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The SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition is the premier event providing solutions to the satellite end-user community. Attracting nearly 10,000 delegates from 70 countries, and featuring more than 300 exhibiting companies, the SATELLITE 2010 Conference is a forum for attendees to learn best practices, experience the newest technology and collaborate with colleagues from all sectors of the satellite community. Register today at http://www.satellitetoday.com/satellite2010/.

Now in its 11th year, TeleStrategies’ Revenue Assurance & Management presents the tools, technologies and know-how for communications professionals to develop a best in class revenue assurance, fraud and cost assurance practice. It attracts over 200 industry experts and covers all aspects of the revenue assurance discipline (switch to bill, inventory reconciliation, configuration management, billing verification, cost management, fraud, interconnect, content settlement, partner management, etc.) and all covers all services (voice, Internet, 3g/4g, mobile data, applications, content, video, cloud services, VPN and managed services).

The LatAm Mining Congress 2010 will offer an opportunity for mining companies to uncover strategies to maximize ROI, minimize operation costs, and discuss alternative investment opportunities for project finance. This executive level conference provides a platform for mining exeutives, financiers, government officials, and other industry advisors to discuss critical issues that are affecting the mining world today.

• Profit from the recovering Latin American mining industry
Take advantage of Latin America’s enormous growth in metals and mining
• Build profitable business partnerships
Network with the Latin mining industry’s senior-level decision makers
• Uncover opportunities in mining
Insight from Barrick Gold, Xstrata, Hochschild Mining, Votorantim Metais, Goldcorp, US Gold, Kinross Gold, Allana Resources, Amazon Mining, Capital Gold, First Majestic Silver, Kimber Resources, Minera Andes, Quadra Mining, Quia Resources, Timmins Gold, Quri Resources, Great Panther Silver and many more

Register now at www.terrapinn.com/2010/latmining

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference is the leading forum for communication, networking and deal-making for the hospitality and tourism investment community in the Caribbean region.

Delegates will be able to choose among a wide variety of Breakout Sessions, Development Track Workshops and Plenary Sessions which will deal with what is and will be in the industry in the region. Leading experts will provide information on the outlook for investment in the region, new trends and opportunities, and solutions to challenges in development and ownership. There will be many opportunities such as the luncheons, opening reception, networking reception and the closing dinner to meet and exchange ideas with fellow delegates, speakers, dignitaries and colleagues. The Sponsors' Exhibit will also afford direct contact with representatives of our sponsoring companies and will be open throughout the Conference.

The Conference goals are to inform, enlighten and to provide time for networking experiences for the delegates to conduct their business face-to-face while at the conference.

If you are an investor, hotel owner, lender, hotel chain executive, developer, financial advisor, mortgage broker, real estate agent, lawyer, designer, architect, tourism official, timeshare developer, government official you should attend CHTIC! The CHTIC 2010 event will be in Puerto Rico in May.

The MEF’s official Carrier Ethernet congress for the Latin American region. Simultaneously translated into English, Spanish and Portuguese.  With over 250 attendees expected, CEW Americas (Carrier Ethernet World Americas) will be the largest conference and exhibition for Ethernet networking and services professionals in the LATAM region.

Recognized as the most significant meeting of its kind, the La Jolla Conference on Latin American Energy annually convenes influential players from across the hemisphere and globe. This year’s conference, the 19th annual, will focus on China-Latin America energy relations, energy investment in a time of economic uncertainty, continuing policy challenges for the region’s electric sector, the role for renewables, the impact of coming climate change policies,  forecasts for Brazil, Mexico and Colombia as well as other country-specific sessions, state intervention and the geopolitics of energy. Last year's conference included presentations by the CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, as well as senior executives from Chevron, CAF, Ecopetrol, Pemex, AES, GDF Suez, Gran Tierra, among others.

The following events will take place during the III International Exhibition: San Juan, a Driver for Argentine Mining Development 2010:

• Exhibition of Machinery and Technology for the Mining Industry.
• Business Round Table.
• I Seminar on Engineering and Maintenance.
• Seminar: “Why Mining in the Argentine Republic”.

Participants will get a complete overview of the most significant topics in today's Argentine mining sector, in addition to the possibility of networking with national and international mining companies, suppliers and professionals.

The role of domestic financial markets in low and middle income countries

What practical actions can be taken to strengthen the financial sector in emerging and developing markets to increase investment flows and returns?

Join policymakers from key economies, speakers from international financial and development institutions, leaders from the financial services industry, and experts, to discuss:

• What policies would deepen and boost financial markets 
• The best incentives to attract investment 
• The likely impact of emerging regulation on investment flows into emerging markets
• How bond and equity markets are developing and maturing
• The respective roles of venture capital, business angels, stock markets, diaspora funds, and remittances as sources of capital
• Quick wins: what innovations, tailored to local markets, have increased access to finance?
• The prospects for ‘leapfrogging’ technology.