OCRI Global Marketing

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Presents:

DOING BUSINESS IN SPAIN

Date:	Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Time:	7:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Location:	O’ Connor Room, Sheraton Hotel, 150 Albert Street, Ottawa
Cost:	There is no charge, but pre – registration is required.
Agenda:
7:30 a.m.	Registration, networking and breakfast
8:00 - 8:05 a.m.	Opening Remarks Mike Darch, Executive Director of OCRI Global Marketing
8:05 - 8:15 a.m.	Welcome Enrique Fanjul, Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Spain
8:15 - 8:35 a.m.	Presentation I: "INTERES Invest in Spain: your Spanish partner" Marian Scheifler, Chief Operations Manager, INTERES Invest in Spain.
8:35 - 8:55 a.m.	Presentation II: “ICT Business Opportunities in Spain" Andrés García, ICT Investor Services Manager, INTERES Invest in Spain.
8:55 - 9:15 a.m.	Presentation III: “Investing in Spain: Best Practices" Alberto Echarri, Head M&A and Investment Projects, Gomez Acebo & Pombo Lawyers (one of the most important law firms in Spain); Gustavo Gómez, Vice President, Canada - Spain Chamber of Commerce.
9:15 - 9:35 a.m.	Presentation IV: “Spanish Experience” Chris Gay, Executive Vice President of PlascoEnergy Group, and Randy Bennett VP of Plasco.
9:35 - 10:00 a.m.	Q&A
10:00 a.m.	Closing remarks
10:05 - 10:30 a.m.	Networking

Ottawa Global Marketing in partnership with the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Canada and Interes Invest in Spain would like to invite you to attend Doing Business in Spain.

Spain is a dynamic country. Not only is Spain the eighth largest global economy, but it has also grown at faster rate than the euro-zone in the last years. Furthermore, Spain is a modern knowledge-based economy with services accounting for 67% of economic activity. The country has become a center of innovation supported by a young, highly-qualified work force and competitive costs.

The Communications and Information Technology market in Spain has grown more than any other in Europe. It amounted to 54,000 million euros in 2006, an increase of 6.5% in comparison to 2005, 1.5% higher than the figure recorded for the European Union as a whole (4.9%). Important factors promoting the development of Spain's ICT sector include the spread of broad band connections, major competition in mobile services, government plans to develop the knowledge economy and the quality of Spanish professionals and technicians.

Don't miss this opportunity!

To register, please contact:
Marysabel Gonzalez
Business Development Officer
OCRI Global Marketing
mgonzalez@ocri.ca

For more information on this event, contact:
Kelly Daize
Manager of Business Development and Cluster Support
OCRI Global Marketing
kdaize@ocri.ca

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