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What is the National Buyer/Seller Forum?

With more than $160 billion of major projects announced, underway, or recently completed in Alberta, the long-term opportunities are endless for industrial suppliers, both in Alberta and across Canada.

While you may know about the opportunity, you may not be sure about how to sell to the major industrial and oil sands players, or have your name at top of mind of the key decision-makers.

That’s where the National Buyer/Seller Forum comes in. This dynamic, fast-paced event will showcase oil sands and industrial development procurement opportunities and solutions.

You’ll find oil sands developers, their manufacturers and suppliers, key procurement personnel, and colleagues from across Canada and the globe all in one room. It’s the perfect venue for oil sands developers, manufacturers, and suppliers to meet and find solutions to the ever-increasing production demands.

The National Buyer/Seller Forum is a joint industry/government supply chain development initiative.

What’s in it for you?

• Gain first-hand knowledge of major oil sands buyers’ procurement policies and processes, pre-qualification requirements, registration procedures, and expectations.
• Develop alliances and extend supply chains to do business in Alberta and around the world.
• Discover new supply opportunities.

Who attends?

• More than 1000 of your colleagues from Alberta, Canada, and abroad.
• Oil sands project owners
• Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) firms
• Industry associations
• Global supply chain consultants
• Manufacturers and fabricators
• Buyers of industrial equipment, materials, and services
• Industrial supply chain managers
• Plant operations and maintenance personnel
• Project managers, engineers, and technicians
• Suppliers of equipment, materials, and services to major industrial and oil sands projects, including:
  • Structural steel
  • Pressure vessels
  • Tanks
  • Heat exchangers
  • Turbines
  • Pumps
  • Machine shop services
  • Engineering & Construction
  • Maintenance, Repair, Operations (MRO)

New for 2008:

• Environmental Technologies
• Industrial Accommodation
• Infrastructure

What can you expect?

• Keynote addresses, providing the Alberta context, the magnitude of oil sands development, how it is being managed from a public and private sector perspective, and the opportunities for equipment and service supply.
• Presentations and discussions from Alberta’s buyers of supplies and services to the oil sands industry, sharing insights on how to become one of their key suppliers.
• One-on-one meetings with Buyers from Alberta’s oil sands industry, where you can speak with key procurement and business development decision-makers, and begin the dialogue on how to become a preferred seller.
• Network and meet with the players in Alberta’s oil sands and related industries.
• Valuable intelligence to add to your company’s knowledge base.
• A sense of timing of the major oil sands projects

What’s new for 2008?

• Larger Forum venue
• New on-line One-on-One meeting scheduling system
• NBSF Business Development Showcase – twice the exhibit space, full-booth displays, and increased industry traffic
• Participation of new industry sectors – Infrastructure, Environmental Technologies, Industrial Accommodation