Dinner of the Americas

Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Fairmont Palliser – Alberta Room

The Canadian Council of the Americas-Alberta invites you to its biannual Dinner of the Americas, a premier opportunity for Alberta companies to network with Canadian ambassadors based in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Latin American and Caribbean ambassadors in Ottawa

Register: 1:30 pm

Roundtable Program: 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Welcoming remarks will be made by The Honourable Guy Boutilier, Minister of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations, Province of Alberta. Afterwards, participants will join the interactive program consisting of concurrent mini-roundtables hosted by each ambassador. Each participant will have the opportunity to take part in up to six - 15 minute discussions with ambassadors and fellow participants.

Reception: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Dinner: 7:00 pm Deputy Mayor Gord Lowe, City of Calgary, will open the evening which will include a presentation by our keynote speaker Pablo Bréard, Vice President, Head of International Research for Scotiabank Group, entitled Integration in the Developing Americas: A Latin-Canadian Perspective.

The honoured ambassadors participating in the 2007 Dinner of the Americas are as follows:

Argentina

His Excellency Arturo Guillermo Bothamley, Argentina’s Ambassador to Canada

Brazil

His Excellency Valdemar Carneiro Leão, Brazil’s Ambassador to Canada

Mr. Guillermo E. Rishchynski, Canada's Ambassador to Brazil

Colombia

His Excellency Jaime Girón Duarte, Colombia’s Ambassador to Canada

Mr. Matthew Levin, Canada’s Ambassador to Colombia

Cuba

His Excellency Ernesto A. Sentí Darias, Cuba’s Ambassador to Canada

Ms. Alexandra Bugailiskis, Canada’s Ambassador to Cuba

Mexico

His Excellency Emilio Goicoechea, Mexico's Ambassador to Canada

Mr. Gaëtan Lavertu, Canada’s Ambassador to Mexico

Peru

Ms. Geneviève des Rivières, Canada’s Ambassador to Peru

Trinidad and Tobago

Mr. Howard Strauss, Canada’s High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago

Tickets

Roundtable Only

CCA Member, $40

Non-Member, $55

Dinner Only

CCA Member, $95

Non-Member, $125

Dinner and Roundtable

CCA Member, $125

Non-Member, $175 (Prices do not include GST)

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