There's little more than a month to go until the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit, scheduled to take place May 1-4, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. This year's summit returns to the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center and is the best opportunity for prospective investors to learn everything they need to know about the U.S. market and connect with both regulators and local authorities and potential business partners and service providers. The summit is designed for all-stage investors, from early prospectors to those who already made their final investment decision.

The summit is SelectUSA's largest initiative to promote the U.S as an FDI destination to global audiences and brings together +3500 participants from +70 international markets. AmCham Romania strongly encourages member companies and local businesses interested to expand to the U.S. to consider joining the 2023 SelectUSA Invesmtnet Summit. This year again AmCham Romania will be part of the national delegation going to the U.S. and can provide on-site orientation and assistance to participating Romanian enterprises.

For tech startups, SelectUSA offers the SelectUSA Tech stream, which allows qualifying businesses to join the summit at a discounted rate, in addition to access to tailored workshops and info sessions and a dedicated area in the exhibition pavilion to showcase their products and/or services and host business meetings.

To learn more about the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit please visit selectusasummit.us. You can find here the admission criteria for tech startups. The summit's agenda (provisional) is available here.

Participants to the Summit can:

• explore interactive exhibitor showcases featuring economic developers (EDOs), service providers, industry experts, and international tech startups;
• network with more than 50 states and territories, companies from around the world, speakers, government officials, and others, as well as set up one-to-one or group meetings to make investment deals happen;
• learn from policy and industry experts during dedicated sessions and gather actionable information on everything from developing a workforce to understanding incentives;
• meet and form valuable partnerships with industry partners from across the United States;
• meet thousands of investors from international markets.

In the period leading up to the summit, we at AmCham Romania would be thrilled to assist you in preparing your participation and can provide further input and guidance to summit delegates, both within and outside our business community. For AmCham Romania members, we can also help with speeding up the U.S. Visa interview process through our Business Visa Facilitation Program. If you want to join this year's summit, please reach out to Manuel Cazac at mcazac@amcham.ro for further details.

ABOUT SelectUSA

SelectUSA, the federal program to attract FDI in the U.S. is housed within the U.S. Department of Commerce, in charge of promoting and facilitating business investment in the United States. Since its inception, SelectUSA has facilitated more than $102 billion in client-verified investment projects, supporting more than 132 000 U.S. jobs. SelectUSA works with the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and entities across government to facilitate job-creating business investments into the United States and raise awareness of the critical role that economic development plays in the U.S. economy.

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AmCham members who would like to learn more about our U.S. Drive services are kindly invited to reach out to Manuel Cazac, Business Growth & Outreach Programs Manager (mcazac@amcham.ro).