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Forum Économique
Calling all entrepreneurs, investors, and businesses that do operations in French! Join us in New Orleans for our first ever Forum Économique exploring the theme: Shaping a Multilingual Economy in America. Bringing together some of the most respected business experts and entrepreneurs from across the United States, the two-day forum will offer a jobs fair for participating businesses to find leading talent and exchange with like-minded professionals on how to recruit and encourage French-speaking professionals in the workplace. Today, 63% of American businesses need multilingual workers - French being the third language most in demand. So join us in America’s most French city for an unparalleled event. Signing up is free!
An event powered by the Nous Foundation with the generous support of the French Ministry of Europe & Foreign Affairs.
Presented in partnership with the Consulate General of France in New Orleans, GNO Inc., and Tulane University.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26
JOBS FAIR
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Participating businesses will all have a stand (free of charge - including a table and two chairs), where they will meet the public (4,000 people expected, including 3,000 students) and present their activities.
professional panels
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
On the main stage, hear from industry experts and specialists on how to foster innovation and a competitive workforce in French. There will be panels on topics such as creating bilingual tech start-ups to how you can launch your career using French to be hired at major international companies. Each hour we will also invite representatives from companies to share more about their work and operations on the main stage.
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Participants will be invited to attend professional workshops - organized with Tulane University - on how to write an efficient resume in French, how to translate business content into French, and how to develop a strategy to expand your business internationally.
reception & networking SESSION
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Reception and networking session with all participating businesses and some of the city’s leading business actors and public officials.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27
TOUR OF THE CITY’S ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURES
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
All participating businesses will be invited on a tour organized in partnership with the region’s economic development agency, GNO Inc. The tour will include in-person meetings with New Orleans’s leading business actors and public officials as well as a tour of the region’s economic infrastructures such as the Port of New Orleans.
CLOSING LUNCH
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lunch and networking session with all business representatives and New Orleans’s leading business actors and public officials.
Date and Time
Thursday Jan 26, 2023 Friday Jan 27, 2023
Location
Tulane University
Lavin-Bernick Center
29 McAlister Drive, NOLA
Fees/Admission
Participation is free of charge
