Government of Bermuda
The Premier traveled to Miami to open the first Inaugural Bermuda Executive Forum hosted in Miami by the Bermuda Business Development Agency.
Premier delivered opening remarks at the event, met with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. Premier also had meetings with Mr. Eric Knowles, President & CEO and members of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Mark Wilson, CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce as well as the Miami Stock Exchange.
Premier Burt spent 24 hours in participating in the annual Concordia Summit. Premier shared with attendees how Bermuda is leading the world in Fintech Regulation.
The trip was a success with more companies looking to setup physical operations in Bermuda.
Premier, the Hon. David Burt, JP, MP concluded a busy trip to Washington, DC where he conducted "fruitful" meetings with key Congressional representatives to discuss significant matters on behalf of Bermuda.
Attended the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government. It was the first Heads of Government meeting since Premier David Burt assumed office. The Premier presented on Bermuda's FinTech ambitions and further discussed how Distributed Ledger technology can more generally assist with challenges in servicing citizens and increase government efficiency in areas of healthcare, social insurance and licensing, as well as the strides Bermuda is making in these areas.
Premier was invited to speak to delegates at the KMPG infrastruture forum. Preimer also met with the Dean of the University of West Indies.
Premier led a delegation to meet with policitcal and business leaders in Miami, Florida.
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Premier delivered remarks and hosted a reception for business leaders in attendace. Premier conducted a number of media interviews with Bloomberg TV, Radio, and online news.
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Premier was invited to the Bellagio Blockchain Summit. On his way back to Bermuda, Premier was invited to speak to attendess at the annual Etheral NYC Summit hosted by Consensys.
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Premier led Bermuda deletegation to Consensus 2018 conference. Premier spoke to conference attendees and conducted meetings with potential investors and media.
Breakfast meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and meetings with members of Congress regarding Bermuda's financial services industry.