From the seagrass to the sawgrass, Greater Fort Lauderdale, located in Broward County, boasts more than 34,000 lodging accommodations at a variety of hotels, luxury spa resorts, and Superior Small Lodgings reflecting a “beach chic” vibe. Visitors enjoy 23 miles of Blue Wave certified beaches, discover 300+ miles of inland waterways that run from the Intracoastal Waterway to the Everglades, dine at thousands of restaurants and eateries, get immersed in a thriving arts and culture scene and indulge in top shopping. For more information, contact the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 22-SUNNY or visit www.sunny.org.

Hotwire Communications, the leader in fiber optic technology, has provided fiber-based telecommunication services since 2002. Headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, FL with regional offices in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Philadelphia, Hotwire's footprint currently spans fifteen states and offers a full suite of services to residential, commercial, hospitality, government, and educational customers. Independently ranked by a number of third-party outlets, accolades include PC Magazine's Fastest ISP of 2017, consecutively ranked the Fastest ISP in the U.S. by Netflix since October 2017, recipient of the National Cable Television Cooperative's Innovator Award for its concierge-style customer service, and the CableFax Community Service Award for its dedication to local communities. Striving to power the Home of the Future, Hotwire is leading the way by bringing advanced technologies like 4K video and virtual reality into its customer's homes.

Gold Sponsors

Conway is the world's only full-service agency in the global corporate investment and FDI industries. Conway has published the award-winning Site Selection magazine since 1954, and through offices all over the world we maintain an industry-best network of corporate expansion planners. Our suite of services includes:

LEAD GENERATION - connecting clients with decision-makers responsible for hundreds of billions in new investment projects each year
EVENTS - Conway has managed events across the globe, including the annual World Forum for Foreign Direct Management
FDI TRAINING SEMINARS - Site Consultants and corporate leaders teach economic developers the best strategies for connecting with their target audience
CONWAY ANALYTICS - a web portal and monthly reports featuring global project announcements and exclusive Lead Signals
PR & MARKETING - from brand development to media placement, we deliver your message to the world
CUSTOM CONTENT - Creating editorial excellence for more than 200 global clients
IAMC - Conway has managed the Industrial Asset Management Council since its inception.

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, is Broward County's official public/private partnership for economic development. Its mission is to lead Broward County in building a stronger and more diverse economy by stimulating the creation of new jobs and capital investment while facilitating the growth and retention of businesses in Broward County. Services offered by the Alliance include assistance with business relocation or expansion and site selection; incentive programs and information; market research; and serving as a liaison for workforce development between CareerSource Broward, educational institutions and the business community. To learn more, call (954) 524-3113 or follow the Alliance on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn or YouTube.

Ideally located on South Florida's Atlantic coast, it's easy to see why Hollywood is a popular destination for tourism and business alike. With convenient access by air, sea, road and rail, Hollywood is the perfect location to compete in the global marketplace. Hollywood's "business first" attitude is one reason more than $200 million in development was completed last year with more on the way. Hollywood is primed for smart growth. New zoning and public investment in infrastructure is sparking revitalization along key commercial corridors. It's all about location and Hollywood has it. See Life, See Opportunities in Florida's Hollywood.

Silver Sponsors

Business Facilities is the leading full-service media brand specializing in the site selection marketplace. In print, online, and face-to-face, Business Facilities has created a dynamic community that connects corporate site selectors with economic development organizations from across North America and around the world.

Business Facilities magazine is read by 40,000 C-level executives, corporate real estate executives and other site selection decision-makers. Published six times a year, each issue profiles state, regional and international locations. In addition, the full range of the site selection experience is covered, from "how-to" information on comparing the financial incentives offered by different communities around the world, to profiles of the latest relocations undertaken by major corporations.

BusinessFacilities.com is the share of market leader among all site selection websites, providing up-to-the-minute site selection news and industry-specific features. Resources for site selectors include a 50-state Incentives Guide, the Online Site Seekers' Guide directory, Location Spotlights and more.

Business Facilities LiveXchange is an invitation-only matchmaking event that connects corporate executives and site consultants that have active projects with economic development organizations from across North America. Representatives from Fortune 500 and mid-sized growth companies, plus leading site consultants meet with EDOs to discuss their relocation or expansion projects in prescheduled and confidential one-on-one meetings.

The City of Coral Springs, named "100 Best Places to Live" by Money Magazine, is a 25 square-mile, South Florida community located at the edge of beautiful Everglades National Park. Culture is at the heart of this vibrant City, offering world-class entertainment at its own Museum and Center for the Arts. The City's new Municipal Complex features a great lawn, which is the site of family-friendly events including festivals, outdoor concerts and jazz brunch throughout the year. A world class Aquatics Center, 49 parks, competitive athletic programs and a Charter School - which was recognized by the Washington Post as one of the nation's most challenging and innovative high schools - makes Coral Springs the ideal place to live, work and raise a family. The City recently welcomed one of nation's leading healthcare providers - Cleveland Clinic. Developers have invested in the downtown area - with plans for a retail and hospitality center. From great weather to spectacular sunsets - come see why "Business is Brighter" in the City of Coral Springs.

In a fast-paced, technology-driven world, business travelers and general aviation professionals need reliable, accessible services and amenities that keep them connected and moving forward, which is why they depend on Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). The Airport is owned and operated by the City of Fort Lauderdale, and is located in the heart of the City's Uptown Business District just minutes from downtown Fort Lauderdale.

FXE is committed to providing corporate, government and leisure travelers with outstanding customer service, all while enhancing the Airport's position as the gateway to Fort Lauderdale. Our modern U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) facility now features 2 Automated Passport Control kiosks as well as a Global Entry kiosk to expedite your processing experience.

We invite you to visit our city — we invite you to be part of our history — we invite you to fly carefree with FXE.

Big or small, high tech or start-up, Miramar welcomes established companies as well as startups. Businesses and their employees can live well, think big and enjoy all the advantages of a booming area with the convenience and human scale of a manageable, civic-minded and rightsized community.

Bronze Sponsors

BNSF Railway is one of North America's leading freight transportation companies. BNSF operates approximately 32,500 route miles of track in 28 states and also operates in three Canadian provinces. BNSF is one of the top transporters of consumer goods, grain and agricultural products, low-sulfur coal, and industrial goods such as petroleum, chemicals, housing materials, food and beverages. BNSF's shipments help feed, clothe, supply, and power American homes and businesses every day. BNSF and its employees have developed one of the most technologically advanced, and efficient railroads in the industry. We work continuously to improve the value of the safety, service, energy, and environmental benefits we provide to our customers and the communities we serve. You can learn more about BNSF at www.BNSF.com.

Greenspoon Marder LLP is committed to providing excellent client service through our cross-disciplinary, client-team approach. Our goal is to understand the challenges that our clients face, build collaborative relationships, and craft creative solutions designed and executed with long-term strategic goals in mind. Since our inception in 1981, Greenspoon Marder LLP has become a full-service, Am Law 200 and NLJ 500 ranked law firm with more than 200 attorneys. We serve Fortune 500, middle-market public and private companies, start-ups, emerging businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs across the United States. For more information, visit www.gmlaw.com.

Exhibitors

At 365 Degree Total Marketing, we go five degrees beyond full circle to produce exceptional economic development websites, research, branding, SEO strategies and implementation, video and print collateral for all your marketing needs. With more than 30 years of experience, our team includes employees that have served as Economic Developers, our clients have won multiple national and international awards for economic development projects, and we have an outstanding group of creative professionals on our team. We are your writers, designers, website builders, photographers, videographers, publishers, SEO specialists, social media experts and more, from concept to completion.

Nationally recognized economic development consulting firm Camoin Associates, Inc. and lead generation firm 310 Ltd. will be merging operations to provide complementary and expansive services to support the growth strategies of their clients. The merger creates a strategic network benefiting clients from both firms. Camoin clients will gain access to first-hand, real-time industry intelligence directly from business leaders. 310 Ltd.’s clients will benefit from greater industry-intelligence about their prospects. Additionally, the companies will offer comprehensive business retention and expansion (BRE) services from program design to implementation support, to call coaching, and direct business outreach. We invite you to stop by our table at the conference to learn more.

Consultant Connect bridges the gap between leading economic developers and location consultants, providing a platform to gain transparent feedback, invaluable insight and lasting business relationships. Consultant Connect has served more than 230 national and international clients since 2013. The concept grew out of the need seen first-hand, by its founder, Kalamazoo, Michigan-based Southwest Michigan First, how economic developers and site selectors can find themselves on opposite sides of the road and how money can be easily spent without results. With its roots in local economic development, this team knows what works – and what doesn’t. Through exclusive, educational networking events and services, Consultant Connect not only gives economic developers an inside look into the world of site selection - it gives them the applicable intelligence necessary to propel their communities forward.

Convergent Nonprofit Solutions is a national fundraising consulting firm that specializes in managing feasibility studies and capital campaigns for chambers, economic development organizations, community colleges, and other nonprofits. Capital campaigns can play a key role in community development efforts, including those related to both business and talent retention and attraction. Thanks to our extensive background in chamber, economic development, and workforce development fundraising throughout the country, we are able to provide your organization with valuable insights and customized solutions as to how a capital campaign can help you reach your goals.

FLOR Group is Your Strategic Growth & Development Partner! We partner with you to attract & retain quality businesses. We specialize in obtaining qualified prospects that have expansion or relocation plans within the next two years and are willing to consider your specific area. Since 2000, we have successfully worked with numerous city, county, regional, state, and international economic development organizations. We obtain, vet, and connect you with C-level executives of qualified companies within your target industries, which means you will not have to cold-call companies from a purchased list or software system ever again. As a result of implementing the proven experience, connections, and services provided by FLOR Group, you will receive the highest quantity of the highest quality prospects interested in expanding or relocating to your location.

GIS WebTech provides the most advanced technology solutions available for for economic development and site selection. The company's technology helps economic development organizations attract, retain, and expand businesses within their communities and helps corporate site selectors identify and analyze ideal locations. GIS WebTech is the fastest-growing provider in the market, and serves economic development organizations of all sizes, from small, rural communities to large states. GIS WebTech's solutions are built natively on the Esri ArcGIS platform, the world's most powerful mapping software, and include the most accurate demographic and workforce data available. For more information, please see www.giswebtech.com.

Impact DataSource is an economic consulting firm that evaluates prospective economic development deals from all angles. We prepare individual analyses on projects, and also offer desktop and web-based impact models so that clients can run as many reports as they would like, only needing project data to utilize the pre-built tool. Our impact analysis will tie together the economic impact, fiscal impact, and possible incentives of the deal. Since every community is unique, we customize each analysis and impact model, and offer unlimited training, support, and consulting so that our clients never feel alone.

Neon Cloud Productions has led the Economic Development Video Marketing industry by producing over 500+ videos focusing on economic development in the past 5 years. Our products range from drone filmography, animation, storytelling, interviews, photography, customized marketing video collateral, motion graphics, 360 video, 360 photo and content marketing. Neon Cloud Productions can do it all. The Neon Cloud Productions team is made up of passionate individuals who see creativity as a means to production so that storytelling can be exciting, compelling and innovative. At Neon Cloud Productions, we are passionate about doing business well and taking care of people. This passion is evident considering our growth each year since our open and we plan to continue on that path.

ProTRACKPlus is a cloud-based software and mobile application designed exclusively to help economic development organizations and staff be more successful.

This all new system automates Transparency, Relevance, Accountability, Credibility and converts Data to Knowledge (TRACK) to meet the increasing stakeholder-demand for better reporting. Using ProTRACKPlus all day every day maximizes automation to minimize your time and keeps your leadership better informed.

ProTRACKPlus is "Six Apps in One" created to be the most intuitive and powerful tool available for making you and your organization more successful in the new era of economic development.

1. Manage contacts and companies
2. Track projects from RFI to completion
3. Manage your BRE program
4. Forecast and follow-up for incentives
5. Organize large data sets
6. Customize reporting to stakeholders in real time

Townfolio provides city data as a service on 38,000 cities across North America. Visitors can use Townfolio data in dashboards, community profiles and analytical tools like comparisons and benchmarking on Townfolio.co with the ability to export data into images, PDF and XLS to automate reports. Most importantly users can embed Townfolio dashboards on any website with one line of code. Check-out www.thinkkc.com/business/communities for an example of Townfolio’s work. Townfolio is built on 100’s of data sources. Power your dashboard with existing data sourced by Townfolio or create your own charts and add your own custom sources, either way, Townfolio can completely customize for your data needs!

Media Sponsor

fDi Intelligence is a specialist service from the Financial Times established to provide industry leading insight into globalization with a portfolio of world-class products, services and business tools that allow organizations such as economic development organizations, companies, services providers and academic institutions to make informed decisions regarding FDI and associated activities. The partnership of fDi Intelligence and GIS Planning makes us the world’s leading online economic development service, with the most powerful and comprehensive portfolio of online products and services to help you to drive investment into your location. To find out how these services could be of benefit, contact us at econdev@ft.com.