Events
Upcoming Events
November 12, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Live Webinar
November 12 - 13, 2026 | Boston, MA
Hosted by the New England-Canada Business Council (NECBC), the U.S.-Canada Executive Energy Conference brings together over 200 senior executives, policymakers, and innovators from across the U.S. and Canada to address the most pressing issues of our energy system including grid reliability, clean energy integration, affordability, and cross-border collaboration.
November 16 - 18, 2026 | Genoa, Italy
This new biennial event dedicated to the maritime economy will make its debut with four days of high-level conferences and discussions to attract a global audience with representatives from energy and industrial companies, port operators, cargo and cruise shipping companies, universities and technology hubs, tourism organizations, industry associations, and maritime training institutes. Covering 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean supports more than 90% of global trade and carries 99% of world data traffic through submarine cables, confirming its role as a critical strategic infrastructure for the global economy.
November 17, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Augusta, ME
From small family farms and local trades to global manufacturing, logging, healthcare, and education—we’ve always found our way forward. But today, the workforce landscape is changing faster than ever. Employers are navigating workforce shortages, employee burnout, evolving hiring practices, rapid advances in AI, growing skills gaps, and increasing competition for talent. Built by Maine employers, educators, workforce organizations, and economic development leaders—the inaugural Maine Talent Summit is where the people building Maine’s workforce can get in a room and start tackling these challenges together.
Bring your expertise, leave with practical ideas, valuable connections, and resources you can put to work the next day.
November 17, 2026 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Sanford, ME
Sector Spotlights events feature industry leaders who will share the latest in innovation and collaboration, while providing partnership opportunities through in-person connections.
December 8, 2026 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | South Portland, ME
Maine International Trade Center staff and Board of Directors invite you to attend our Annual Member Holiday Event on Tuesday, December 8th. Join us for holiday cheer, hors d’oeuvres and cash bar, and networking with other internationally active businesses to celebrate this year’s successes and share plans for the year ahead.
January 19 - 22, 2027 | Las Vegas, NV
SHOT Show 2027 is the premier, trade-only global exposition for the shooting sports, hunting, law enforcement, and outdoor recreation industries, organized annually by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). The event serves as the launchpad for new firearms, optics, suppressors, tactical apparel, and OEM components via its dedicated Supplier Showcase.
March 2 - 4, 2027 | Paris, France
Held annually for more than 60 years, JEC World is the leading international trade show dedicated to composite materials, hosting all the major players of the entire value chain in a spirit of innovation, business, and networking. The event is a source of inspiration and discovery visited by professionals from industries such as aerospace, marine and shipbuilding, construction and infrastructure, renewable energy and water management, oil and gas, sports, electronics, as well as design, architecture, and medical applications.
March 7 - 9, 2027 | Boston, MA
Seafood Expo North America and Seafood Processing North America is North America’s largest seafood exposition. Thousands of buyers and suppliers from around the world attend the annual, three-day exposition to meet, network and do business. Attending buyers represent importers, exporters, wholesalers, restaurants, supermarkets, hotels, and other retail and foodservice companies. Exhibiting suppliers offer the newest seafood products, processing and packaging equipment, and services available in the seafood market.
March 11, 2027 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM | Portland, ME
After a successful and sold out event in 2026, the North Atlantic Blue BioTech Summit returns to Maine in 2027. Co-hosted by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, and Hatch Blue, the summit is a curated, invite-only investment and market-access platform bringing together investors, corporates, innovators, scientists, and policymakers. Attendance is by invitation. Registering your interest puts you on the list for the first round of invitations.
March 16 - 18, 2027 | Aqaba, Jordan
With rising global disruptions, the ocean is not simply a conservation issue, it is a shared critical infrastructure that underpins trade, economic growth, and food and national security. The 14th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo is a flagship international event organized by Economist Impact, uniting global leaders from government, finance, business, science, and civil society. Positioned around the core theme of treating the ocean as vital shared global and economic infrastructure, the program dives straight into scaling blue finance, marine biodiversity, offshore renewable energy, port decarbonization, and plastic pollution mitigation.
MITC 2026 Sponsors
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- Acadia Benefits, an IMA Company
- Bangor Savings Bank
- Camden National Bank
- City of Bangor
- Consulate General of Canada in Boston
- Deer Brook Consulting
- Dentons
- Finance Authority of Maine (FAME)
- GAC Chemical Corporation
- J.P.Morgan
- Lynch Logistics, Inc.
- Maine Defense Industry Alliance
- Maine Port Authority
- Nomad Pictures - Film & Video
- Puritan Medical Products
- Skillcloud HCM Solutions
- University of Maine