The second annual New York Xpo for Business was held November 28,
2007 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Over
500 exhibitors from the metro area displayed their goods and
services and 32 seminars were offered to the more than 7000
attendees. The event showed true cooperation and support - Five
(of 6) NY metro USEACs assisted with the staffing of the shared
US DOC/NY DEC booth; NY DEC members were available to counsel
companies, staffed the booth and participated in the two USDOC
international trade seminars.
The steering committee for the 2007 NY Xpo for Business included
local chambers of commerce, local, state and federal government
agencies (SBA, Empire State Development, NYC Department of
Business Services), media (TV, print, radio and internet) as will
as local business organizations. KL Fredericks, Director, Harlem
USEAC and Issac Savitt, NY DEC member coordinated participation
with the show organizer Event Management
(www.eventmanagement.com). David Roman coordinated (and
presented) the 'Take your Company Global' seminar (more than 35
attendees) which included presentations by NY DEC members Barney
Lehrer and Tom Valentine. Melissa Grosso, CS Middletown, CT,
presented a seminar on International Marketing (more than 30
attendees) with Barney Lehrer lending his Internet marketing
expertise.
Joe Schoonmaker coordinated the NY DEC members available for
counseling. NY DEC members Andrea Ratay, Joe Schoonmaker, Tom
Valentine, Cynthia Duncan (and staff), Ike Savitt and Barney
Lehrer provided counseling to Xpo attendees. Gerri Cristantiello,
NEXCO executive director, also staffed the NY DEC table and
counseling those that stopped by. Joel Barkan, Joel Reynoso,
Jetta DeNend, Alice Chan and Carmela Mammas, NY USEAC; Melissa
Grosso, Middletown, CT USEAC; Michael Grossman, Westchester
USEAC; Harvey Rubinstein and Carmela Mammas Newark USEAC and
David Roman and KL Fredericks, Harlem USEAC staffed the booth,
provided counseling to visitors and walked the show to find new
clients.
David also prepared the seminar powerpoint presentations and
handouts, coordinated DEC members, helping transport and set up
the booth banners, tables, chairs, etc. Ike Savitt and his son
Norman transported the booth paraphernalia from the Harlem USEAC
to the Javits Center and back again.
Melissa met with the show organizer (Event Management) and they
will soon be meeting to devise a strategy for bringing an
'international' flavor to the 'Connecticut Xpo for Business'. The
show organizer is already planning the CT and NY Xpos for '08 and
will be developing a 'Boston Xpo for Business' for '09!