Testimonials
Written testimonials and video interviews:
Director Germany & Central Europe, OCO Global
So for me, IME is one of the unique events where decision makers from government, businesses and the whole industry let's say of investment promotion, is brought together in a room 2 days to discuss trends and solutions that shape, let's say this year, resilient investment. So, it's a great networking opportunity that you have and in comparison, to others it's a niche setting with a real opportunity to get in touch with high level decision makers. So that's why we as OCO Global are attending for the 3rd time now and rate this event highly.
Minister of Economy, Innovation, Digital Affairs and Energy, Saarland
Well, I represented the Region of Saarland here at this wonderful Congress. It's a networking conference with a lot of people all over the world. It's a great conference and it is good for my network. I used the chance to represent the Region of Saarland talking about the challenges we have in transformation of our industrial region to a future region with new branches in circular economy and semiconductors, also in pharma, in pharma industry. And it's good when a lot of people know what we do and are interested to invest in Saarland because we have a strong workforce, and we need workforce them and we have a lot of good places and sites where you can invest in greenfield and in brownfield. And therefore, I'm here. Thank you.
Associate International Office Director – Germany, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Investment
Well, thank you so much. I'm here today representing the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority. I believe it's a very good event that is quite diverse when it comes to the attendance and the different IPAs that are present here today. We've already heard some very interesting presentations and looking forward to the panel discussions that are going to take place over the rest of the day. From my perspective, obviously, foreign direct investment is something that's crucial for Saudi Arabia and many other countries around the world. And I believe this is a good opportunity for networking as well as more insights into the framework of foreign direct investments, inflows and outflows throughout the globe. So happy to be here today and I'm looking forward to a very interesting exchange.
Founding Partner, CryptoLaw Partners
So last year I spoke about the role of Crypto and Blockchain and Web3 and its impact on FDI, Foreign Direct Investment. I’m sort of reiterating that a bit this year, because I think there were a few presentations people took a lot away with it, and things are continuing to develop from last year. So I just want to highlight what stayed the same and what changed. As you may recall from last year, Dubai where I’m from, had just implemented a whole new regulatory scheme, and now we’ve had some time, some time has passed, and we get to see some of those results and they’re working. I think 10 000 companies registered the last year in Dubai because of Crypto and Blockchain, so it is having an impact. One free zone the DMCC is actually getting internationally famous, so I think it’s good to not just say what might happen, but actually say what did happen. It gives people some context, and I don’t know, if this group would necessarily, immediately think of Blockchain and Crypto as drivers of FDI, those two ideas don’t always go together, but it’s useful to consider them working in tandem. And the reason I like it here is, you know what, it’s people like you. The people make the event and it’s efficient. You got good people and giving very interesting comprehensive presentations. It’s not fluff, it’s not superficial, they go deep, it’s a little bit more technical, which I like, it’s sort of more my nature. I like that you have Ukraine, of course I’m a little bit biased, my wife is Ukrainian and it’s just great. So I wasn’t even in Frankfurt, I booked a flight from Dubai to Frankfurt just so I could speak for 15 minutes, because I want to support your event and I appreciate being a guest and the speaker.
Business Development Head – Lead Generation
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone - Government of Ras Al Khaimah My name is Holly. We’ve flown in from the United Arab Emirates to be here at the IME Conference. The reason we’re here is we’re representing the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, specifically Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, and we specialise in helping companies to set up in the UAE, set them up and help them flourish and grow, and of course, be profitable. The reason that it’s important for us to be here in Germany is, Germany is one of our key markets and we foresee that many new clients that will be coming into the UAE, will be coming in from Germany over the next few years, specifically in the sector of manufacturing, industry, automotive, engineering. We have a lot of interest from EV companies, plus many, many more. So being here in the market gives us a great opportunity to connect with the investment community here at IME, represent everything that Ras Al Khaimah has to offer. And of course, we’re going to meet some of our clients while we’re here in Germany as well. A really great opportunity, and thanks to IME for having us here as one of the main guests.
Vice President of Sales, Conway Data, Inc
So this is our first time exhibiting at IME, first time actually in Frankfurt for myself. And we looked at the landscape for global events and found this to be of great value to us to connect with international promotion agencies around the globe. We've had great attendance in the past and this looks to be another great event. And so, we're very excited to be here. Our company works with investment promotion agencies around the globe to help them attract investment primarily from North America and the US corporate investment audience. The company by the way, is Conway Data. We published Site Selection magazine and this year we celebrate our 70th year in business and very happy to be here.
Strategic Advisor, UkraineInvest
My name is Kostiantyn Lisnychyi I’m a strategic adviser at Ukrainian Invest. We are primarily responsible for bringing investments into Ukraine. We are trying to figure out to find and to bring new investment projects to Ukraine. This conference is actually a great honour for me to take part in, in that gathering. I see a lot of big companies and consultants that could be interested in helping us, in bringing investments to Ukraine. Definitely its hard during the war but everybody expects that after the war to be a rebuilt time, and it will be the largest rebuilt project after the World War 2. That’s why a lot of investors are looking at Ukraine and ready to do visibility studies, analytics, forming teams, just bringing them to Ukraine to meet with the central government, with local governments. So we are ready to facilitate them with their tasks. And I guess that your Investment Management Exhibition is a great event for networking, the right place to meet people, ready to invest even in destinations like Ukraine.
Director – Regional Policies, Programs Unit
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY CENTRU IN ROMANIA We are representing the central region from Romania, a region with six counties, placed in the centre of Romania. And we are very glad to be here because we have the opportunity to promote our region, to present our advantages and the opportunities that we offer for the investors from other parts of the continent. We can present also our industry main pillars that can be developed or can be sustained with development from other parts of the continent.
Project manager of Invest Madeira
Regional Secretariat of Economics, Tourism and Culture | Autonomous Region of Madeira It was a good opportunity for us to find investors from all these countries, from different continents, Asia or Africa. It was a very interesting experience to find their views and share our assets and our strengths and say they are very welcome in our region and it's a good place for investing.
Director Investment Promotion at Invest in Seychelles
It's the first time that Seychelles has come to IME. We're here to basically learn and understand what's happening in the world of IPA. What other opportunities and investment opportunities are available and to promote Seychelles and the opportunities that are available in Seychelles. For us it's different, because it's a different target group. It's a different market, different contacts, different sets of contacts. So we get to learn more, network and expand our network more.
Video Interviews
