Trade delegation to Go for the Greens Conference for women entrepreneurs

Date: September 25 to September 28, 2024
Venue: Disney’s Boardwalk Resort and Conference Center
Location: Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Target Audience: Women entrepreneurs or women-owned businesses from Canada
Sector: Aerospace, Agriculture and processed foods, Clean technologies, Consumer products, Industrial machinery, Infrastructure, Transportation

Event description

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service at the Consulate General in Miami is leading a trade delegation to the annual Go for the Greens (GFTG) Business Development Conference for Women Entrepreneurs. The trade delegation will take place from September 25 to 28, 2024 at the Boardwalk Resort in Orlando, Florida. This delegation is being organized in partnership with PARO Centre.

What is Go for the Greens, and what does the conference's name stand for?

Go for the Greens is a high-level business development conference for women entrepreneurs looking for supplier diversity opportunities through exclusive access to companies, government agencies and non-profits.

The Greens in the conference's name promotes three important pillars: money, sustainability and golf as a networking tool.

The boutique conference offers:

• Valuable networking: Network with corporate and government buyers, and other women entrepreneurs who want to trade, collaborate and form strategic alliances;
• Educational programming: Enhance your knowledge and learn about tools to help you successfully grow your business through strategic and smart business topics;
• Concierge Connections: Make business-to-business (B2B) connections in small groups among corporate and government supplier diversity and procurement professionals, women entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders and other attendees;
• Golf networking: Players of all level are welcome to participate in the golfing experience on Saturday to meet, talk business and bond over hole-in-ones.

Support from the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) in Miami includes:

• Preparation: A pre-conference information session with the conference organizers, covering capabilities statement best business practices, pre-departure virtual networking, and a post-conference follow-up workshop;
• Support: U.S.-based Trade Commissioner providing support before, during and after the conference;
• Canadian programming at the conference: Canada Reception, meetings with local experts and select opportunities for pre-arranged one-on-one business meetings with corporate and government buyers and other women-owned suppliers (not guaranteed).

Register to attend

• Companies must register directly on the conference website, Go for the Greens, where they will also find additional information about the conference, including preliminary programming.
• To be included in the Canadian programming, contact Ximena Pauvif-Machado (ximena.pauvif-machado@international.gc.ca), Trade Commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada to Miami, no later than August 26, 2024.

Why your organization should participate

• Compare your product/service with international competitors
• Develop a first-hand understanding of the opportunities and challenges of doing business in foreign markets
• Gain insights and market intelligence
• Increase visibility of your product or service
• Meet academic or research entities
• Meet key commercial entities, industry players, and potential buyers, investors and/or partners
• Meet key regulatory bodies
• Participate in networking events
• Participate in pre-organized business to business meetings
• Pitch your product /service to selected audiences
• Receive mentoring and coaching
• Receive on-the-ground assistance from the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service

Trade Commissioner(s) involvement

Activities organized by the Trade Commissioner Service

• Networking event
• Pavilion/exhibit
• Product pitch to select audiences

The conference is multi-sectoral, but the main sectors are highlighted above.

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service offers services free of charge to Canadian exporters and companies that meet our client criteria.