Elgin Area Chamber Of Commerce: Business Opportunities Through Trade

Press release from the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce:

February 18, 2022

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• Featured Event: Smart Mobility Moves the World
• New Illinois District Export Council Executive Officers!
• The Northwest Illinois Opportunity Equity Forum (OEF)
• Minority Business Focused Trade Mission to Italy, Spain and Portugal
• Virtual Events & Resources
• Succeed in 2022
• Contact Us

Featured Event: Smart Mobility Moves the World

The U.S. Department of Commerce - U.S. Commercial Service is looking to advance Smart Mobility, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Smart Cities, Machine Learning, and Autonomous Marine Technology that will help your company identify business opportunities and increase your global sales.  

Make global connections with pre-screened overseas government/procurement officials, distributors, buyers, importers, partners, and industry multipliers that have been recruited by our U.S. Embassy & Consulates from over 41 Foreign Markets

Business Opportunities in more than 40 countries! 

New Illinois District Export Council Executive Officers!
Please join the Commercial Service Illinois team in welcoming our newest Illinois District Export Executive Officers! 

The new 2022  IDEC Executive Officers are:

Chair: Sam Odeh, CEO, Power Energy Corporation
Vice Chair: Sonat Birnecker Hart, President, KOVAL Inc. (DBA: KOVAL Distillery)
Treasurer: Steven Olson,  Managing Director / Middle Market Banking, CIBC Bank US
Secretary: Lisa Waller, Vice President, BDG International, Inc.
District Export Councils (DECs) are organizations of leaders from the local business community, appointed by successive Secretaries of Commerce, whose knowledge of international business provides a source of professional advice for local firms.

Illinois DEC members volunteer their time to sponsor and participate in numerous trade promotion activities. They also supply specialized expertise to small and medium sized businesses that are interested in exporting. 
Learn more about the Illinois DEC

The Northwest Illinois Opportunity Equity Forum (OEF)
The Northwest Illinois Opportunity Equity Forum (OEF) proudly presents its first quarterly meeting on February 17, 2022 at 4:30 PM at the Rockford City Market. These quarterly meetings cater to minority and underserved businesses, entrepreneurs, and exporters. The OEF combines the resources of local, state, and federal entities to provide meaningful and practical information to help your minority or underserved business grow. For more information, contact Adam.Shanks@trade.gov 
Register today! 

Minority Business Focused Trade Mission to Italy, Spain and Portugal
The purpose of the mission is to provide opportunities for U.S. companies to access the Southwestern European regional market and increase U.S. exports to the European Union (EU) region by connecting U.S. firms and trade associations to pre-screened business prospects. Trade mission activities will be designed to target the export assistance needs of minority businesses.

For more information and registration: https://www.trade.gov/mbftm-2022. 

Virtual Events & Resources
Taiwan EdTech Webinar - 2/15
Healthcare Virtual Road Trip to India February 15-17, 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa Energy Opportunities- 2/17
Trade Winds Middle East & Africa: Explore New Business Opportunities
Throughout the Region - 03/6 - 03/8/2022 
5G & Tech Opportunities in Latvia - 3/8 
Understanding eCommerce: Website Best Practices and Tax Responsibilities - 3/8
China’s Updated Cosmetics Regulations Webinar - 3/15
Cyber Security Business Development Mission to South America - 04/04 - 04/11 

Succeed in 2022
Refine your international business plan with our exporting resources on trade.gov. Start by updating your trade data findings using the updated TradeStats Express. The dynamic data visualization tool gives you access to more than a decade of U.S. goods export and import data at the national, state, product, and partner levels, including full-year 2021 data. 

Contact Us
U.S. Commercial Service Chicago
233 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 260
Chicago, IL 60601
U.S. Commercial Service Peoria
1501 W Bradley Avenue, BECC 2165
Peoria, IL 61625
U.S. Commercial Service Rockford 
308 West State Street, Suite #190
Rockford, IL 61101

This press release was produced by the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.