<h1>Global trade association to host fully virtual member forum Oct 27-29, 2025: Empowering Emerging Voices, networking and capacity building</h1> An international trade association representing over 300 trade centers in nearly 100 countries will hold a fully virtual member forum Oct. 27-29, 2025 under the theme 'Empowering Emerging Voices,' focusing on cross-generational dialogue, trade-centered networking, and capacity-building workshops. The three-day event will feature mentor-mentee matching, sessions on economic trends, global trade and investment, purposeful networking, and cross-cultural communication, aimed at equipping members to navigate evolving tariffs, restrictions and regulations and to promote open markets. The forum will also launch the countdown to the association's April 19-22, 2026 global business forum in the United States.