Thursday, August 21, 2014
Pre-Summit Activities

8:30 am

Breakfast with the French Chamber of Commerce in Canada Atlantic Network

Bussiness opportunities in St. Pierre and Miquelon

10:00 am

Presentation: The Economic Information Observatory

Speaker: Monica Mallowan

11:00 am

Presentation on free trade agreements (CETA and NAFTA)

Speaker: Michel Têtu

Economic Summit

at the Edmundston Convention center
(République room)
74 Canada Road, Edmundston, New Brunswick

8:00 am

Registration

(Lobby Jardin Botanique)

11:00 am

Business Connections B2B/2GO

(Petit Témis and Mont Farlagne rooms)

Noon

Business Picnic

Presentation of Business Plan Competition Winners

1:00 pm

Opening ceremony

Opening remarks

• His Worship Cyrille Simard, Mayor of Edmundston
• Mister Émilien Nadeau, President, CMA 2014
• The Honorable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie
• The Honorable Percy Mockler, Senator

Keynote Speaker
Gaëtan Frigon, Executive Chairman of Publipage and Investor in the TV show “Dans l’oeil du Dragon” Radio-Canada

2:15 pm

Panel of Economists

«Challenges and Opportunities in the Region and the Urgent Need to Work Together»

• André Leclerc, Université de Moncton, Edmundston campus
• Bradly Ritz, University of Maine at Fort Kent
• Guy Caron, Member of Parliament

3:00 pm

Networking Break

3:15 pm

Presentations and Discussions on the Establishment of a Trade Zone
Speakers:

• Wade Merritt, Maine International Trade Center
• David Campbell, Jupia Consultants Inc.

4:00 pm

End of first day of the Summit

6:00 pm

Dîner en Blanc Edmundston

Activity not included in registration fee

(Pre-registration is required)

Detail available, in French only, at: edmundston.dinerenblanc.info

Friday, August 22, 2014

at the Edmundston Convention center
(République Room)

8:30 am

Business Breakfast

• Alain Bélanger, Corruven
• Roger Robitalle, Réseau Forêt-Bois-Matériaux de Témiscouata
• Jay Lajoie, LaJoie Growers
• arcel and Steve Lizotte, Lizotte Consultants
• Chuck Cyr, Third Eye Global
• Mychèle Poitras, Brasseurs du Petit-Sault
• Ginette Bégin, Fromagerie Le Détour

9 am to 5 pm

Business Connections B2B/2GO

(Petit Témis and Mont Farlagne rooms)

9:00 am

Presentation: Conference Board of Canada Study on the Economic Impact of Bilingualism

Speaker: Jean Léger, RDÉE Canada

9:45 am

Presentation of Key Economic Issus and Workshop

• Access to Workforce
  (République room)

Facilitator: Lise Ouellette

• Business Succession
  (Assomption 1 room)

Facilitator: Mathieu Lemieux

• Communications
  (Assomption 3 room)

Facilitators: Cindy Rivard and Julie Bayly

• Tourism and culture
• (Madawaska room)

Facilitators: Caroline Chassé and Johanne Bérubé-Gagné

• Transportation
  (Saint-Jean room)

10:45 am

Networking Break

11:00 am

Plenary Session: Common Key Issues

Noon

Lunch and Lauch of Local Governance Conference

Speaker : Jean-Paul L'Allier, former Mayor of Quebec City

1:00 pm

Business information Kiosks  Bleu Blanc Rouge

Business Service Providers

(Lobby Jardin Botanique)

1:30 pm

Panel Discussion: Economic Development ant the Role of Municipalities

• Honorable Jean D’Amours, Minister for Transport and the Implementation of the Maritime Strategy, Minister responsible for the Bas-Saint-Laurent region and the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region and former mayor of Rivière-du-Loup
• Cyrille Simard, Mayor of Edmundston
• Rachel Bocher, Councillor and Paul Billaudeau former executive director, City of Nantes, France

3:00 pm

Networking Break

3:15 pm

Presentation: The Economic Impact of CMA 2014

4:00 pm

Economic Outlook Post-CMA 2014

Signing of Partnership Agreement

5:00 pm

Happy Hour Cocktail: Celebrating Our Successes

(Lobby Jardin Botanique)

End of Summit