Business Development Mission to Saudi Arabia

Smart Technologies, Advanced Materials, and Transformative Ideas for Saudi Arabia’s Anchor Industries

Location: Dammam and Riyadh

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative is a long-term blueprint designed to reduce dependence on oil, diversify the country’s industrial foundation, and foster a knowledge-based economy. Advanced technology is a key enabler of the changes envisaged in the initiative.

Saudi Arabia’s mainstay industrial pillars of oil and gas, power, downstream petrochemicals, water desalination, and mining are all accelerating change towards sustainability and greater operational efficiency thanks to the rapid adoption of smart technologies, advanced materials and innovative solutions. The Kingdom today is seeking products and technologies that enable new capabilities in:

•  proactive and predictive maintenance
•  robotics and automation
•  condition monitoring maintenance
•  intelligent surveillance
•  advanced industrial services
•  simulation training
•  green chemistry
•  renewable energy
•  waste to energy
•  energy recovery
AND MUCH MORE

Mission Deliverables

The mission will include customized one-on-one business appointments with potential buyers, agents, distributors, and joint venture partners. It will also include meetings with major end user groups and government officials, briefings on local business law and the economic environment, as well as networking events.

Council staff in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia will continue to assist mission participants with business follow-up for six months post mission without charge.

Participation Requirements

Interested companies should complete and submit a mission application to the U.S.-Saudi Business Council. Applicants will be evaluated on the market opportunity for their product or service in Saudi Arabia.

The Council anticipates accepting 10-15 companies to join the mission.

Mission Application Deadline

The mission application deadline is October 30, 2022. To apply to participate in the mission please click on the APPLY button below.

Mission Fees

The participation fee for the mission is $3,500 per firm for one company representative. The fee for each additional company representative is $500. Expenses for air travel, lodging, incidentals, and meals are separate and will be the responsibility of each mission participant.

Mission Point of Contact

The primary point of contact for the mission is Ishtiaq Hussain. Director, U.S.-Saudi Business Council. Email: ihussain@ussaudi.org. Tel: 571-595-4319.