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Welcome to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s homepage for U.S. Educational Institutions and Intensive English Programs. This page is your resource for market research reports, international student recruitment events, and study consortia information.

Our division of Commerce, the U.S. Commercial Service, has a global network of 100 offices located throughout the U.S. and over 100 offices located in about 80 countries. Our worldwide team of education specialists is here to assist with your international outreach to students, potential partners, and agents. To find your local education specialist, please click on the link to the left titled “Local USDOC Support”.

Our Education Team members can assist you with the following:

  • International Market Research – our overseas education specialists generate reports on the education sectors of target markets around the world. You can see three reports highlighted below, but you can also access more of them at www.export.gov/mrktresearch in our Market Research Library under the Services section.
  • Recruitment Fairs – we can help you identify the right international education fairs for your institution.
  • Webinars – learn about the education sector in a market of interest without leaving your desk.
  • Virtual Education Events – showcase your school to a potential partner institution and/or agents using a powerpoint presentation live over the internet.
  • Gold Key Service – we will set up in-country meetings for you with possible partner educational institutions, identify qualified recruiting agents, find companies that require specialized training for their employees and/or connect you with the Ministry of Education.
  • Single School Promotion – we will organize an event featuring your institution/program and invite the country’s key players in the education sector.

*****Featured Event – Education Mission to the Philippines and Malaysia – October 2013

http://export.gov/industry/education/eg_main_060455.asp

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For more about the Education Team and our services, please click here for our team flyer.

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Detailed Event Information For Andina Link 2013 Detailed Event Information For Andina Link 2013
Andina Link 2013 -- Audio/Visual Eq., Films/Videos, Telecommunications Eq., Telecommunications Services
Location/Date: Cartagena, Colombia 02/26/2013 - 02/28/2013
Event Summary:
Latin America has become one of the most important markets for cable television programming, industry equipment, and convergent technologies, and Andina Link, thanks to the growth of past years, has positioned itself as the main event of the pay television industry. With a population of over 200 million inhabitants, Latin America is one of the most attractive markets in the future of pay television and Andina Link 2013 is the place to be with its concomitant academic seminars, business workshops, FICA (the Ibero American Convergence and Audiovisual Forum), and Latin Screens (TV and film industries marketplace). Driven by a combination of new regulations, rising disposable income, and the availability of new delivery systems, including digital DBS (direct broadcast satellite) services, the Latin American region represents an important market for multi channel television. Andina Link has been uniting the telecommunications industries for 18 consecutive years. Andina Link brings together communication industries such as cable TV, convergent technologies and broadband, as well as, content production and technologies and the attendees come from all over South and Central America with the majority of the exhibitors coming from the United States. Andina Link's target industries are: cable TV and convergent technologies, broadband, wireless technology, internet, software, equipment, programming and channels, film and TV production, technology and equipment, and triple and quadruple play providers. While its target audiences are the cable operators of the Latin American region, technology distributors, programming and investors, productions companies, programming buyers, telecommunications companies, and telephony companies. And, as a result Andina Link attracts attendees from countries throughout the Latin American region including: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, among others.
Contacts:
Carlos Suarez, Bogota
Commercial Specialist
Phone: 571-2752814
Carlos.Suarez@trade.gov
Graylin Presbury, Trade Event Programs
Senior International Trade Specialist
Phone: 202-482-5158
Graylin.Presbury@trade.gov
Maria F. Gomez, TDC Events International

Phone: 305-772-2549
Maria@andinalink.com