Luncheon at business federation’s 2013 conference in Los Angeles. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
SAN FRANCISCO— Delegates from Filipino American chambers of commerce and other business organizations, interested business owners and entrepreneurs, and guests from the Philippines will gather in Las Vegas November 6 to 8 for “B2B matching meetings.”
“Bridging Trans-Pacific Commerce in a Changing World” is the theme of the biennial business conference hosted by the Federation of Philippine American Chambers of Commerce (FPACC). Members of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Philippines-USA Economic and Business Council (PUBC) are expected to attend the business-to-business match-ups.
Philippine delegates will meet face to face with potential U.S. partners such as suppliers, consumers, manufacturers, or representatives of business interests ranging from bolts and nuts, BPOs (business process outsourcing), VCO products (virgin coconut oil) to bamboo-related industries.
A workshop on business development in U.S. markets as well as micro-seminars and informal relationship-building sessions will complement one-on-one meetings of prospective domestic or international partners.
The Business-to-Business Matching opportunities will continue post-conference as activities are being scheduled to provide momentum for expected Memos of Understanding that will be signed during the Las Vegas gathering.
For those who are interested in the B2B focus of Federation 2015, a complete list of needs is available at https://FPACC.net. Contact b2bcomm@fpacc.net for more information.
The organizers of Federation 2015 are FPACC, in collaboration with FPACC Foundation Inc., the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Nevada, the Las Vegas Filipino American Chamber of Commerce and PCCI-PUBC.
Conference features
On Friday, November 6, the program opens with the “Women’s Entrepreneurial Summit” and a forum on Opportunities in Home-Based businesses and New Ventures in the U.S., ending with an evening welcome reception.
A trade show exhibit will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday, afternoon and evening. The Saturday program covers topics such as the state of the U.S. and Philippine economies, what it takes to do business partnerships with the Philippines and U.S. businesses, the certification of minority-owned businesses in the U.S., highlighted by a formal evening gala event. The B2B Matching’s program of activities will run concurrently during the conference, starting as early as Thursday. FPACC’s biennial election of its officers and board members will also take place during the conference.
The Sunday morning session will showcase the memorandums of understanding among the conference’s binational and domestic business stakeholders and present the incoming board of directors’ strategic plans and member-chambers’ reports.
Registration
Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino is located at 3770 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada. Registration and hotel booking information are found at https://FPACC.net and https://fpachamber.com/FED_2015__Bi-National.html. Register online at https://tinyurl.com/federation2015.
As of press time, the “early bird” registration rate of $195 per delegate ends on October 30, 2015. Thereafter, the standard conference rate of $250 per delegate is effective up to November 2.
Interested conference attendees do not need to be members of a Filipino American chamber to register. For more information, contact FEDERATION2015@fpacc.net or Marie Cunning, FPACC President, at Marie.Cunning@fpacc.net or (602) 573-6936.
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