The inaugural SiteNet Dispatch of 2009 brings you fresh content from our just-published January issue of Site Selection. This batch of exclusive stories includes our cover story on FDI in the USA, two years after the Dubai Ports World controversy; several reports indicating positive FDI momentum, especially of the carbon-free variety; and a look inside Adobe's "Green Team":
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| Pipelines to the Future? If the U.S. economy is to ride the twin engines of foreign investment and renewable energy, early evidence is coming in the form of expansions in Houston by Dubai-based Future Pipe Industries (left) and in Newton, Iowa, by wind energy equipment maker TPI Composites. |
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| Randy Knox (right), senior director of workplace solutions for Adobe Systems, offers his unique perspective on what makes for a LEED-Platinum corporate campus (pictured), and how openness to ideas and to sharing results can turn the Green Imperative from mandate to movement. |
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There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
- "Linde Expands Assembly Plant in Wales"
- "CEYO Chooses Munich for European HQ"
- "Joey's Pizza to Launch Internationally"
- "SENOR Tech Chooses Netherlands for European HQ"
- "Acciona's Solar Plant will Power Portugal"
Copacetic clicking,
Jack Lyne
Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing
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Upcoming Conferences and Expositions of Note
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- January 15 - 16, 2009 ABA Construction Industry Forum: "Coverages, Disputes and Tactics for Survival" Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Hotel and Spa, Bonita Springs, FL
- January 25 - 27, 2009 41st Georgia Foreign Trade Conference The Cloister, Sea Island, GA
- January 29 - 30, 2009 Corporate Sustainability Summit Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
- February 2 - 4, 2009 Logicon Europe 2009 Hotel Bloom, Brussels, Belgium
- February 9 - 13, 2009 CERAWeek 2009: Risk and the Rebuilding of Confidence: Energy Strategies for a Turbulent Economy Westin Galleria and Oaks, Houston, TX
- February 23 - 26, 2009 Utility Economic Development Association Marriott Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, FL
- March 4 - 6, 2009 ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital Bacara Resort, Santa Barbara, CA
- March 16 - 18, 2009 JAXPORT 2009 Logistics and Intermodal Conference Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL
- March 26 - 27, 2009 Gaining Ground: Sustainable Urban Development Leadership Summit Camino Real Hotel, Guanajuato, Mexico
- March 31 - April 3, 2009 LogiChem Europe 2009 Hilton Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
- April 27 - 29 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference 2009 Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, CA
- April 27 - 29 2009 Airport Cities Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece
- May 2 - 6 2009 Spring 2009 IAMC Professional Forum Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
- May 5 - 7 2009 2009 CDFA Annual Development Finance Summit Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA
- May 5 - 8 2009 Gaining Ground: Energy and the Future of Cities Westin Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- June 1 - 4 2009 IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
- June 8 - 10 2009 International Conference on Industry Growth, Investment, and Competitiveness in Africa (IGICA) Abuja International Conference Centre
Abuja, Nigeria
- October 20 - 22 2009 Planning Down: Economic Life Within Ecological Limits Vancouver, Canada
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