Business View Caribbean | March 2020

37 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN MARCH 2020 Expo Jamaica Buyer Programme Performance 2008-2018 KPI 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Buyers Attending 187 253 325 475 431 563 Trade Leads Generated 65 101 92 105 111 Conversions/Orders 17 33 25 20 23 Participating Countries 15 17 22 24 24 27 B2B Meetings 120 134 379 332 512 329 EXPO JAMA I CA 2020 Animation Network; Cannabis by the Ganja Growers and Producers Association; and Castor Oil by the Castor Association. 2. Fashion Show: The goal of the Expo Jamaica Fashion show is to showcase and bring retail traffic to featured Jamaican fashion designers. This will be its first staging and promises fresh and exciting designs from select artists. 3. Praise and Worship: This segment will be led by Gospel Artiste, Rondell Positive, with an hour of worship on Sunday, May 3, 2020. 4. Seminars: As one of the new features, the seminars will provide relevant and valuable information to exhibitors, buyers, and patrons relating to exporting, introducing key considerations for engaging local businesses and space for further engagement. 5. FIRST Tech Challenge National Robotics Championship : Expo Jamaica has sponsored and partnered with FTC in efforts of encouraging youth involvement in STEM. The top three winners of the competition are invited to display their robots at Expo Jamaica 2020 and will be showcasing their robots for the four days of the tradeshow.