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For the 14th year, the MAI team of industry, trade and investment specialists - Diane Alleva Caceres, Crystal Porter, Doug Wood, and our Georgia Tech interns - designed and implemented a successful B2B component of the Southeastern United States//Canadian Province Alliance conference in Savannah, GA 19-21 June 2022 hosted by the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Over 90 companies participated. Large, anchor companies included Delta Airlines, Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia Power a Southern Company, Kia Georgia, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and The Coca-Cola Company. Many SMES met one-one-one to discuss a variety of [...]

Over 220 executives and thought leaders in global trade and investment attended the World Trade Center Atlanta's 3rd Annual World Trade Day on May 3rd, 2018. This year’s theme was, “Trade Talk: Capturing Global Markets in a Turbulent World.” Similar to last year, the event included a full-day conference with eight panel discussions and a keynote address by Griffith "Griff" V. Lynch, Executive Director Georgia Ports Authority. New this year was the expansion of the  International Pavilion. The John C. Portman Global Leadership Award, created to honor the legacy of John C. [...]

For the 11th year in a row, the MAI team of industry specialists including Bruce MacLellan, Diane Alleva Caceres, Crystal Porter, Doug Wood and Sheillach McDougall designed and implemented a successful B2B component of the Southeastern United States//Canadian Province Alliance conference in Mobile, AL 3-5 June 2018 hosted by Alabama's Department of Commerce. Over 70 companies - from large anchor companies like Mercedes Benz, Airbus and Austal t0 many SMES - met one-one-one to discuss a variety of potential business relationships from R&D partnerships and supply chain development to joint ventures and [...]

Market Access International's CEO Dr. Diane Alleva Cáceres Chairs 2nd Annual Event and Hosts Trade Panel Working to help organizations grow through global trade and investment, The World Trade Center Atlanta held its 2nd Annual World Trade Day on May 4, 2018. This year’s theme was, “High Stake Innovations Impacting the Global Stage.” The event included a full-day conference with eight panel discussions and a keynote address by Bryson Koehler, CTO, IBM Watson and IBM Cloud. This year the World Trade Center Atlanta created the John C. Portman Global Leadership Award to [...]

  The NEG/ECP held their 41st conference in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Edward Island, Canada on August 27-29, 2017. MAI, as the third party private sector partner, drove B2B discussions with strategic advisory services and on-site meetings among energy and food companies. In an effort to add value to its annual conference especially for private sector participants, the NEG/ECP for the first time incorporated B2B meetings alongside core conference panel discussions. MAI is honored to be a valued partner in this prestigious gathering of governors and premiers seeking to create sustainable economic development [...]