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CANADA FOREST PRODUCTS DAY

Location :

HOF TEN DAMME, Hoog Kallo, 4, 9120 Kallo
and
Westerlund Group, Hazopweg 6, Kaai 1219, 9130 Kallo

Date :

October 2, 2008

Details :

Seminar followed by a Luncheon – Conference

Programme October 2, 2008:

09H00 09H30 09H45	Welcome & coffee at Hof ten Damme, in Kallo Departure by bus from Hof ten Damme Arrival at WESTERLUND’s complex and visit of WESTERLUND’s warehouses & terminal, where at European level one of the largest volumes of Forest Products of Canada is discharged, re - conditioned & reshipped
10H15 10H30	End of the visit – Departure by bus for Hof ten Damme Opening of the seminar by Mr. Luc Van de Vyver, President of the Chamber of Commerce Canada – Belgium – Luxembourg
10H40	Presentation by Mrs. Jeanette Patell, Second Secretary, Trade and Economic Policy, Mission of Canada to the EU

Topic covered:

“The Canada-EU Forestry Relationship: New Opportunities and Current Challenges”

11H00	Presentation by Mr. Joel Neuheimer, Director Market Affairs of FPAC (The Forest Products Association of Canada )

Topic covered:

“ Industry perspective on sustainable forest management”
See presentation

11H20	Presentations by Mr. Patrick Cooper, Market Development Coordinator of QUEBEC WOOD EXPORT BUREAU

Topic covered:
“The convenient truth”

11h40	Testimony by Mr. Dries van Wing, Manager CANFOR PULP AND PAPER EUROPE, as a major Canadian actor operating in Europe

12H00 12h15 12H45	Question-time Cocktail Luncheon-Conferences

Guest speaker :
Mr. Jean Jacques Westerlund, CEO of Westerlund Group
Conference title:

”An adapted transformation, in the heart of Europe, in function of the EU demand, of Imported Canadian Forest products”

14H30 Closing of the session

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A mission devolved to a European engineering, developed in Europe and Africa, from a Canadian know-how of almost 100 years: necessity or utopia?

Location :
Place : Le Châtelain All Suite, Rue du Châtelain 17, 1000 Brussels
Date :
September 4, 2008

Details :
Luncheon – Conference Conference title: *A mission devolved to a European engineering, developed in Europe and Africa, from a Canadian know-how of almost 100 years: necessity or utopia?* A know-how answering the current economic issues with a view to sustainable development and energy and technological efficiency Guest speaker: Mr. Jérôme Dupuis , General Manager - Senior Vice-President of SNC-LAVALIN See biographical note More information about SNC – LAVALIN


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2008 Canadian Investment Awards luncheon

Location :
Official Residence of Canada, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75, 1050 Brussels
Date :
June 25, 2008

Details :
Guest speaker: HE Mrs. Laurette Glasgow, Ambassador of Canada and Honourary President of the Chamber of Commerce CANADA - BELGIUM - LUXEMBOURG See press release See president's speech More information about the Embassy of Canada in Belgium and Luxembourg


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Towards a new Canada-European Union economic area, in view of extended market perspectives: Quebec’s position

Location :
Club des Officiers du Régiment des Guides, Rue d’Arlon 32,1000 Brussels
Date :
June 10, 2008

Details :
Luncheon – Conference Guest speaker: Mr. Christos Sirros, Québec Delegate General See biographical note See speech More information about Québec Government Office in Brussels


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