Futurallia

Join the KC delegation at Futurallia 2010 as we invite the world to KC in 2011

Futurallia will bring the world to KC next year for the 'Olympics of entrepreneurship'
— Kansas City Star

Futurallia 2011 will bring hundreds of the world’s business owners and entrepreneurs to Kansas City
— KC Business Journal

Photo gallery from one of the Futurallia info sessions

Futurallia 2010 is the largest conclave of small-business owners and global entrepreneurs in the world. They meet for one reason — to buy and sell products and services through a carefully crafted expo and one-on-one meetings. CEOs and business people come from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and the Middle East.

This business forum offers participants 15 personalized 30-minute, one-on-one meetings in two days, which they pre-select from the official online catalog of key decision makers who from up as many as 40 countries.

Are you a buyer or a seller? Do you offer products or services? Business people of all stripes will benefit from the opportunity of networking and global expansion.

What’s in it for you? In a word, opportunity.

Establish new national and international business relationships
Increase your business through expansion of your distribution footprint
Seek new business partnerships
Explore the international business landscape
Find synergies, new products, IP and a chance to learn from peers

Futurallia 2010 is in Poitiers-Futuroscope, France and there’s still time to register, but the deadline is April 3! The event is April 28–30, 2010 and package options range in price from $1,475 to $1,825, based on occupancy and length of stay. Price includes hotel, meals, receptions and your personalized meeting schedule. You'll also be part of the Kansas City delegation that will welcome the world to Kansas City for Futurallia 2011.

Supporters

Futurallia 2011 supporters include the Kauffman Foundation; Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation; the Greater Kansas City Area Development Council/KC SmartPort; the Kansas City Convention & Visitors Bureau and Regional Destination Foundation; the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce/World Trade Center; the Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone; the Mid-America Regional Council; the city of Kansas City, Missouri; the Greater Kansas City International Trade Council; Asian Chamber of Commerce; NASCO and other world-wide business organizations.

Next year in KC

Kansas City will send approximately 50 businesses and organizations to Futurallia 2010, and where the formal pronouncement will be made naming Kansas City the site for the May 2011 Futurallia.

In early March, organizers announced the selection of Kansas City as the site of the worldwide Futurallia2011 to be held May 18-20, 2011, the first time it has been held in the United States.

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Kansas City, MO 64105-1659
816/474-4240
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