Working Breakfast (Pacific Ballroom)
Open to the Business Community

Keynote:
"Promise. Progress. Prosperity. Power."

• Dr. Jill Thompson, Senior Economist for FleetBoston Financial, will describe how the world economy, lead largely by the U.S., is posed to expand at its fastest pace since 1998 and why international trade will expand even faster.
• Minister Albina Guarnieri, Associate Minister of National Defense and Minister of State (Civil Preparedness)
• Laural Delaney, Founder, Global Trade Source, Ltd. "Globe Trotting: A New Frontier for Women Entrepreneurs", A brief overview of her findings from her recently released study

Keynote (Columbia Room)

• Hon. Sergio Marchi, Past Chair, General Council, World Trade Organization and Canada's Ambassador of the UN in Geneva — "The Doha Round: What's in it for Women"

• The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister of Canada, Visiting Professor of Practice at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and President of International Women's Forum (Columbia Room)

Plenary Session: Focus Sectors
(Columbia Room)

"The Canadian Perspective: — successful women entrepreneurs share their stories"

• Rossana Magnotta, Magnotta Wineries
• Betty Thomas, Thomas FX Group
• Marg Hachey, Duocom Canada
• Bianca Battistina, BB-Focus.com
• Arlene Dickinson, President, Venture Communications

Working Lunch (Columbia Room)

Global Banking Alliance share "Best Practices"

• Betty Wood, RBC Financial Group,
• Terry Cavanagh, Fleet Boston Financial
• Verna Graff-Gessaman, RBC Centura
• Simonne Hogan, Westpac Banking Corp.

AND

"Women Trading Globally: What can IFC, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the Commonwealth do to help?"

• Reta Lewis, Vice President and Counselor, US Chamber of Commerce
  Founder, Access America
• Amanda Ellis, Senior Private Sector Gender Specialist, World Bank and IFC
• Nancy Spence, Director for Gender, Commonwealth Secretariat
  

Keynote Presentation (Columbia Room)

Rebecca MacDonald, Chair and CEO, Energy Savings Income Fund, and Profit Magazine's Top Female Canadian Entrepreneur for 2003.

Break

3 Choices:

Option #1: Business Matching Continued
Pre-arranged meetings for qualified delegates and January 30th deadline required.
(Columbia Room)

Option #2: Guided Sector Tours
Please choose which tour you are interested in. We will cancel tours where we do not have enough participants. Or alternatively, if we have specific recommendations for a specific sector, we will do our best to accommodate your interest.

• Canada/BC Business Service Centre
• Film Studio
• Textiles & Clothing Manufacturer
• Globe 2004

Option #3: Meet the Expert Session
2:45 - 4:00

• Mary Contando, Expand Your Comfort Zone: A Sales and Marketing Workshop for Women
  
• Laurel Delaney will present her findings on her recently released study called "Globe Trotting: A New Frontier for Women Entrepreneurs" sponsored by Fleet Boston Financial

Buses depart for the BC Wrap-Up Party [Aboriginal Theme] Hosted at UBC Museum of Anthropology