impact of U.S. federal and state laws on proposed
activities to the purchase or sale of entire businesses.
Time
16:00-17:00
Location
Room 2
Speaker
- Mr. Steve Lanier - Managing Director of AWS
- Mr. Tom Thorelli - CEO Thorelli & Associates, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
SILC GLOBAL (The Netherlands)
Nation Branding for Location Strategy
Nation branding is crucial in attracting (inter)national companies and the development of settled businesses. This presentation will look into the way branding is organized in a corporate environment, from an overall brand identity into consumer touch points. A process with the aim to translate top level identity into products, communication and services that are meaningful and attractive for customers. Subsequently to share some insights in how this corporate approach might be used in the context of nation branding in order to create a coherent experience that will not only attract but also develop companies. The presentation will conclude with some best cases for attracting and retaining foreign direct investment.
SILC Global is a global consultancy firm with a non-traditional approach to consultancy. The firm is an experienced orchestrator of the entire process of location strategy, real estate selection and its roll out; connected into an international network of alliances and experts with offices across the globe. SILC Global consists of a team of seasoned business professionals with global experience in a diversity of competencies and skills.
Time
11:30-12:30
Location
Room 3
Speaker
Mr. Jan Siemons – CEO SILC Global
Language
English
NETHERLANDS COUNCIL FOR TRADE PROMOTION (NCH)
Handelsbevordering, de wereld van de Dominee en de Koopman.
De conferentie behandelt de soms lastige positie voor de Nederlandse handelsbevordering als gevolg van politieke inmenging.
De Stichting Nederlands Centrum voor
Handelsbevordering (het NCH) is hét platform voor het Nederlandse
bedrijfsleven dat internationaal actief is of dat wil zijn. Het NCH
streeft naar het tot stand brengen van zakelijke relaties tussen
Nederland en buitenlandse markten met als doel de internationale positie
van het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven te versterken.
Het NCH biedt - door gebruik te maken van
een uniek netwerk van aangesloten bilaterale business councils - een
effectieve ondersteuning aan de aangesloten bedrijven die internationaal
actief zijn of dat willen worden.
Het NCH behartigt de belangen van zijn
Nederlandse netwerk en dient als gesprekspartner voor zowel de private
als publieke sector in Nederland en in het buitenland. Hiermee opent het
NCH deuren voor zijn netwerk.
Time
13:00-14:00
Location
Room 3
Speaker
Mr. Gerard Vaandrager – General Director Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion (NCH)
Language
Dutch
ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia, New Destination for FDI.
Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing countries in Africa. It has been registering double digit rate of growth for the last seven successive years.
The country is following a free Market Economic Policy. There is Guarantee of private property by the Constitution, Investment code. In addition Ethiopia is
member of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Authority- MIGA It has also Bilateral Investment promotion and Protection Agreements with Benelux and other European
countries
Time
14:30-15:30
Location
Room 3
Language
English
ROMANIA
ROMANIA TOP DESTINATION FOR FDI / OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
The Econo
mic & Commercial Promotion Office of
The Embassy of Romania holds a conference on their high potential
investment projects and economical sectors.
For more information: haga.mae.ro
Time
16:00-17:00
Location
Room 3
Speakers
-
Mr. Robert Donose - Counsellor at Romania Trade and Invest (Romanian Center for Trade Promotion and Foreign Investment).
- Mr. Stefan POROJAN - Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Romania,
Economic & Commercial Promotion Office.
Language
English
