World Chambers Congress• The only global meeting place for chambers of commerce and businessmen worldwide
• Taking place every 2 years in a different continent (back to Europe in 2015!)
• Growing every year: 91 countries in Marseille (1999), 109 countries in Doha (2013)
General Congress goals
• to share best-practices• to be updated on the last economic trends• to widen the international cooperation network• to develop innovative projects
9th WCF Congress Objectives• More than 120 countries involved• More than 1600 participants
Organizers
From Europe: Germany, Austria,UK, Belgium, Italy, Spain, France,Ireland, Greece, Denmark, Croatia• From Extra-UE: Brazil, Peru, Chile,Argentina, USA, Russia, China, Japan, Turkey, Malaysia, Australia, Qatar,Pakistan, Senegal, Congo, Zambia;Afghanistan, India, Thailand
Countries
Pre-programme
Plenaries
-Global Trade in the 21st century-Global mobility-A sustainable world - food, water and energy
Speakers invited
- Mario Draghi, President BCE- Harold McGrawHill, CEO McGrawHill Companies and ICC Chairman- Carlo Petrini, President Slow Food- Ban-Ki Moon, Secretary General UN- Roberto Azevedo, Executive Director International Trade Centre, Geneva
World Chambers Competition
Total numbers of applicants for each category
-Best CSR project: 18
-Best job creation & business: 25 development project
-Best policy advocacy project: 8
-Best unconventional project: 29
Record number of projects – 80 from 40 countries
Congress official airlines
ECONOMY CLASS DISCOUNT up to 10% BUSINESS CLASS DISCOUNT up to 20%
ECONOMY CLASS DISCOUNT up to 25% BUSINESS CLASS DISCOUNT up to 25%
Exhibition area• 2,500 sqm exhibition area• Located in the Congress centre• Networking and business areas inside• Visitors free entrance
Rates bare space: € 400,00 sqm basic stand: € 500,00 sqm
Exhibition benefits
• Free access to coffee breaks & Congress participants relax area
• 1 complimentary access to the business programme
• Unlimited invitations for your customers to the exhibition area
Open to all Congress participants and exhibitors
Self-made business agenda through the Congress matchmaking software
Up to 9 appointments – 20 minutes sessions
All countries and sectors involved
Business programme – Network connections
Social programme
10 JUNE 2015
WELCOME COCKTAIL AT THE «REGIO» TEATRE
PROGRAMME
• Welcome by the Torino City Mayor, Mr. Piero Fassino
• Welcome by the organizers ICC WCF and Torino CCI
• Networking cocktail
• Free evening in the Torino City Centre
Social programme
PROGRAMME
• Welcome Cocktail in the Royal Garden
• Competition Awards Ceremony
• Congress closing remarks and handover ceremony
• Dinner at the “Citroniera”
• Jazz music entertainment
12 JUNE 2015 GALA DINNERAT «LA VENARIA REALE» ROYAL RESIDENCE
Leisure programme
TOUR NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
• Torino “historical city”
• Tour of the Royal Palace of Venaria Reale
• Piemonte Langhe Hills: Food & Wine Tour
• The Olympic mountains
• Piemonte lakes
• Portofino seaside
• Milan 2015 Expo