| Wednesday, June 23 |
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Registration |
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. | Opening Reception |
| Thrusday, June 24 |
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Registration |
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Opening Session |
| Welcome Remarks: |
| Lucien Bradet, President & CEO, Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) |
| Stephen Hayes, President & CEO, The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) |
| Y.K. Modi, Former President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) |
| Futhi Mtoba, President, Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) |
| Fernando Matos Rosa, Secretary General, European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean (EBCAM) |
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| Welcome by the Canadian Government, delivered by Honorable Peter Kent, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
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10:00 – 10:20 a.m. | Networking Break |
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10:30-10:50 a.m. | Remarks by His Excellency Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Plenary I: Financing for Business Engagement with Africa |
| Moderated by Right Honorable Joe Clark, Former Prime Minister of Canada |
| Mark Chiaviello, Director, Corporate and Investment Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa |
| Rolf Westling, Senior Advisor, Private Sector Operations, African Development Bank |
| Peter Mousley, Lead Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank Africa Region Financial and Private Sector Development |
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12:15 – 1:45 p.m. | Luncheon |
| Emceed by Lucien Bradet, President & CEO, Canadian Council on Africa |
| Keynote by His Excellency Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa |
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2:00 – 2:50 p.m. | Plenary II: |
| Panel #1—G20 business leaders discuss opportunities and challenges of doing business in Africa |
| Moderated by Robert G. Blackburn, Senior Vice President for sub-Saharan Africa, SNC Lavalin (Canada) |
| Anthony Bouthelier, Executive Chairman, French Council of Investors in Africa (France) |
| Firdhose Coovadia, Resident Director, Africa & Middle East, Essar Global Limited (India) |
| Thad Simons, CEO, Novus International (U.S.) |
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2:50 – 3:05 p.m. | “Can Japan-Africa Cooperation Learn From the Japan-South East Asia Model?”,
a special presentation by Keiichiro Komatsu, Principal, Komatsu Research & Advisory (Japan) |
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3:05 – 3:55 p.m. | Panel#2—African business leaders discuss perspectives on Africa’s business climate |
| Moderated by Fernando Matos Rosa, Secretary General, European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean |
| Iqbal Jamal, Director, Twiga Chemical Industries LTD (Tanzania) |
| Stella Okoli, President & CEO, EMZOR Pharmaceuticals LTD (Nigeria) |
| Emeka Onwuka, GMD & CEO, Diamond Bank PLC (Nigeria) |
| Jerry Vilakazi, CEO, Business Unity South Africa |
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4:00 – 4:15 p.m. | Networking Break |
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4:15 – 5:30 p.m. | Plenary III: G20 Government Officials Respond |
| Moderated by Stephen Hayes, President & CEO, The Corporate Council on Africa |
| Donald Bobiash, Director General for Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) |
| Afonso José Sena Cardoso, Consul General-Toronto, and Former Ambassador to Angola (Brazil) |
| José Briosa e Gala, European Union Commission President’s Personal Representative for Africa |
| Lorraine Hariton, State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs (U.S.) |
| J.S. Mukul, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs (India) |
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6:00 – 7:30 p.m. | Informal Networking Reception |
