WITH just one week to go, the stage is set for the third annual Local Content Summit to be held on April 8 at the Guyana Marriott Hotel with an agenda that is set to take a deeper and more practical look at the challenges, key improvements and opportunities in oil and gas as well as the non-oil sectors.

This year’s summit is being held under the theme, “Collaborate. Invest. Build: Let’s Shape Guyana Together.”

According to a press release, the keynote address will be delivered by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who at the 2024 summit expressed the view that the goal of local content is to build local capacity to compete anywhere in the world and to position our local companies to be number one companies in the region.

It added that the event will also feature a diverse complement of speakers from the Ministry of Natural Resources, Local Content Secretariat, and attorneys chambers. Speakers from Business Support Organisations will come from the Private Sector Commission,the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Women in Energy. Speakers from the Oil and Gas Industry will include representatives from ExxonMobil, SBM Offshore, SLB, Baker Hughes and Halliburton.

The release added that a major focus of the summit will be providing attendees with practical guidance to identify and navigate the process to establish strategic partnerships, joint ventures and consortia with a special panel of successful businessmen and women, who will share their experiences and strategies for successful joint ventures.

These discussions will be instrumental in helping local businesses understand the intricacies of forming effective partnerships and navigating the challenges that come with them, it added