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Larry Williams, President and CEO and James Kohnstamm, Vice President, The Beacon Council conducted a Miami-Dade Marketing Mission to Atlanta, GA March 11-13, 2014.  The Atlanta mission objectives were to meet with and update key corporate real estate site selectors...

The Inaugural BioFlorida Latin America & Caribbean Life Sciences Conference was held on March 27 and 28, 2014 in Miami. The purpose of the conference was to connect experts in life sciences from Florida (and other parts of the United States) with counterparts from...

Taking place from May 2-6, eMerge Americas Techweek attracted more than 6,000 attendees and more than 220 companies and 115 startups to the inaugural 5-day conference, which is scheduled to become an annual event to assist in strengthening Miami’s role as the “tech...

As a result of the One Community One Goal study, the Aviation Industry was adopted as one of seven industries targeted for growth in Miami-Dade County.  This industry is a major employer and acts as a facilitator to the area’s largest economic drivers.  In an effort...

The Beacon Council’s Lyndi Bowman and Jaap Donath attended CeBIT, the world's leading exhibition and trade fair in the information and communications technology industry from March 10 – 15 in Hannover, Germany. The five-day event attracted nearly 3,500 exhibitors from...

Germany has been one of the target markets for the Beacon Council for the attraction of foreign direct investment. Attending MEDICA in November of each year is an opportunity to expand the reach into the German market. Prior to attending MEDICA this year, the Beacon...