AQO 3060/08

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 08/04/2008
Answered On Date: 21/04/2008
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to outline the number of invitations sent to, and accepted by, companies for the Economic Investment Conference in May.

Answer:

Almost 600 invitations have been issued to CEOs, senior executives, VIPs and advocates with over 80 acceptances received to date.

Many of those who have registered to attend have asked that their attendance remain confidential at this point but I am able to confirm that Mayor Bloomberg of New York, the CEOs and senior Executives of the New York Stock Exchange, Independent News and Media, Allstate, Nortel, and Caterpillar have accepted invitations.