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Canada Arab Business Forum
November 24, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
CANADA ARAB BUSINESS FORUM
Canada and the Arab Countries: Economic Recovery, Resilience & Business Opportunities
| 9:00 | Opening Plenary Session Scott Jolliffe, Chair, Canada Arab Business Council; Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada) |
| 9:05 | The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada |
| 9:10 | His Excellency Jamal Al-Sallal, Dean of the Council of Arab League Ambassadors, Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen |
| 9:15 | Supporting Trade and Investment in the Arab World Moderator: Carmen Sylvain, Member, Canada Arab Business Council Speaker: Mairead Lavery, CEO & President, Export Development Canada |
| 9:45 | Profiling Canada to the World at Expo 2020 Introduction: Kerry Adler, President and Chief Executive Officer, SkyPower Global Moderator: Her Excellency Marcy Grossman, Canadian Ambassador to the UAE Speakers: – His Excellency Fahad Saeed Al Raqbani, UAE Ambassador to Canada – André Frenette, Director General and Interim Commissioner General for Canada |
| 10:15 | The Impact of COVID 19 on Globalization Introduction: Mark Ledwell, Gowling WLG Managing Partner, Toronto Speaker: Marc-André Blanchard, Executive Vice-President and Head of CDPQ Global (formerly Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations from 2016-20) |
| 10:45 | Reconstruction Efforts and Opportunities in Lebanon and Iraq Moderator: Robert Peck, Member, Canada Arab Business Council Speakers: – Lebanon: His Excellency Fadi Ziadeh, Lebanese Ambassador to Canada – Iraq: His Excellency Wadee Batti Hanna Albatti, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada |
| 11:30 | Opportunities for Trade Diversification within the Arab World Moderator: Pierre Pyun, Vice President Government Affairs, Bombardier Speakers: – The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade – Sara Wilshaw, Chief Trade Commissioner and Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Investment and Innovation, Trade Commissioner Service – Ambassador Dr Kamal Hassan Ali, Secretary General for Economic Affairs for the League of Arab States |
| 11:45 | Close of Day 1 and Outline of Tomorrow’s Program Scott Jolliffe, Chair, Canada Arab Business Council; Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada) |
The CABC is Canada’s only not-for-profit association focused exclusively on bringing the Canadian and Arab business communities together.
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