Save the date, or sponsor a workshop at IBS:
Benefits of IBS Involvement:
IBS is about networking: It connects people with new contacts, and builds relationships and trust. The structured speed-networking is particularly popular.
IBS is about visibility: sponsors and networkers come to IBS to define their brands, and promote products and services to potential clients. IBS offers a specific opportunity for sales and marketing to the diverse, international, and multi-lingual community. The Collaboration, Diversity, Prosperity Awards highlight achievements by innovative and inclusive companies in our region.
IBS is about resources for prosperity: the Summit showcases support services for business and skills development, international business incentives, supply-chain development, people and training. These resources benefit large, small and international businesses.
IBS is about meeting the bi-national community: Support for IBS establishes a long-term portal to the bi-national community leadership and membership., and to potential global intermediaries, partners and cultural mentors.
IBS is about collaboration: The event brings together people who want to share new thinking, ideas and opportunities. There is an emphasis on diversity as a source of innovation, and on placing innovative thinkers together to collaborate for business development.
IBS is about diversity: It showcases the diversity of the Tampa Bay area and recognizes those who value differentness as a source of growth, prosperity and innovation. It celebrates cultural fluency as a key skill-set in a global economy, and acknowledges commitment to differentness as a best practice value in organizations.
IBS is about education and entertainment: While some conferences are “same old, same old’, IBS is a fast-paced, varied range of options, where business owners, executives and their staff can learn a wide range of skills on the track of their choice, while mixing with interesting and multi-cultural thinkers.
Bi-National and International Chambers in IBS
- British-American: 180 people and businesses. www.babctampabay.org
- Caribbean-American: 2018 people and businesses. www.cacctb.com
- Chinese-American: 280 people and businesses. www.ccctb.com
- French-American: 380 people and businesses. www.framco.org
- Indo-American: 2875 people and businesses. www.indo-us.org
- Hispanic Chamber: www.tampahispanicchamber.com
- Philippine-American: 3,875 people and businesses. www.paccoftampabay.com
- Scandinavian Baltic: 242 people and businesses. www.scandbalt.org
- Swedish-American: www.sacc-greaterorlando-tampabay.org
Who will be present?
- Sponsors and their teams.
- The Chambers, leaders of the Bi-national communities, and members.
- Economic Development Stakeholders: Includes economic development resources, workforce development, transit, trade support, universities etc. For instance, acceptances to attend have been received from Gene Grey, Mike Meidel, Pam Iorio, Jim Pyburn, Louis Miller. Enterprise Florida, Star Tec, SBDC-USF. Many other stakeholders in economic development will be present.
- Members of the wider Tampa Bay and Suncoast business, economic and educational community: This includes many purchasing representatives from large organizations, small business and supplier diversity program facilitators (through FMSDC).
