Hard Assets Investment Conferences are offered at major US financial hubs throughout the year, attracting up to 3,000 sophisticated private investors, fund managers and financial specialists to each event. Admission is free with pre-registration and includes presentations by rising producers and promising explorers, stock picks and strategies by global economists and market analysts, and interactive workshops by the leading financial newsletter editors. Over 100 exhibiting mining executives find US financing, increase shareholders and meet new partners at these events.

Companies that participate in IIC investment programs are afforded the best opportunity to establish relationships with a well qualified shareholder base among U.S., Canadian and international investors. Over 40% of the world’s investable funds are located in the United States, making the U.S. an essential market for publicly traded companies. One half of the world’s individual investors also reside in the United States.

Delegates who participate in IIC conferences develop essential knowledge, and experience first-hand the rewards and risks of investing in more than 130 mineral-rich countries around the world. They personally meet the policymakers of these nations, and hear case studies of successful and unsuccessful ventures. IIC conferences provide companies with an ideal platform on which to build shareholder base, and with exposure to the most influential professionals specializing in natural resources worldwide.

There will always be great opportunities for investment in the natural resource sector. Savvy investors have acquired and increased their wealth by accessing the most current and credible information available to maintain an edge on their competitors. International Investment Conferences supports the natural resource industry by providing education and creating wealth for its participants.

IIC is a subsidiary of Summit Business Media, L.L.C.. Summit Business Media, LLC represents the business-to-business publishing interests of Wind Point Partners, a private equity investment firm located in Chicago, Illinois. Since its formation in 1984, Wind Point has invested in more than 80 companies and has over $2 billion of capital under management. Pfingsten Publishing, L.L.C. originally acquired IIC on 31 Jan 2005.