In collaboration with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration and breakfast |
| 8:30-8:40 | Welcome and opening
remarks The Honourable Stockwell Day Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Jeffrey Crelinsten, Co-publisher, Research Money Mark Henderson, Managing Editor, Research Money |
| 8:40-8:45 | Introduction of Keynote
Suzanne Fortier, President, NSERC |
| 8:45-9:15 | Opening Keynote: A
Billion and Beyond David Martin, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, SMART Technologies |
| 9:15-10:15 | Panel 1: International
Collaborations - Do's and Don'ts Karna Gupta, CEO, Certicom Mark Kershey, President, Spartan Bioscience Inc. Robert Orr, President & CEO, Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd. Moderator: Jeff Hauswirth, Managing Director Canada, Spencer Stuart |
| 10:15-10:30 | Networking Break |
| 10:30-11:00 | Keynote: Perspectives
on Going Global Alan Barrell, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Cambridge University |
| 11:00-12:00 | Panel 2: Global Capital
Suresh Madan, Executive Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Excalibur Capital Management Inc. Daniel Mothersill, President, National Angel Capital Organization Frank Pho, Vice President, Fund Investments Group, BDC Moderator: Sunil Sharma, International Director, Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association; Senior Trade Commissioner, Venture Capital, Department Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
| 12:00-13:15 | Lunch and Keynote:
Introduction of Keynote: Kevin Fitzgibbons, Director of the Science and Technology Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Keynote: Why Going Global Matters More than Ever Andrea Mandel-Campbell, author, Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson |
| 13:15-14:15 | Panel 3: International Best
Practices Paul Kedrosky, Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation Randy Mitchell, International Trade Strategist for Private Equity, US Department of Commerce; United States Representative to the OECD Working Party on Entrepreneurship Paul Thoppil, Director General, Global Business Opportunities Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Moderator: Andrea Mandel-Campbell, author, Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson |
| 14:15-14:45 | Closing Keynote: Global
Technology Integration: A Canadian Perspective David Fung, Chairman & CEO, ACDEG Group; National Chair, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters |
| 14:45-15:00 | Conference Close Ron Freedman, Co-publisher, Research Money |
| 15:00-16:30 | Reception |