Services - June 2007
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Send to friend  Following up on a successful
Boston and New York City media tour in October 2006, ProChile, the Trade
Commission of Chile, is again partnering with CORFO, Chile’s Economic
Development Agency, to conduct a media tour that raises the profile of
Chile’s technology market as a venue for foreign direct investment (FDI)
in shared services, IT development, technical support, and repair and
assembly facilities. Table of ContentsAtlanta and San Francisco Media Tour |
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Atlanta and San Francisco Media Tour |
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During the week of June 11, ProChile and CORFO will conduct a tour targeting top-tier business and technology media and analysts in Atlanta and San Francisco. Much like the October tour in Boston and New York, the purpose of the tour is to publicize Chile’s value proposition to North American multinational corporations (MNCs), while positively positioning the Latin American market within the global shared services industry and Chile within the Latin American market. During the tour, Constanza Donoso, investment official with CORFO, will be joined in San Francisco by Viviana Araneda, the Trade Commissioner of Chile in Los Angeles. We will provide a recap of the tour in our next newsletter so stay tuned! |
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Recent Events |
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Bio 2007 International Convention Chile’s Economic Development Agency (CORFO) was active at the Bio 2007 International Convention, the world's largest event for the biotechnology industry. The Chilean delegation was lead by CORFO’s Executive Vice-president, Mr. Carlos Alvarez, along with 25 biotech companies and 4 tech centers. In the context of CORFO’s program “Invest Chile” the objective was to promote and attract foreign investment in the Chilean biotechnology sector, as well as to publicize a new directory of the industry in Chile. The BIO 2007 International Convention drew a record of 22,366 attendees, with representatives from 48 states and 64 countries. The BIO Exhibition featured the largest gathering of biotech exhibitors in history, with more than 1,900 companies and 60 domestic, country and regional pavilions representing every aspect of the biotechnology industry. The event is organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) - of which CORFO is currently a member - representing more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of healthcare, agricultural, industrial, and environmental biotechnology products. For more information on Chile’s biotechnology industry please visit http://www.corfo.cl/biotechnology/index.html. |
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Upcoming Events |
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The Americas Competitiveness Forum United States Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez will be hosting the inaugural Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) from June 11-12, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. The ACF is a two-day conference designed to inspire and educate the 500 international leaders who will attend this groundbreaking and innovative forum. The ACF is a venue for Western Hemisphere economic and education ministers, business executives, academics, and non-profit leaders to meet, be heard and network. It provides an opportunity to explore cutting edge ideas and best practices in several key areas of competitiveness. The ACF’s main tracks are: sparking and sustaining innovation, creating solutions in education and workforce development, designing successful global supply chain strategies, and fostering small business development and growth. Chile will be represented by Mr. Alejandro Ferreiro, Minister of Economy; Mr. Carlos Alvarez, Executive Vice-president of CORFO; Mr. Oscar Guillermo Garretón, President of Fundación Chile; and Chile’s Ambassador to the US, Mr. Mariano Fernández, among other highly distinguished government officials. Other confirmed government delegates include the US Secretary of the Treasury, Argentina’s Minister of Economy, Canada’s Minister of Industry, Mexico’s Minister of Economy, Nicaragua’s Vice-president, and many others. |
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Chile: Your Nearshore Destination for IT and BPO Chile’s Economic Development Agency (CORFO) will be hosting an international workshop designed to give multinational corporations (MNCs) a comprehensive overview of Chile as a competitive destination for IT and services investments. Attendees will hear from North American MNCs - including Oracle, Synopsys and Yahoo! - about their experiences of conducting business in Chile and the results of their investments in software and IT development, shared services, R&D and other areas. Attendees will also hear about the Chilean Government’s grants and the latest trends in IT services in Latin America from leading research firms, IDC and neoIT. Mr. Carlos Alvarez, Executive Vice-president of CORFO, and Mr. Raúl Rivera, Director of Pro-Innovation Forum will lead the workshop. For more information or to register for either date, please contact registersv@investchileprogram.com or 408-956-1699. |
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Fast Facts |
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Chile Continues to be Ranked as a Top Latin American Location for Outsourcing - Chile scored 7th among 50 global destinations in A.T. Kearney's recent "Global Service Location Index 2007" - In the March 2007 World Economic Forum report, "Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007," Chile was the highest ranked Latin American country for its superior technology infrastructure, general business environment, and availability of services |
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Contact Us |
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Please feel free to contact Constanza Donoso at hightechchile@corfo.cl
with questions about Chile as an investment location for shared services,
IT development, technical support, and repair and assembly facilities.
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