Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures to the crowd as he’s introduced during the National Governors Association’s 2024 Summer Meeting held at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 12, 2024.

What Utah leaders thought was a long shot became a reality.

Zelenskyy spoke to the United State's governors at the NGA's 2024 Summer Meeting, held in Salt Lake City at the Grand America Hotel, where he was introduced by the group's outgoing chair, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

The consul general attended a luncheon with Utah businesses put on by World Trade Center Utah and met with Gov. Spencer Cox, who is leading a trade mission to South Korea and Japan in September.

Utah, the crossroads of the world? A strong case for that title can be made.

Former heads of state and Ambassador Jeff Flake discussed migration, a global economy and Utah’s new NHL team at the “Crossroads of the World” conference.

Former President George W. Bush visited Salt Lake City today to speak at the Crossroads of the World International Trade Summit, hosted by Zions Bank and World Trade Center Utah.

A trio of former North American leaders, including President George W. Bush, in Salt Lake City to discuss trade issues.

BY ART RAYMOND, DESERET NEWS — Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States and Saudi royal family member Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud made her first visit to Utah in early March 2020, just a year or so after her appointment to the post when she became the first woman diplomat for her country.

While participating in the National Governors Association Summer Meeting held in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad met with WTC Utah as well as local business leaders and legislators with strong ties to China.

World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) hosted a delegation of more than 100 high-level Chinese government and business leaders for a trade and investment forum at the Little America Hotel on May 11.

The Silicon Slopes Tech Summit that spanned from Jan. 31 – Feb. 1 in Salt Lake City brought over 20,000 attendees in celebration of a historic year for Utah’s tech industry. A delegation of prominent business leaders from Amman, Jordan attended the Summit.

World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) and the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) hosted Mr. Saud Al Nowais, commercial counselor for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United States of America, and Jonathan Garon, director of commercial affairs for the Trade and Commercial Office at the Embassy of the UAE, for a business tour of Utah on Dec. 6 and 7, 2018.

A Qatari delegation, led by His Excellency Sheikh Meshal Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Ambassador Anne Patterson and Ambassador Khalid Bin Yousef Al-Sada, visited Utah on March 21 and 22 and was hosted by World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah).