Trade Fairs, Conferences & Events

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 26, 2025 - Yokohama Rubber and Thailand's Rubber Authority (RAOT) have reached a new milestone in their long-term partnership to secure sustainable natural rubber, completing their tenth joint seminar to help smallholder farmers in Surat Thani improve rubber quality, productivity and working conditions across the supply chain.

Supporting smallholders at the heart of the rubber supply chain

The latest seminar, held in December 2025, brought together around 50 farming households from the Surat Thani region, one of Thailand's core natural rubber-producing areas and home to Yokohama Rubber's processing subsidiary Y.T. Rubber Co., Ltd. The program focused on practical measures to improve yield and quality at farm level, a critical factor for tire makers who depend on consistent, traceable natural rubber as a key raw material.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 18, 2025 - Citroën is using the 2026 Brussels Motor Show as a strategic showcase for its renewed electric portfolio and brand positioning, placing compact EV innovation, comfort-led SUVs and electric motorsport on the radar of European dealers, fleet buyers and mobility partners.

Brussels stand becomes a live lab for Citroën's electrification strategy

At the show, which opens to the public on 9 January 2026, Citroën is building a stand that mirrors its current transformation: colourful, modern and highly focused on accessible, electrified mobility. Alongside the world premiere of the ELO concept, visitors will see the new C5 Aircross as the brand's flagship SUV, the Ami in its new Dark Side edition, and a Formula E single-seater that signals Citroën's next era in electric motorsport.

For B2B stakeholders, the line-up illustrates how Citroën is repositioning its range around:

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 18, 2025 - A new B2B-focused nautical event, the Napoli Boat Show (NBS), will debut from March 18-22, 2026 at Marina di Stabia in Castellammare di Stabia, positioning itself as a "Boutique Boat Show" built around a simple commercial premise: every boat on display is ready to sail, and sea trials are the norm rather than the exception.

A "Ready-to-Sea" exhibition model built for sales conversations
Unlike traditional dockside showcases, NBS is designed to reverse exhibition logic by putting on-water testing at the center of the buying process. The show's proposition is that there is a material difference between viewing a vessel moored at the quay and experiencing it underway-especially in a setting that allows shipowners and professional buyers to evaluate handling, comfort, and performance in real conditions.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 15, 2025 - Dubai Airshow 2025 opened at Dubai World Central with the Middle East debut of two of China's homegrown C919 aircraft, signaling a higher-profile push by Chinese aerospace players to showcase commercial, unmanned, and next-generation aviation technologies to global buyers.

C919 debut puts China's narrowbody on a new international stage
At the 19th edition of the Dubai Airshow, the appearance of the C919 marked its first showing in the Middle East, with a flight demonstration at the venue. The aircraft's presence matters beyond the air display: for airlines, lessors, MRO providers, and airport stakeholders, international showcases help shape early market perception around supply-chain maturity, support ecosystems, and longer-term export ambitions.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 15, 2025 - Shanghai is sharpening its push to become a leading center for merger-and-acquisition activity, as the 2025 Mergers and Acquisitions Finance Conference spotlighted stronger regional deal momentum and unveiled a new market index intended to track China's evolving M&A environment.

Policy momentum behind listed-company restructuring
The conference took place as Shanghai marks one year since releasing a three-year action plan aimed at supporting M&A among listed firms. In practical terms, the message to corporate leaders and capital providers is clear: policy alignment and financial-market infrastructure are being positioned to support more transactions that improve efficiency, accelerate industrial upgrading, and strengthen competitiveness in key sectors.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - Hanwha Finance is sharpening its Middle East growth agenda as Chief Global Officer Dong-Won Kim used his opening address at Abu Dhabi Finance Week's Global Markets Summit to position South Korea-UAE financial collaboration as a long-term strategic pillar for both economies and a testbed for next-generation digital capital markets.

Strengthening a Korea-UAE "100-Year Partnership" Through Finance

Speaking in Abu Dhabi, Kim framed financial services as the connective tissue that will turn high-level Korea-UAE diplomacy into investable projects and new cross-border capital flows. He noted that "since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1980, South Korea and the UAE have continuously expanded the scope of cooperation", and stressed that Hanwha Finance intends to help carry forward a "100-year partnership" between the two nations.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - From its position as a fast-rising global capital hub, Abu Dhabi is using Abu Dhabi Finance Week's Asset Abu Dhabi forum to redefine how institutional investors think about asset allocation, risk and long-term value creation in a volatile macro environment. Hosted by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the event's second day brought together leading capital allocators, hedge fund managers, family office leaders and policymakers to assess emerging opportunities and the next frontier of asset management.

Abu Dhabi's regulatory platform moves into the global first rank

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - Jiangyin, a key industrial hub in China's Yangtze River Delta, has wrapped up its 2025 Golden Autumn Month of Investment with 208 newly signed projects worth a combined 68 billion RMB, underscoring the city's ambitions in integrated circuits, next-generation information technology, advanced manufacturing and clean energy. For global investors and industrial operators, the city is signaling a long-term commitment to high-value, supply-chain-dense clusters backed by capital, research alliances and pro-business policy.

Golden Autumn Campaign Delivers 208 Projects and Deepens 14th FYP Momentum

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 8, 2025 - The Philippines is stepping up its outreach to China's travel industry with a dedicated e-visa training roadshow, as Manila moves to make short-stay tourism and business travel easier and more predictable for Chinese visitors - and to give tour operators, OTAs and consolidators a clear operational playbook ahead of the next wave of demand.

Shenyang Training Puts Front-Line Travel Sellers in Focus

In Shenyang, the Philippine Embassy in China and the Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) co-hosted the "菲常旅程，E触即行" e-visa training for the local travel trade, drawing agency representatives and distribution partners from across the region. The session served both as a policy briefing and as a hands-on workshop, designed to ensure that front-line sellers understand eligibility, processes and system workflows.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 8, 2025 - ANGA COM 2026 is positioning itself as a central meeting point for Europe's broadband, media and connectivity ecosystem, adding new formats for municipalities, in-house networks and interactive round tables while confirming Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation Dr. Karsten Wildberger as keynote speaker at the opening in Cologne on May 19, 2026.

Federal Minister Headlines Gigabit Summit at Opening

Federal Minister Dr. Karsten Wildberger will open ANGA COM 2026 with a keynote address and then join the traditional Gigabit Summit, where CEOs of leading German telecommunications companies debate the sector's most pressing challenges. His early confirmation underscores ANGA COM's role as a high-level platform where policy, regulation and industry strategy meet, bringing together the broader telecommunications sector with the digital media world.