Southern Export Plan: Mission To Canada + NACO Conference Participation

Posted by admin | 5 Jun 2017

Following the success of BIAT 2017 held in Catania last March and the interest expressed by both Italian SMEs and Canadian investors to explore industrial and technological partnership opportunities ICE-Agenzia proposes to organize an exploratory and educational mission to Canada on the occasion of the upcoming annual conference of the NACO- National Angel Capital Organization association, World Angel Investment Summit to be held in Montreal from October 2-4 and to be attended by about 400 investors.

On the international investment front, Canada is a net foreign investor. The trend of Canadian direct investments abroad show an increasing trend (in 2014 they amounted to over CAD 829 billion, about CAD 50 billion more than in 2013, 130 billion less than in 2015). Italy ranks 52nd in the ranking of destination markets for such investments. It is believed that the innovative potential expressed by the projects proposed by operators in the Convergence Regions at BIAT2017 qualifies companies in the area and candidates them for new investment from Canadians.
L he initiative aims to foster the internationalization of the most innovative enterprises in the "less developed" Regions by promoting and facilitating forms of technological partnership and industrial collaboration with Canadian investors.
Participation in the mission will consist of educational and informational seminars/workshops on existing opportunities in Canada in terms of investment in innovative products and services, pitch/presentation of Italian innovative products/projects, and B2B meetings with Canadian investors.
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