John Leyden, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009

B -- TDA FALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PORT SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR US EXPORTERS POC John Leyden, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009 From California to South Carolina and across the Atlantic to Central Europe, TDA is hosting several deal-making conferences this fall designed to help you do business better by matching your company's products and expertise with decision makers from foreign governments and companies. TDA's trademark one-on-one meetings allow you to meet with these important project sponsors from around the world to discuss your interest in key international projects in one place over a few short days, saving you both time and money. TDA conferences also offer workshops that highlight the best project opportunities for US businesses in the region and sector, a complete briefing book profiling each project in detail, and strategies and insights into some of the world's most challenging and rewarding emerging markets. Following is a listing of the three major conferences that TDA is hosting this fall: AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL WATER CONFERENCE -- (October 19-21) This conference, to be held in Long Beach, California aboard the Queen Mary, will feature 25 water-related infrastructure projects from the region. Because US firms are known for their expertise in the sector, they are strategically positioned to supply ozonators, controls and instrumentation, specialized pumps and valves, and sludge-handling equipment. Coupled with the engineering and design services that will be needed, US exports for water projects in Africa and the Middle East could exceed $1 billion over the next five years. For more information, contact Carol Bell with EA International at (410) 584-7000, or visit the event Website at www.tda.eaest.com. US ENVIRONMENTAL AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE -- (November 2-4) TDA will host this regional conference in Budapest, Hungary, to highlight the unprecedented opportunity for US companies to capture a share of the industrial-related environmental projects in several European countries currently negotiating accession to the European Union. Project sponsors from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia and Cyprus will present detailed information on at least 30 major projects in the sub-sectors in which US businesses are the most competitive -- industrial remediation, process control technology, energy efficiency, wastewater technology and more. For more information about this event, contact Dan Lamey with MFM at (305) 285-7883, or visit the event Website at www.mfmgroup.com/budapest.html. WORLD PORT CONFERENCE -- (November 8-10) From Latin America to Asia, harbors are being dredged, berths added, navigation systems made safer, and productivity enhanced through technological advances. To meet a growing demand for trade along the world's waterways, TDA will host this conference in Charleston, South Carolina, to highlight 50 near-term port projects. If you work in the port industry, there is a place for you to negotiate deals and market your products and expertise at this event. For more information, contact Lynn Harmon with TERA at (703) 406-4400. Posted 09/07/99 (I-SN376866). (0250)

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