IMEX-Madrid hosts the Doing Business event of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Regional Investment Centre
The Cibeles Palace of the Madrid City Council will host the 23rd edition of IMEX-Madrid on 19 and 20 February.
This international business, foreign trade and investment fair offers the most important aspects of the agri-food sector, financing, consulting, logistics, digital transformation, geostrategy, talent, etc. In a single space, it offers a wide range of information on the economic, investment and foreign trade sectors.
Morocco is the guest country and will have its own stand. At the fair itself, the Regional Investment Centre of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region and the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima and Nador will organise the Doing Business event to showcase their regional, industrial and logistical offer. The Regional Investment Centre will take care of the Moroccan guests and the Chamber will take care of the Spanish guests.
The inaugural panel, on 19th February from 09:15, will be attended by Karima Benyaich, Moroccan ambassador to Spain, Abdelhamid El Hsissen, president of the Economic Commission of the Council of the Region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Amine El Harti, director of the Economic Impulse and Territorial Offer Pole at the Regional Investment Centre of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, Amal Boussouf, director of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Morocco, Tangier-Nador, Bouchta El Moumni, president of Abdelmalek Essaadi University, José Ignacio Pino de la Chica, co-vice-president of the Morocco-Spain Economic Council (CEMAES), Mohamed Jaouad Arsalane, representative of the General Confederation of Moroccan Businesses (CGEM), and Jaime Ussía Muñoz-Seca, president of IMEX.
Following the opening panel, at 10:00 in the morning, the territorial offer and investment incentives in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region will be presented by Noussaira El Harrak, Head of Department and Territorial Promotion. Representatives of the Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency will also talk about the New Investment Charter, which, under the guidelines of King Mohammed VI, provides significant incentives, aid, tax exemptions and administrative facilities to attract all types of investment, both domestic and foreign, to the North African country.
The IMEX-Madrid 2025 Fair will also feature successful business cases in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region such as INCOM, Baleària and Endesa and the intervention of Hasna Benyaich, Senior Business Development Manager of Tanger Med Zones, to talk about the port of Tangier Med as a development locomotive for the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region.
Also on display at the Morocco Stand from 15:00 will be the territorial, industrial and logistical offer of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, with the participation of Chakir Bouatia, Development Director of MEDZ; together with the high quality training offer of Abdelmalek Essaadi University.
On the 20th, the Morocco Stand will host interesting thematic conferences on financing solutions adapted to various projects and on the taxation of investments in Moroccan territory, with the presence of representatives of the North Fund for Development and Investment (NORDEV) and the Regional Investment Support Fund of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Regional Council and with accounting experts.
The diversified regional dynamics of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region will also be analysed with reference to sectors such as the automotive industry, renewable energies, tourism and agri-food and the participation of entities such as AMICA, Cluster Energies, Société d'Ingénierie Energétique, SMIT, ONSSA, Foodex and ANDA.
Programme
Wednesday 19 February (from 09:00 to 19:00)
Cibeles Palace
C/ Montalbán, 1
AUDITORIUM
ROUND TABLE
9:00 – 11:30 Investing in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region: business potential open to the world
ROUND TABLE
11:45-12:30 | Financial resources for the international growth of Spanish companies
ROUND TABLE
12:30-13:30 | Locate the support your company needs to grow
13:30-14:00 | Institutional event
16:00-19:00 AGROIMEX | 1st Congress for the Internationalisation of the Agri-Food sector of the Community of Madrid
15:45 | Reception of attendees and access to the auditorium.
Event presented and directed by Isaac Palomares, lawyer, presenter and radio director
16:00 | Opening of the Congress
16:15-16:40 | Analysis of the challenges facing the agri-food industry in the Community of Madrid
16:40-17:20 | Starting international expansion. First steps, available aid and attendance at trade fairs
17:20-17:35 | Transport solution for B2C wine shipments to the EU
17:35-18:00 | AgroBank's participation in the agri-food industry. Experience with clients in the agri-food sector
18:00-18:55 | New destination markets for products from the agri-food industry in the Community of Madrid
CYCLE ROOM
CONFERENCE
10:00-13:30 | Keys to international mobility to Spain in tax, immigration and Social Security matters in 2025
CONFERENCE
10:30-11:00 | The role of the sworn translator in internationalisation processes
CONFERENCE
11:00 to 11:30 | Transforming cash management for international companies
CONFERENCE
11:30 -12:00 | Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria: the future or the present?
CONFERENCE
12:00-12:30 | Madrid, a city of business
CONFERENCE
12:30 -13:00 | Cesce alternative financing
CONFERENCE
13:00-13:30 | Hong Kong as an operations centre in APAC
LECTURE
16:00-16:30 | Tunisia: business and investment opportunities
LECTURE
16:30 to 17:00 | Women in the international value chain
LECTURE
17:00-17:30 | Singapore, the gateway to Southeast Asia
CAIXABANK ROOM
CONFERENCE
10:15 -11:00 | Keys to tackling internationalisation, bank guarantees and support for the international network at CaixaBank
CONFERENCE
12:30-13:15 | Current situation of the financial markets and their impact on internationalisation processes
STAND OF MOROCCO
CONFERENCE
15:00 - 16:00 | Territorial, industrial and logistics offer
CONFERENCE
16:00 - 17:00 | Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region: young, trained and qualified human capital
STAND OF THE SPANISH PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (OEPM)
CONFERENCE
10:30-11:00 | Protect your brand with the SPTO
CONFERENCE
11:30-12:00 | Grants and subsidies to protect your assets
CONFERENCE
16:30-17:00 | Protect your brand with the SPTO
CONFERENCE
17:00-17:30 | Grants and subsidies to protect your assets
STAND DHL
CONFERENCE
10:30-11:00 | Transport solution for B2C wine shipments to the EU
CONFERENCE
11:15-11:45 | Incoterms and customs management in international trade
CONFERENCE
16:25-16:45 | 21st century customs, AI and digitalisation
CONFERENCE
17:00-17:20 | Transport solution for B2C wine shipments to the EU
Thursday 20th February (from 09:00 to 14:00)
Palacio de Cibeles (C/Montalbán, 1)
AUDITORIUM
ROUND TABLE
9:15-10:15 | Talent and new technologies, to increase companies' international sales
ROUND TABLE
10:30-11:15 | Spain-Panama connection. Institutional and commercial ties that generate new business and investment opportunities in the current international context
ROUND TABLE
11:30-12:15 | Expectations for the internationalisation of Spanish companies in 2025
ROUND TABLE
12:15-13:15 | The new world order that conditions the international activity of companies
13:15-13:30 | CLOSING CEREMONY
CYCLE ROOM
CONFERENCE
09:30-10:00 | Taxation in internationalisation.
CONFERENCE
10:00-10:30 | Implementation and business in Morocco.
CONFERENCE
10:30-11:00 | Legal framework and business opportunities in Mozambique.
CONFERENCE
11:00-11:30 | ICO Financing Instruments for Business Internationalisation.
CONFERENCE
11:30-12:00 | Support for Madrid companies in their internationalisation: Madrid Chamber of Commerce and the Internationalisation One-Stop Shop (VUI)
CONFERENCE
12:00-12:30 | 5 essential tips to ensure that industrial property accompanies you in your internationalisation
CONFERENCE
12:30-13:00 | Requirements, inspection and services related to the supply chain in your trade operations
CONFERENCE
13:00-13:30 | Investment opportunities and sustainable development in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region
CAIXABANK ROOM
CONFERENCE
10:15 -11:00 | Medium and long-term financing solutions. Supplier credit
CONFERENCE
11:00-11:15 | Medium and long-term financing solutions. FIEM funds
CONFERENCE
12:30-13.00 | Opening in Algeria (Online)
MOROCCO STAND
CONFERENCE
10:00 – 11:00 | Financing solutions tailored to your projects
CONFERENCE
11:00 – 12:00 | A flexible and transparent tax system
SPANISH PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (OEPM) STAND
CONFERENCE
10:30-11:00 | Protect your brand with the OEPM
CONFERENCE
11:30-12:00 | Grants and subsidies to protect your assets
STAND DHL
CONFERENCE
9:45-10:15 | Sustainability: sustainable transport solutions
CONFERENCE
10:15-10:45 | Keys to simplifying your exports to the UK
Registration link for the Doing Business event