Information session

Guest speakers :

Ms. Karen Oldfield, President and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority

Ms. Alison Winsor, Manager International Trade Development of the Halifax Port Authority

Conference

Guest speakers :

Dr. Martin Hinoul,
Business Development Manager KU Leuven Research & Development

Dr. Cliff Pavlovic,
Vice-President & Co-Founder BioTech Montréal

Guest speaker:

Mr. Douglas Porter

Deputy Chief Economist & Managing Director

Seminar in partnership with Arco Information (Mechelen) and Integrim (Montreal)

 Panel discussion moderated by Mr Wim Focquet, General Manager Marlan :

 - Mrs. Petra Van Bouwelen, Manager International Business VOKA Mechelen

- Mr. Jan Callewaert, CEO Option International

- Mr. Etienne van de Kerchkove, Executive Director IRIS

- Mr. Eddy Suffeleers, Manager Public Sector IBM Belgium

- Mr. Gijs Kooken, Director International Affairs UNIZO

- Mr. Etienne Collin, International Marketing Adviser Union Wallonne des Entreprises

Luncheon - Conference

Guest speaker :

Mr. Karel de Gucht
EU Trade Commissioner

Seminar in partnership with Barco and Voka West-Flanders

Panel discussion moderated by Mr. Bernard Dursin, President of International Department VOKA West-Flanders

Speakers:

Mrs. Jane Murphy, Lawyer Lydian Lawyers
“Doing business in Canada – some legal and practical aspects”

Mr. JP Tanghe, Senior Vice President Barco
“Canadian shareholders investment in Barco”

Mr. Dirk Vandepitte, CEO Pittman Seafoods
“Decades of experience in sourcing from Canada”

Mr. Paul Troch, CEO Bombardier Transportation Belgium
“Bombardier’s story in Belgium"

Mr. Bob Sacco, Associate Partner Deloitte Canada
“Canada’s focus on the creation of a Country Wide Foreign Trade Zone”

Luncheon - Conference

Guest speaker :

Mr. Raphaël Hannoir
Department Manager, Chemicals & Industry of SNC-Lavalin

Seminar in partnership with Flanders Investment & Trade (as co-organizer) and Jet Airways (as sponsor)

Speakers:

Mr. Koen Allaert, CEO of Flanders Investment & Trade

Mr. Guido Van Herrewegen, Managing Director of De Vlaamse Federatie van Beleggingsclubs en Beleggers (VFB)

Mr. Christian Reinaudo, President and CEO of Agfa-Gevaert

Mr. Hans De Backer, CEO of Enfinity Belgium

Mtre. Xavier Van Overmeire, Regional Head of the International Trade Group of Fraser Milner Casgrain and Lecturer at University of Montreal

Luncheon - Conference

Guest speaker:

The Honourable Rob Renner
Minister of Environment of Alberta, Canada

Seminar with SOLVAY, UMICORE and AGORIA RENEWABLE ENERGY CLUB.

Speakers:

Dr. Jan Vliegen, Senior Vice President, Umicore

“Clean technologies for a better life”

Dr. Patrick Françoisse, Sustainable Energy Platform Manager, Solvay Future Businesses Competence Center

“Paving the way in the development of hydrogen fuel cell industry: Solvay world’s largest PEMFC project in Antwerp”

Mr. Thierry Marlier, Corporate Development Advisor Solvay representing
Dr. Claude Michel, Senior Vice President Solvay, Head of the Solvay Solar Impulse Partnership

“Solar Impulse : from Vision to reality”
           
Mr. François de Hemptinne, Manager Agoria Renewable Energy Club

“Agoria Renewable Energy Club, Addressing the energy challenge with creativity & technology”  

Seminar in partnership with AWEX (as co-organizer) and Air Canada (as sponsor)

Speakers:

Mr. Philippe Suinen, CEO AWEX

H.E. Mr. Louis de Lorimier, Ambassador of Canada to Belgium and Luxembourg

Mr. Christos Sirros, General Delegate of Québec in Brussels

Mr. Michel Milecan, President SONACA Montréal (Testimony by a Walloon investor in Canada)

Mr. André Sincennes, Managing  Director RHEA GROUP (Testimony by a Canadian investor in Wallonia )

Information session in partnership with AGORIA

Guest speaker:

Mrs. Mariette Mulaire
President and C.E.O.
Agence nationale et internationale du Manitoba (ANIM)

Topic:
Centrallia 2010 – Global B2B Forum
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