EU-Canada Business Summit 2022

Description

The EU-Canada Business Summit is a oneday event held once a year in Brussels, capital of the European Union, that brings together hundreds of political and business decision-makers from Canada, the EU and the world.

EU and Canada have a common history, common values, a commitment to preserving and promoting the rules-based international order and have common ambitions for the future like collaboration on trade, climate change, technology, security issues, human rights, and others.

This edition’s Summit will include 5 main topics:

E-Commerce Trends: Powering online retail forward
The Canada-EU partnership in a global trade transition
Energy Security: Challenges & Opportunities
Clean Technology & Environment
Economics & Finance

The EU-Canada Business Summit is a great way to built business relationships through VIP cocktails, private meetings, interactive debates and several exclusive networking activities.

Number of speakers:
20 conference speakers

Number of moderator:
5

Number of participants:
350

Confirmed speakers

Mary Ng Minister of Inter Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business & Economic Dev Government of Canada Ottawa	Dr. Ailish Campbell Ambassador of Canada to the European Union (EU) Global Affairs Canada Brussels	Jean-Pierre Vidal Chief Economic Adviser European Council Brussels	Nicolas Bossé Chief Energy Transition Officer Brainbox AI Montreal
Alexandre Gauthy PB Macro Economist Degroof Petercam Luxembourg	Olga Vovk Senior Regional Manager Europe EDC London	Côme de Bagneux Manager of Business Services Desjardins Paris	Kostas Rossoglou Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs Shopify Brussels
Gohar Sargsayan Director EU stainability, Innovation and Partnership CGI Amterdam	Bénédicte Bergeaud Public Affairs Manager Europe Northland Power Hamburg	Shannon Blanchard Director Supply Chain Innovation Port Saint-John Saint-John. NB	Julie Cormier Export Development Executive Opportunities New-Brunswick Fredericton
Denis Dumont CEO Tractebel Brussels	Rob Alexander CEO AlumaPower Corporation Sarnia	Macarena Cotaldo-Hernandez CEO & Cofounder Viridis Reearch Inc Vancouver	Jorge Gomez de la Fuente Head of Industrial Optimization & Special Projects Repsol Madrid
Andrew Bounds EU Correspondent Financial Times Brussels	Pascal Kerneis Managing Director European Services Forum Brussels	Michelle Gartland Counsellor & Senior Trade Commissioner Government of Canada Brussels	Constantin Gissler Senior Manager EU Public Policy Amazon Brussels
Kim Mackreal Journalist Wall Street Journal Brussels	Mark Camilleri President Canada EU Trade & Investment Association Brussels	Sam Ayoub Founder - President Canada-Europe Economic Chamber - EU Brussels

For more information on visibility opportunities and available speaking slots
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Register

Closed

Date(s)

08 Nov 2022

Location

Cercle Royal Gaulois (In-person)

Price(s)

Free to attend

Detailed program

08 November 2022

2022 EU-Canada Business Summit Program

13:00 – 13:15 – Welcoming & Networking

13:15 – 13:30 – Opening Keynote

Sam Ayoub
President
Canada-Europe Economic Chamber – EU – Brussels

Mary Ng
Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business & Economic Development
Government of Canada - Ottawa

Dr. Ailish Campbell
Ambassador of Canada to the European Union (EU)
Global Affairs Canada - Brussels

13:30 – 14:15 – Economics & Finance

Côme de Bagneux – Manager of Business Services – Desjardins – Paris
Alexandre Gauthy – Head of Private Banking – Degroof Petercam – Luxembourg
Jean-Pierre Vidal – Chief Economic Adviser – European Council – Brussels
Andrew Bounds – Moderator – Financial Times – Brussels

14:15 – 15:00 – The Canada-EU partnership in a Global Trade Transition

Mark Camilleri – President – Ceutia – Brussels
Shannon Blanchard – Director Supply Chain Innovation–Port Saint-John-Saint-John, NB
Pascal Kerneis – Managing Director – European Services Forum – Brussels
Olga Vovk – Senior Regional Manager-Europe - EDC – London
Andrew Bounds – Moderator – Financial Times – Brussels

15:00 – 15:15 – Shopify Networking Break

15:15 – 16:00 – Energy Security: Opportunities & Challenges

Denis Dumont – CEO – Tractebel – Brussels
Jorge Gomez de la Fuente–Head of Ind. Optimization & Special Projects–Repsol–Madrid
Bénédicte Bergeaud – Public Affairs Manager-Europe – Northland Power – Hamburg
Kim Mackreal – Moderator – Wall Street Journal – Brussels

16:00 – 16:45 – Clean Technology and Environment

Nicolas Bossé – Chief Energy Transition Officer – Brainbox AI – Montreal
Rob Alexander – CEO – AlumaPower Corporation – Sarnia
Macarana Cataldo-Hernandez – CEO & Cofounder – Viridis Research Inc – Vancouver
Michelle Gartland – Moderator – Government of Canada – Brussels

16:45- 17:30 – E-Commerce Trends: powering online retail forward

Kostas Rossoglou – Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs – Shopify – Brussels
Gohar Sargsyan – Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs – CGI – Amsterdam
Constantin Gissler – Senior Manager EU Public Policy – Amazon – Brussels
Julie Cormier – Moderator – Opportunities NB – Fredericton