UPCOMING EVENTS
Connected Caribbean Summit- December 9th to 12th 2024 - Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon, Miami FL, USA
UPCOMING EVENTS Connected Caribbean Summit- December 9th to 12th 2024 - Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon, Miami FL, USA
Connected Caribbean Summit
Collaborating for Caribbean Solutions
Accelerating regional connectivity, collaboration, and innovation.
December 9-12, 2024
Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon
Miami, FL, USA
The Connected Caribbean Summit 2024 is the premier event of its kind, aimed at fostering regional connectivity, collaboration, and innovation. It is an action-oriented meeting place for leaders, influencers and key opinion leaders to collaborate and catalyze, swift and potentially vast results for Caribbean development and advancement.
CCS 2024 is where thinkers come to harness their joint leadership will into powerful, consequential action for change and transformation.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Prime Minister of Grenada
The Honorable Dickon Mitchell
The Connected Caribbean Summit 2024 is proud to announce The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and the Chair of CARICOM, as the keynote speaker for this year’s event, set to take place between December 9 and 12 in Miami. Under the theme, “Collaborating for Caribbean Solutions,” Prime Minister Mitchell will address the gathering on the subject: “Action Time – Accelerating Caribbean Integration and Development.”
The International Business Conference (IBC 2024)
The International Business Conference, Guyana (IBC 2024)
Date: 15-17 October 2024
Venue: Marriot Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana
The International Business Conference (IBC) is focused on streamlining the ease of doing business and facilitating investments between international companies and Guyana/Suriname in key sectors of the economy including manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, finance, logistics, agriculture, and business support services.
IBC 2024 is supported by the Guyana Office for Investment and the Suriname Investment and Trade Agency (SITA) and will be co-hosted by the Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA). Delivering a private sector led three-day B2B conference and bringing together key local and international role-players to exchange views on business and investment opportunities, to showcase best practice solutions and to forge working partnerships across the key sectors of Guyana’s economy so that all sectors can benefit from the ongoing growth surge.
The brochure for this year’s edition is available at IBC 2024 - Brochure.
For further information please contact americas@gep-events.com
Atlantic Canada Trade and Business Mission
🌍✈️ The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry invites you to the Atlantic Canada Trade and Business Mission, September 16-20, 2024. This is your chance to explore new markets, forge partnerships, and discover investment opportunities in a dynamic and innovative region. Register now! [https://forms.office.com/r/k60cN2ejfN] #TradeMission #BusinessGrowth #AtlanticCanada
EXPO BELIZE
Discover the vibrant spirit of Belize at Expo Belize Marketplace 2024, where culture, commerce, and community unite. Join us on September 14th & 15th, 2024, and secure your booth now to showcase your business to an eager audience!
Pre-reservations for this expo were opened at our Made in Belize Trade Show on June 1st, where several sponsors, exhibitors, and others who stopped by our BCCI booth had the option to reserve their booths in advance.
Feel free to contact us on WhatsApp at 614-3138 or email mpa@belize.org and bcci@belize.org, for any further questions or concerns.
Become an Expo Belize Marketplace 2024 Sponsor
Don't miss out on the opportunity to become a sponsor for Expo Belize Marketplace 2024, where you can build a prominent presence and take advantage of our essential marketing package that is guaranteed to deliver outstanding results!
Contact us on WhatsApp at 614-3138 or email mprm@belize.org for any further sponsorship questions or concerns.
Fintech Islands 2024
DETAILS
DATE: 24 JAN, 24 - 26 JAN, 24
TIME: 7:00AM
DURATION: 2.5 DAYS
VENUE: SAM LORD'S CASTLE - A WYNDHAM GRAND RESORT
FiX 24 will delve into the pivotal changes occurring in financial services. With over 100 world-class speakers and partners from around the globe, the conference will explore diverse topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Climate Fintech, and more.
Caribbean Export is a proud industry partner of FiX 24.
Secure your spot now to participate in FiX24, from January 24-26, 2024, in Barbados.
Connected Caribbean Summit
5-6 DECEMBER | Miami, FL
The Connected Caribbean Summit is a unique and pivotal meeting point, uniting the technology, justice, business, and public sectors to explore and devise strategies for expediting transformative action for Caribbean Development.
About The Summit
After 3 years of virtual meetings, we are happy to gather again in-person for the 6th Connected Caribbean Summit.
Connected Caribbean Summit 2023 is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the latest policy and technology trends and developments shaping the region. This event serves as a platform for attendees to learn, network, and stay connected.
This year, in addition to presentations and demonstrations, Connected Caribbean Summit 2023 also features panel discussions and targeted fora for business leaders, tech executives and judicial and legal officers. These special fora provide attendees with the opportunity to engage in more in-depth discussions about specific topics of interest. These events can also be a great way for attendees to connect with new partners, clients, and allies.
BONUS! Special Trade Facilitation Workshop – Dec 7
Also, for the first time ever, The Network of Caribbean Chambers of Commerce (CARICHAM) will host a half-day Special Trade Facilitation Workshop on Thursday December 7.
This workshop is free to Summit attendees and is designed to provide valuable insights and practical knowledge on how to leverage port administration, trade facilitation, and logistics management for the efficiency, growth, and development of commerce in the Caribbean region.
To Learn more visit: https://events.connectedcaribbean.org/
Foro empresarial Cuba 2021
The Cuba Chamber of Commerce is delighted to invite you to participate in the Second Edition of the Cuba 2021 Business Forum, which will be held virtually from November 29 to December 2 of this year, with the aim of continuing promoting foreign trade and investment.
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this Forum will offer an excellent framework for discussion between national and foreign business representatives, the new actors of the Cuban economy, including those of the private sector, government officials, Chambers of Commerce and Trade and Investment Promotion Agencies, who wish to interact and exchange ideas on business and trade with the island.
This second Forum intends to provide a space for information sharing and exchange on the transformations of the Cuban economy. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn about Cuba's main export products (both goods and services) and business opportunities in prioritized areas such as the biopharmaceutical, tourism and food and agricultural sectors.
This event will also include for the first time a virtual fair, which will allow business representatives to exhibit their products through the Business Forum platform. Another Business Forum will be held with the participation of Cubans residing abroad who have business and investment interests in the island, which will contribute to further strengthen the links between Cubans that live abroad and those that live in Cuba.
Upon registration on the Forum's website, it will be possible to arrange work meetings with representatives of businesses from the external sector of the economy.
Registration will be open from October 4 to November 25.
CARICHAM and UWI MSBM invite you to attend Side Event at the 2021 Regional Platform for DRR
The Network of Caribbean Chambers of Commerce and the Mona School of Business & Management, University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) seek to increase understanding around the critical success factors for achieving SME resilience among SMEs and stakeholders across the Private and Public Sectors, Academia, and Civil Society. As such, you are specially invited to attend a Side Event at the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction for the Americas and the Caribbean on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 2:00 PM CST/3:00 PM AST. This event is themed "Strengthening SME's' Resilience".
Speakers:
Brian Louisy - Executive Director of the St. Lucia Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Chairperson of CARICHAM (St. Lucia)
Jon Philipsborn – Climate Resilience Manager of SLR International Corporation (USA)
Ana Vanessa González Deister – Director of the Social Foundation at Citibanamex | ARISE Mx (Mexico)
Stuart Franco - Chief Executive Officer of the TSL Group of Companies | ARISE AMCHAMTT (Trinidad & Tobago)
Indianna Minto-Coy - Senior Research Fellow & Academic Director (Masters Programmes) at Mona School of Business & Management, University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
Moderator: Lizra Fabien - Executive Director of the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce and DRR Focal Point for CARICHAM (Dominica)
The Private Sector is fundamental in building the resilience of our countries and the world at large. At the same time, the Private Sector is known to bear the greatest proportion of the impact of disaster. As such, building the resilience of the Private Sector is of utmost importance to regional and global growth and development.
Who Should attend: SMEs and Stakeholders of SMEs in the Private and Public Sectors, Academia, and Civil Society are all invited to attend and actively participate in this event.
Register in advance here! After registering, you will receive the details for joining via Zoom.
Ensure to share with your network of SMEs, students and other stakeholders identified above! We look forward to engaging you on this important topic!
Sincerely,
Team CARICHAM & UWI MSBM
Regional ARISE Forum
You are invited to attend the Regional ARISE Forum on Thursday October 28th, 2021, a preliminary event of the 2021 Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction for the Americas and the Caribbean. This virtual event is hosted in collaboration with the UNDRR Regional Office and the 23 ARISE Networks of the Americas and the Caribbean. CARICHAM will lead a session at this Forum, as such, we invite you to benefit from this important Forum!
Topics for this Forum will include:
Thriving SMEs: The relationship between resilience, competitiveness and sustainability
Risk Transfer: The insurance system as a tool for prevention and resilience building
Cost and Benefit Modelling for Resilient Infrastructure
Designing Business Continuity Plans: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and Multi-Hazards (CARICHAM will lead this session and launch its new BCP Toolkit)
Challenges and next steps towards business resilience and sustainability
Don’t miss the advances and good practices presented by senior representatives of the private sector to foster resilient economies. Recommendations collected on how private sector engagement through ARISE can contribute to building resilience and influence public policies in DRR the region will also be shared.
Business and risk managers as invited to attend as well as other key DRR stakeholders such as business associations, chambers of commerce, national disaster risk management systems in the region, intergovernmental organizations and other strategic partners, including donors, international, regional and subregional organizations, United Nations agencies, multilateral organizations and bilateral cooperation agencies involved in DRR and private sector engagement.
The Forum will be hosted online through the “Hopin” event platform, allowing participants from all over the region to join. Not only will attendees be able to choose which session to attend but will also be able to network with others. Registered persons will receive additional information on how to access the event.
Register now to benefit from this first Regional ARISE Forum!
CARICHAM Regional Growth Series 7
CARICHAM invites you to another episode in the CARICHAM Regional Growth Series, which has been designed to support the Members of the Chambers who are part of CARICHAM the Private Sector of the Caribbean Region, and other Stakeholders.
This seventh episode of the CARICHAM Regional Growth Series explores the topic, ''The Importance of Cybersecurity for Business Continuity."
CARICHAM Regional Growth Series- Episode 6
This sixth episode of the CARICHAM Regional Growth Series will provide Caribbean Businesses with tools to prepare for the Hurricane Season 2021 in the context of the Pandemic and Multi-Hazards.
ICC Campaign to end the pandemic in the Caribbean WEBINAR
Dear Members,
The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, along with the Caribbean Chambers of Commerce (CARICHAM) and the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO) will partner with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for a virtual webinar “Call to Action: the ICC Campaign to end the pandemic in the Caribbean”. The ICC campaign is a global initiative executed through its national committees which seeks to advance measures to accelerate the end of the crisis. The T&T Chamber has been a member of the ICC for over two decades.
The April 28th session is intended to start the conversation on the role of the private sector in the vaccination roll out. ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton, AO, will deliver opening remarks, while the meeting will be moderated by the current Chair of CARICHAM.
Due to the importance of this discussion to the region, we are inviting businesses across the Caribbean to join the 90-minute Zoom webinar as we begin to chart the way forward out of COVID-19. The discussion will examine and advocate for the adoption of the ICC’s roadmap for action. The roadmap is contexted in terms of five major downside risks. These include: Banking on vaccines as a silver bullet; Vaccine nationalism; Production disruptions; Trade logistics frictions; and Vaccine hesitancy.
Register HERE
International Sales and Export Marketing Training (Free series of training sessions)- Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry
What are the tips, best practices, hard work & effort put into a product/ a brand for it to go International & become successful?
Fellow member of the Chamber, Marie Sharp's Fine Foods Ltd. hosts a series of sessions to support new and upcoming entrepreneurs.
True Spirit of the Chamber - Businesses supporting each other!!!!
Member - Free to Attend
Non-Member US$25.00 per week session
Contact us at bcci@belize.org or WhatsApp +501– 614-3138 to register and receive the zoom link.
DAIC International Women’s Day 2021 Webinar
IWD is a day to recognise how far we’ve come towards gender equality, and also how far we have left to go. Back in 1911, only eight countries allowed women to vote, equal pay for equal work was unheard of – if women were allowed to work at all – and reproductive rights were non-existent. We celebrate all women, in all their diversities.
We have come a long way. The global theme for International Women’s Day in 2021 is ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’. COVID-19 has impacted women and girls in profound ways, amplifying the inequalities they face every day. It is fundamental that diverse women’s voices and experiences are central to national and global recovery plans.
Join the DAIC on March 8th at 3:00-4:00 PM for a webinar on the topic ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’.
Moderated by Executive Director, Lizra Fabien, this webinar features four exceptional women leaders who are members of the Chamber: Evadney Esprit – Manager of DoIt Center and DAIC Director; Olive Strachan MBE – Founder and Owner of Olive Strachan Resources; Annette Lestrade – Business Owner of Compliance767; and Tamara Lowe – Country Manager of Tropical Shipping.
Ensure to tune in to understand the specific challenges faced by women due to COVID-19, to the wins made by women in leadership spotlighted and to gain insight into the strategies for achieving success by women in leadership in a COVID-charged business environment.
Be sure to share this with other women as we celebrate International Women’s Day! Of course, men are welcome too!
Register here
CARICHAM Regional Growth Series- Episode 5
This fifth episode of the CARICHAM Regional Growth Series will focus on the OHADAC Regional Arbitration Centre (CARO Centre), to be launched soon in Guadeloupe. This Centre will offer arbitration and mediation services (ADR methods) at the scale of the Caribbean Region. The CARO Centre’s goal is to untap the potential of ADR as a tool to enhance trade within the Caribbean region, and also promote sustainable growth.
BCCI Virtual Digital Conference - Executive Mindset: Evolved Thinking for Business Leaders
Join us at the BCCI Virtual Digital Conference - Executive Mindset: Evolved Thinking for Business Leaders, to hear from some of the world’s leading digital business experts as they share how innovations can revolutionize your business.
Enhancing the Resilience of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to Multi-Hazards
The St Lucia Chamber of Commerce of Industry & Agriculture and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction presents: Enhancing Resilience of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to Multi-Hazards. Click for more details
Belize - Virtual Buyer Mission
Belize Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Virtual B2B sessions
Doing Business in Belize information sessions
Contact: bcci@belize.org
Regional Private Sector Dialogue on Trade Facilitation and the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Network of Caribbean Chambers of Commerce (CARICHAM) will partner with CARICOM and the OECS to host the webinar: Regional Private Sector Dialogue on Trade Facilitation and the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Doing Business with Cuba
The Caribbean Chambers of Commerce (CARICHAM) is pleased to host the webinar: Doing Business with Cuba. Feature speakers will provide critical information relating to exporting to Cuba and doing business in this market.
Update on the Energy Sector of Trinidad & Tobago
Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago
Feature presentation by the Minister of Energy & Energy Affairs, Senator the Honourable Franklin Khan.
The incoming new Chairman of the Energy Chamber will be announced at the event.