Canada – 2010 | Canada Egypt Business Council

Delegation

CEBC 2010 Trade Mission’s Participants List
September 26 – October 1, (Toronto, Ottawa & Montreal)

Canada Egypt Business Council Members:

Mr. Motaz Raslan, Chairman, Canada Egypt Business Council.
Mr. Alex Shalaby, Chairman, Mobinil
Mr. Amr Aboualam, Chief Executive Officer & Board member, Smart Villages Company
Mr. Hafez Hamdy, Head of Commercial, Vodafone International Services
Mr. Hassan Hussein, Chairman, HH Investments Holding Ltd
Ms. Hoda Masry, Associate Director, Representative, UBS AG Representative Office
Ms. Lamise Negm, Vice President, Citibank
Mr. Mahfouz Matta Nasralla, Chairman, Prima Elios for Electrical Industries
Mr. Mohamed El Agati, Chairman, El Agati Silver Company
Dr. Mohamed Reda, Chairman, ITEC IT Export Community of Egypt
Dr. Nabil Hilmy, Senior Partner & Owner, Hilmy Law Firm
Mr. Rawy Iskander, President, ValueGEM e/m-Commerce Solutions Canada
Mr. Saiid El Derini, General Manager and Partner, Tam Oilfield Services
Mr. Sherif El Kammash, Managing Director, IST Egypt

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Representatives:

Dr. Hoda Baraka, First Deputy to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
Ms. Samah Aziz, Deputy Director for European and Foreign Affairs Egypt.
Ms. Mariam Fayez, Deputy Director of the Media Relations Department.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representative

Ms. Marwa Sayed Ali, Third Secretary.

General Authority For Investment & Free Zone (GAFI ) Representatives

Mr. Tamer Moustafa, Promotion Department Head.

ITIDA Representatives

Mr. Amr Kamel, Chairman, Global Technologies
Mr. Essam El Kalza, CEO, United OFOQ
Ms. Gihan Samir, Managing Director and Board Member, IT Synergy
Mr. Hani El Kolaly, Manager, Organizations Support Department (FDI & Egyptian Org. Support) ITIDA
Mr. Hossam Megahed Board Member, IT Industry Development Authority
Dr. Khaled Ismail, President and Founder , SySDSoft
Eng. Magdy Sharawy, CEO, Softlock
Mr. Samer Naguib, Vice President for Marketing and business development, OMS
Eng. Tarek Assaad, Managing Partner, Ideavelopers and Technology Development Fund
Mr. Wael Nawara, CEO, Horizon Interactive Studios

Media Representatives

Mr. Mohamed El Hawary, Managing Editor, Al Akhbar Newspaper
Mr. Mohamed Radwan, Managing Editor, Al-Masry Al-Youm. Newspaper
Mr. Mahmoud Salem, Managing Editor, Akhbar El-yom. Newspaper
Ms. Naglaa Zikri, Executive General Manager and Head of the Economic Section, Al Ahram Newspaper.

Canada Egypt Business Council Staff:

Ms. Rasha Kamal, Executive Director.
Ms. Mariana Malak, Office Manager to the Chairman.

The Canadian Embassy in Egypt

Mr. Joseph Tadros, Trade Commissioner.

Schedule

Toronto
Sunday, September 26 8:00pm	Orientation Meeting with the mission’s delegates
Monday, September 27 8:45am 9:009:45 10:0010:45 11:0012:0012:30Agenda 12:30 12:4012:50 13:1013:15 2:15 2:303:45 5:30 6:30	Depart Hotel Meeting with Mr. Ken Campbell, CEO ‘Wind’ Mobile (partnered with Orascom Telecom) Depart Meeting Roundtable with Canadian ICT Firms & Venture Capital companies (This will be an opportunity for the participating Egyptian ICT/Telecom companies to meet with Canadian counterparts. For a fruitful discussion to take place, it would be beneficial to develop draft agenda items that would be of interest to both the Egyptian participants)Depart Meeting Meeting with Mr. Tony Rockingham, Assistant Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation. Meeting with Sean Weir, Managing Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais and Hon. Gar Knutson, Former Secretary of State for International Trade for Canada. (BLG is the largest legal firm in Canada and is actively seeking both legal and financial business in the MENA region) Presentation and Lunch event Co-hosted by BLG/CABC/CEBC. (Audience will be composed of executives from high tech, communications, and financial organizations). Welcome by Sean Weir on behalf of BLG Welcome by Motaz Raslan on behalf of CEBC and rapid introduction of delegation members Presentation by Dr. Baraka, First Deputy to the Minister of CIT Thank you note by The Hon. Gar Knutson, Former Secretary of State for International Trade for Canada Lunch Depart luncheon Meeting with Ilse Treurnicht CEO and senior executives of MaRS (www.marsdd.com) (A public organization created to better connect the worlds of science, business and government. A public-private partnership to help create global enterprises that would contribute to Canada’s economic and social development). Meeting/Roundtable with Janet Ecker, CEO (former Minister of Finance of Ontario) and senior members of Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA). (This is group of banks and major investors in Canada. Discussions will focus on financial structure needed to support new high-tech firms –and– opportunities for Canadian investments in Egypt). Return to Hotel Egyptian Community Event
Tuesday, September 28 8:45am 9:0010:15 12:00 12:15 3:004:30	Depart hotel Meeting with Dr. Robert Bell, President and CEO, University Health Network (www.uhn.ca) (Discussion and review of e-health methods and possible cooperation). Depart to Waterloo Visit, lunch, presentation and tour at Christie Digital Depart for University of Waterloo Roundtable with Dr. Arthur Carty, Director, Institute of Nanotechnology (former Science and Technology Advisor to the Prime Minister) and senior research directors at University of Waterloo. Depart to Ottawa
Ottawa
Wednesday, Sept 29 8:30am 9:009:0011:0012:15 1:15 2:30Agenda 2:30 2:40 3:003:304:007:00 8:00	Depart hotel Meeting with Gordon Venner, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Middle East, Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade for Canada + Mr. Peter MacArther, Director General for Global Business Opportunities + Mr. Beiot Prefontaine, Director of ICT sector Meeting with Communications Research Center, KANATA Meeting with Eric Tsang, Business Development and other executives Meeting with Mr. Paul Day, Vice -President of Information Technology Team in EDC Lunch: at Parliamentary Restaurant Tour at the Parliament of Canada Visit to the University of OttawaWelcome and introduction Prof. Hussein Mouftah presentation: Wireless Sensor Networks in the e-Society Collaborative projects planning discussions Adjournment Meeting with Mr. Simon Kennedy, Senior Associate Deputy Minister + Ms. Helen McDonald, Assistant Deputy Minister Spectrum, Information Technologies and TelecommunicationsPoints of Discussion will focus on: Innovation and R&D Spectrum Management Broadband strategy and cyber security Encourage the cooperation with the private sector in terms of technology cluster development Claude Computing Egyptian Ambassador’s Dinner at the Ambassador’s Residence Depart to Montreal
Montreal
Thursday, Sept 30 8:30-10:00am10:30- 1:00pm 1:15-2:45pm3:00pmAgenda: 3:003:05 – 3:30 3:35 – 4:00 4:00 – 5:006:30	Visit to Institute de la Recherché Scientifique (INRS) (www.emt.inrs.ca) Meeting with Dr. Jean Claude Kieffer, Director, INRS Visit to Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal Visit to Ericsson Canada Meeting with Mr. Pierre Boucher, Vice President, Innovation and R&D Visit to McGill UniversityArrive at McGill University Meet Joe Zackon,N Senior Officer, Visits and Strategic Initiatives, office of the Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) Meeting with Prof. Anthony C. Masi, PhD, Provost, McGill University Visit to Nanotools facility Meeting with Prof. Michael Avedesian, Senior Associate and Advisor Faculty of Engineering, and representative(s) from Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringEgyptian Community Dinner
Friday, October 1 8:00am9:30amAgenda: 09:30 – 09:4509:45 – 10:0010:00 – 10:15 10:15 – 10:30 10:30 – 10:45 10:45 – 11:00 11:00 – 11:15 11:15 – 11:30	Breakfast meeting with Ms. Genevieve Tanguay Assistant Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and TechnologyRoundtable discussions organized by Montreal International Word of welcome by Jacques Saint-Laurent Presentation of Montréal International Presentation by Dr. Hoda Baraka Egypt ICT – Overview and Mission Objectives Presentation by the General Manager of Techno Montréal Presentation by Jean-Louis Legault, President, ADRIQ Presentation by Robert Crawhall, President, Nano Québec Presentation by Claude Martel, President, Inno-Centre Presentation by Charles Despins, President, Prompt Open discussion
12:30pm	Visit to Techno-Parc, Meeting with Mr. Mario Monette, President and CEO, and the Director of ICT, and Ms. Annie Gravier, Director, Public Affairs & Communications.
Agenda: 12:00 13:00 14:00	Arrival and site tour of the Technoparc Lunch in a private salon at Novotel Hotel Presentation from the Dr. Hoda Baraka and discussions with invited ICT Companies in Technoparc
3:00pm Agenda:	Meeting at the École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), – Greeting by Ms. Marjolaine Adam at ETS main entrance – Welcome note by Yves Beauchemin, General Director of ETS – Meeting with Pro. François Coallier, Chair of the Department of Software and IT Engineering – Labs Visit