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SUMMARY:Canada Arab Business Forum
DESCRIPTION:CANADA ARAB BUSINESS FORUM\nCanada and the Arab Countries: Economic Recovery\, Resilience & Business Opportunities\n  \n\n\n\n\n9:00\nOpening Plenary Session\nScott Jolliffe\, Chair\, Canada Arab Business Council;\nPartner\, Gowling WLG (Canada)\n\n\n9:05\nThe Right Honourable Justin Trudeau\, Prime Minister of Canada\n\n\n9:10\nHis Excellency Jamal Al-Sallal\, Dean of the Council of Arab League Ambassadors\, Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen\n\n\n9:15\nSupporting Trade and Investment in the Arab World\nModerator:\nCarmen Sylvain\, Member\, Canada Arab Business Council\nSpeaker:\nMairead Lavery\, CEO & President\, Export Development Canada\n\n\n9:45\nProfiling Canada to the World at Expo 2020\nIntroduction:\nKerry Adler\, President and Chief Executive Officer\, SkyPower Global\nModerator:\nHer Excellency Marcy Grossman\, Canadian Ambassador to the UAE\nSpeakers:\n– His Excellency Fahad Saeed Al Raqbani\, UAE Ambassador to Canada\n– André Frenette\, Director General and Interim Commissioner General for Canada\n\n\n10:15\nThe Impact of COVID 19 on Globalization\nIntroduction:\nMark Ledwell\, Gowling WLG Managing Partner\, Toronto\nSpeaker:\nMarc-André Blanchard\, Executive Vice-President and Head of CDPQ Global (formerly Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations from 2016-20)\n\n\n10:45\nReconstruction Efforts and Opportunities in Lebanon and Iraq\nModerator:\nRobert Peck\, Member\, Canada Arab Business Council\nSpeakers:\n– Lebanon: His Excellency Fadi Ziadeh\, Lebanese Ambassador to Canada\n– Iraq: His Excellency Wadee Batti Hanna Albatti\, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada\n\n\n11:30\nOpportunities for Trade Diversification within the Arab World\nModerator:\nPierre Pyun\, Vice President Government Affairs\, Bombardier\nSpeakers:\n– The Honourable Mary Ng\, Minister of Small Business\, Export Promotion and International Trade\n– Sara Wilshaw\, Chief Trade Commissioner and Assistant Deputy Minister\, International Business Development\, Investment and Innovation\, Trade Commissioner Service\n– Ambassador Dr Kamal Hassan Ali\, Secretary General for Economic Affairs for the League of Arab States\n\n\n11:45\nClose of Day 1 and Outline of Tomorrow’s Program\nScott Jolliffe\, Chair\, Canada Arab Business Council;\nPartner\, Gowling WLG (Canada)
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SUMMARY:2020 Canada Arab Business Forum
DESCRIPTION:Canada and the Arab Countries: Economic Recovery\, Resilience & Business Opportunities \nFor the first time\, the Canada Arab Business Council (CABC) is hosting a 2-Day Business Forum that will take place on an interactive virtual event platform from 9am-12pm EST on November 24th & 25th\, 2020. The theme of the business conference is “Canada and the Arab Countries: Economic Recovery\, Resilience\, and Business Opportunities”. \nThis unique event will focus on trade and investment opportunities in Canada and the Arab world. Important topics that will be examined will include: the impact of Covid-19 on globalization\, trade and investment in the MENA Region\, Reconstruction and Economic Development\, and the Role of Digitization in Agriculture\, Healthcare and Education\, and Business Transformation. \n \nTOPICS\nNovember 24 2020 \n\nSupporting Trade and Investment in the Arab World\nProfiling Canada to the World at Expo 2020\nThe Impact of COVID 19 on Globalization\nReconstruction Efforts and Opportunities in Lebanon\, Iraq and Libya\nCanada/Arab Relations – The Next Five Years\n\n\nNovember 25 2020 \n\nOpportunities for Trade Diversification within the Arab World\nSustainable Agriculture & Agtech\nDigital Economy & AI\nVirtual HealthCare and Education\n\nGOLD SPONSORS \nGowling WLG\nMcCarthy Tetrault\nSkyPower\nEDC\nSILVER SPONSORS \nBombardier\nVenture X\nFasken
URL:https://www.c-abc.org/event/2020-canada-arab-business-forum/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:CANADA ARAB BUSINESS FORUM
DESCRIPTION:CANADA ARAB BUSINESS FORUM\nCanada and the Arab Countries: Economic Recovery\, Resilience & Business Opportunities\n\n\n\n\n9:00\nWelcome Remarks and Introductions\nScott Jolliffe\, Chair\, Canada Arab Business Council;\nPartner\, Gowling WLG (Canada)\n\n\n9:05\nCanada/Arab Relations – The Next Five Years\nIntroduction:\nKarl Tabbakh\, Regional Managing Partner for Quebec\, McCarthy Tétrault LLP\nSpeaker:\nThe Honourable François-Philippe Champagne\, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada\n\n\n9:30\nSustainable Agriculture & Agtech\nPresenter & Moderator:\nNicole Rogers\, CEO\, Agriprocity\nSpeakers:\n– Dr Ismahane Elouafi\, Chief Scientist\, Food Agriculture Organization (FAO)\n– Sébastien Leblond\, Co-Founder and Global COO\, RainMKRS Capital\n– Dave Smardon\, President & CEO\, Bioenterprise Corporation\n\n\n10:15\nDigital Economy & AI\nPresenter & Moderator:\nArmughan Ahmad\, President & Managing Partner Digital\, KPMG Canada\nSpeakers:\n– His Excellency Ahmad Hanandeh\, Jordanian Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship\n– Dr Golestan Radwan\, Advisor for Artificial Intelligence to the Minister of Communication and Information Technology\, Government of Egypt\n– Mr Beligh Ben Soltane\, Chairman of the Tunisia Investment Authority\n\n\n11:00\nVirtual HealthCare and Education\nModerator:\nEmmanuel Kamarianakis\, Director General\, Investment\, Innovation\, and EducationSpeakers:\n– Dr Kevin Smith\, President and CEO\, University Health Network\n– John Bethel\, National Healthcare Leader\, EY Canada\n– Leslee Thompson\, CEO\, Accreditation Canada\n– Dr Andrew Padmos\, President / CEO\, Royal College International\n\n\n11:45\nClosing Remarks and Next Steps\nScott Jolliffe\, Chair\, Canada Arab Business Council;\nPartner\, Gowling WLG (Canada)\n\n\n\nSustainable Agriculture & Agtech\n \n  \nDigital Economy and AI\n \n  \nVirtual Healthcare and Education\n \n\nCanada-Arab Relations in the next 5 years
URL:https://www.c-abc.org/event/canada-arab-business-forum-2/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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