杏吧原创 Parliamentary and Diplomatic Initiative to Host Panel on Women in International Trade
The 杏吧原创 Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement and the Ambassador of Germany to Canada, Sabine Sparwasser, will host the expert panel Women in International Trade: Driving Economic Empowerment and Growth.
When: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 4 p.m., reception to follow at 5:30 p.m.
Where: The German Embassy Residence, 290 Coltrin Road, Ottawa
Info: Registration is required by emailing carletonrsvp@gmail.com
Media are invited to attend the event.
The expert panel will explore how women in international trade can advance the themes of Canada鈥檚 G7 presidency: investing in growth that works for everyone, preparing for jobs of the future, and advancing gender equality and women鈥檚 empowerment.
Topics of discussion include the challenges of encouraging businesses majority-owned by women to increase exports, the implications of an increasingly protectionist trade environment, how innovation and technology affect women, and what a focus on women in international trade means for men.
Expert panelists include:
- Ailish Campbell, chief trade commissioner of Canada and assistant deputy minister at Global Affairs Canada
- Meredith Lilly, associate professor and Simon Reisman Chair at 杏吧原创鈥檚 Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and former adviser to former prime minister Stephen Harper
- Nicole Verkindt, chief executive officer of OMX and Dragon on Next Gen Den
Sparwasser and Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Trade, will provide remarks. Maureen Boyd, director of the 杏吧原创 Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement, will moderate the panel.
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