Moderator/Speaker: Jayson Myers, President, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Speakers: Marc Whittingham, President, Canadian Commercial Corporation
David Beatty, Private Sector Advisory Group Member and non-Executive Director, Bank of Montreal and CEO, Canadian Coalition on Corporate Governance

Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Omar Samad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Canada
Remarks: Drew Gilmour, Director, Development Works

Session 1

Moderator: John Robinson, Former VP Americas Branch, CIDA and Former Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica
Speakers: Wendy McDonald, Chairman, The BC Bearing Group
Hélène Giroux, Director, South America Division, CIDA
ü Carlson Gough, Director, Projects Department, Caribbean Development Bank
ü Andre Nudelman, Chair and President, Canadian Council for the Americas, British Columbia
ü Jacques Desjardins, Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Bruno Hamel, Senior Trade Commissioner – Cuba, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada

Moderator/Speaker: Lucien Bradet, President, CCAfrica
Speakers: Piers Cumberlege, Vice President, Private Equity, Cordiant and Canadian Investment Fund for Africa
Stephen Nairne, Managing Director, Lundin For Africa Foundation
Louise Clément, A/Director General, East and Southern Africa Division, CIDA

Moderator/Speaker: Gerhard Pries, President, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) Investments Inc. and President, Canada Microfinance Fund
Speakers: Kim Pityn, Vice President, International Operations, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)
Kevin McCort, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE Canada
Eric Thurman, Consultant, Protos Inc.

IFI and CIDA Procurement Opportunities for Service and Equipment Contracts and How to Bid Effectively to Win These Contracts – Specifics!

Moderator: Sandy Ferguson, Sandy Ferguson Consulting and former Advisor to the Canadian Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Speakers: ü Francine Beauparlant, Senior Contracting Officer, Contracting Management Division, CIDA
ü Laura Dorling, Senior Counsellor, Canadian Executive Director’s Office, Inter-American Development Bank
Rudy Sabas, Manager, International Marketing, Association of Canadian Community Colleges
ü Dilek Macit, Director, Consultancy and Corporate Procurement, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Moderator: Émile Gauvreau, Advisor, Business Development, Tecsult International Limited
Speakers: Anis A. Khan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, IDLC Finance Limited, Bangladesh
Pauline Kehoe, Director General, Indonesia, Philippines and Southeast Asia Regional Program, CIDA
Tom Boivin, President, Hatfield Consultants Ltd.
Mark Mensing, Chief Executive Officer, Canada Export Centre
ü Ralph Rodschat, Senior Business Development Manager, Nortel
Brad Niblock, Trade Commissioner, South Asia Commercial Relations, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
 

Moderator: Marc Parent, Chair, Development Aid Committee, CME and President, Tecsult International Limited
Speakers: Lydie Ehouman, Transport Economist, Infrastructure Department, African Development Bank Group
ü Robert Schumann, Manager, Consulting and Infrastructure Management Services, Manitoba Hydro International
ü Shauna Mason, Senior Analyst, Corporate Planning & Social Development, Artumas Group Inc.
Louise Clément , A/Director General, East and Southern Africa Divison, CIDA

Moderator: Dr. Wayne Mackintosh, Commonwealth of Learning
Speakers: James Knight, President, Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC)
ü Scott Ferris, CITP, Director, Business Development, FITT
Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Dr. Bob Woollard, Royal Canadian Legion Professor and Head, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Chair, CHF
Dr. Rod Crutcher, Director, Sudanese Physician Reintegration Program and Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary

Private Sector Development – The Driver of Economic Development in Developing Countries

Moderator: Michael Hatton, Vice President, Academic, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Speakers: Peter Dey, Chairman, Private Sector Advisory Group, International Finance Corporation, and Chairman of Paradigm Capital, Inc
Ed Sutherland, Project Director, PEARL2 Project, Agriteam Canada, Philippines
ü Margaret Capelazo, Program Officer, Asia, CHF

Gala Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: Jayson Myers, President, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Bev Oda, Minister of International Cooperation

Roundtable Facilitators: Jean-Michel Laurin, Vice President, Global Business Policy, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Deborah Turnbull, Senior Consultant, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Moderator: Patricia Dillon, Director, Communications and Government Relations, Teck Cominco Limited
Panelists: James Cooney, Principal, Jim Cooney & Associates
Marketa Evans, Executive Director, Munk Centre, University of Toronto
David Morley, President and CEO, Save the Children Canada
Eric Nonacs, Managing Director for Global Affairs at Endeavour Financial and Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative
Ian Thomson, Principal, On Common Ground Consulting
Leonard Sassano, Chief Alliance Officer, Industrial Accident Prevention Association

Keynote Speaker: Rajat Nag, Managing Director, Asian Development Bank

Session 9

Moderator/Speaker: Nola-Kate Seymoar, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Centre for Sustainable Cities
Speakers: Robert Schoellhammer, Deputy Resident Director, Asian Development Bank
ü Ralph Rodschat, Senior Business Development Manager, Nortel
ü Lance Follett, Director, Licensing and Intellectual Property Commercialization, Westport Innovations Inc.

Session 10

Governance and Accountability with Regards to Contract Management on International Projects

Moderator: Leigh Wolfrom, Deputy Director, International Financing Division (BPF), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Speakers: ü Jocelyn Comtois, Director General, Contracting Management Division, CIDA and Co-Chair of the OECD / IFI Committee
Hany Besada, Senior Researcher and Program Leader, The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

Session 11

Moderator: Debra Rasmussen, Senior Consultant and Project Director, Agriteam Canada Consulting Ltd.
Speakers: ü Mohammed Bhabha, Manager, International Operations, Wardrop Engineering Inc.
ü David Baron, General Manager, Cowater International Inc.
Rolf Schoenert, Technical Assistance Secretariat and Senior Commercial Officer, International Affairs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Terry Gray, Senior Team Leader, International and Canadian Programs, World Vision Canada

Session 12

Competing and Succeeding in North Africa, the Middle East. Central and Eastern Europe and Afghanistan

Moderator: Dr. Alex Titov, Chairman, Navigator Training and Counselling Organization
Speakers: ü Ambassador Mouldi Sakri, Embassy of Tunisia in Canada
Andrew Matthews, President, Douglas McNeill Consulting Limited
Roseanne Doody, Human Resources Manager, Qatar Project, College of the North Atlantic
Drew Gilmour, Director, Development Works
ü Vivien Escott, Senior Advisor, Private Sector Development, Europe, Middle East and Maghreb Directorate, CIDA

Keynote Speaker: Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire (Ret)