Commercial sector meet the buyer event planned for SeaWork 13th-14th June 2007
Following the successful meet-the-buyer events held in Portsmouth in July 2005 and May 2006, with key partners Portsmouth City Council, UKTI and the British Marine Federation, the proposal for 2007 is to hold a buyer event at SeaWork in June, focusing on the commercial maritime and EEZ sectors.
This will provide two distinct meet-the-buyer events for the UK marine industry: leisure marine at London Boat Show; and commercial marine at Seawork. The Maritime Industries Meet-the-Buyer will be held at Seawork, Southampton over the second two days of the show, 13-14 June 2007.
The buyer meetings will be held in a defined area within the Seawork exhibition. This area will be designed to enable 20 simultaneous meetings, logos and promotional materials for the buyer companies, a reception desk and waiting/coffee area for the vendors. Access to the show is free and there will be free parking on site.
The proposed sector coverage will be on buyers and suppliers in the following sub-sectors:
• Dockyard and ports supply (equipment and services)
• Maritime security
• Maritime surveillance and vessel management systems
• Naval equipment
• Commercial equipment
• Commercial vessels (all sizes and types)
• Related services
Target countries for the overseas buyers will be identified by the event partners and UKTI overseas Posts, and will take the new UKTI strategy into account.
Vendors must be British-registered companies and can be exhibitors at Seawork or non-participants. Overseas companies asking to be involved as vendors will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but will have to pay more than UK companies (as main funding is provided by UKTI).
Vendors will register on a website that will enable them to write their profile and to request meetings with specific buyers. Meetings will then be coordinated by the Seawork team.
If you would like further information please contact either Rachel Foy or David Nickolls at UKTI South East. Either email Rachel.foy@uktisoutheast.com / Tel: 01983 209813 or email david.nickolls@uktisoutheast.com /Tel: 01256 769287.
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