Business Week 2018: Conquering New Horizons

In succession of the successful Small Business Event of June 21st, 2018, the Department of Economic Affairs, Commerce and Industry (DEACI) through its unit Exprodesk and in collaboration with COSME (EU Program) are organizing the Business Week 2018: Conquering New Horizons. During this Business Week there is the possibility to go more in-depth into topics like e-commerce, online payment, business model innovation and much more!

Moreover, on July 11th, we are selecting potential service sectors and preparing the right strategy to reap the benefits of our talents, knowledge, world and regional trends. We want all institutions and firms in Aruba to engage with us and be part of this journey for more growth. For this Business Week we have a wide array of Local and International Experts. This Business Week will focus on businesses seeking to expand, to improve their competitiveness in the export market, interested in exporting their product or service in the future and for trainers/consultants working with SMEs.

Business Week 2018: Conquering New Horizons:

  • International (ISO) Standards: Increase your competitive advantage (Monday July 9: 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM)
  • Masterclass E-commerce: Growing beyond borders  (Tuesday July 10: 9:00 AM- 4:30 PM)
  • Service Industry: Taking Aruba’s Services to the World. This workshop is for service providers in professional services, creative industries, and ICT (Wednesday July 11: 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM)
  • Micro-financing Opportunities (Thursday July 12: 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM)
  • Online Payment Possibilities on Aruba (Thursday July 12: 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM)
  • Business Model Innovation. This workshop is for businesses seeking to expand, to improve their competitiveness in the export market, interested in exporting their product or service in the future and for Trainers/Consultants working with SMEs (Friday July 13: 8:30 AM- 12:00 PM)
  • Quality Infrastructure Awareness: Promoting Market Access and Competitiveness through Standards and Quality (Friday July 13: 1:30 PM- 4:00 PM)

Date: July 9- 13, 2018
Time: 9.00 AM- 12.00 PM (Monday & Thursday) 9.00 AM – 4.30 PM (Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday)
Venue: L.G. Smith Blvd #160, Sun Plaza Building 2nd Floor
Entrance: Free! (limited space)

To register and select the workshop(s) you would like to participate in, please use the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Exprodesk