ITALIAN BUSINESS MISSION TO CANADA October, 2013 PROGRAM (as of September 06, 2013)

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1 MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 MONTREAL ITALIAN BUSINESS MISSION TO CANADA October, 2013 PROGRAM (as of September 06, 2013) Arrival of the Italian delegation 12:30 by Brussels Airlines 15:00 by Swiss Air Afternoon 15:15 by Alitalia 15:15 by Air France and transfer to the Hotel Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth (900 Rene Levesque Blvd. W.) 17:30 Meeting in the lobby Transfer to the Italian Consulate in Montreal 17:45 (3489 Drummond) 18: WELCOME GREETINGS: - H.E. Gian Lorenzo Cornado, Ambassador of Italy in Ottawa - Cons. Amb. Enrico Padula, Italian Consul General in Montreal - Paolo Zegna, Board Member of Confindustria - Pasquale Bova, Trade Commissioner, Italian Trade Commission Toronto Doing Business in Quebec: guidelines for Italian Companies - Emmanuel Triassi, Chair of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada 19: Cocktail offered by Italian Consul General in Montreal, Enrico Padula 21:00 Transfer back to the hotel TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 MONTREAL VENUE: Heenan Blaikie Law Firm (1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West) PLENARY SESSION: THE ITALIAN DELEGATION MEETS WITH AUTHORITIES OF CANADA AND QUEBEC Opening Remarks - Mr. Tommaso Nanci, Lawyer, Heenan Blaikie - H.E. Gian Lorenzo Cornado, Ambassador of Italy in Ottawa 9: Welcome & Opening Address - Rep. Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada-DFATD - Rep. Ministère des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur 1

2 - Paolo Zegna, Board Member of Confindustria Investing in Canada: an overview of the major projects and of Government policy - Representative of Invest in Canada A landscape of major projects and Quebec s Investment attractions policies - Representative of Investissement Quebec Overview of Canada s 4 cities trade & investment opportunities - Michael Darch, Consider Canada City Alliance-CCCA Major Projects and possibilities in Montreal - Representative of Montreal International Coffee Break INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS IN PARALLEL SESSIONS OIL & GAS INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION Canadian Oil & Gas Industry: Challenges & Opportunities - Rep. of Natural Resources Canada Major Development projects of Canadian Oil Companies: an overview - Rep. of APGQ-Association pétrolière et gazière du Québec Gas distribution in Canada - Rep. of Gaz Métro (tbc) 11:30-12:30 «Investments environment and facilitations in Quebec : a focus on Infrastructure & Transportation» - Rep. of Investissement Quebec «Major infrastructure and transportation project in Quebec» -Frédéric Choquette, Directeur Politiques et procedures, Infrastructure Quebec «Financing infrastructure project» -Banque de développement économique du Québec «Investments environment and facilitations in Quebec : a focus on Clean and Renewable Technologie s - Rep. of Invest Quebec Quebec clean technologies sector: from R&D to markets - Rep. of Ecotech Quebec (tbc) «Major projects and investments in the Clean Tech sector» - Rep of Montreal International 12:45-14:30 Keynote Luncheon on: Improving co-operation: how CETA can boost the flow of Trade and Investments and support joint business projects Pierre-Marc Johnson, Heenan Blaikie (common to all sectors) 2

3 OIL & GAS Transfer to the airport of the Oil & Gas Delegation Departure for Calgary with flight AC167 CALGARY Arrival in Calgary (time zone: -2 hours of Montreal time) To follow Transfer to the hotel The Westin Calgary (320 4 th Ave. SW) INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION Starting a business in Quebec: Legal framework and operational procedures for a company in the infrastructure sector -Heenan Blaikie Law Firm Legal and fiscal framework for infrastructure projects in Quebec: an overview - Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Major infrastructure development projects around Hydro plants - Representative of Hydro Quebec SNC Lavalin operations and activity: an overview - Representative of SNC Lavalin Case Study: ASTALDI in Canada - Representative of Astaldi Major development projects in the production and distribution of Hydro Energy - Rep. from Hydro Quebec (Innergex ) Financial and insurance tools in support of the clean and renewable energy sector - Rep. of Heenan Blakie Case Study: ENEL Green Power in Canada - Mr. Francesco Venturini, CEO ENEL GP North America, tbc INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION + 17:30 Transfer to the airport Departure for Toronto with flight Air Canada 7527 (alternative flight: Air Canada 7529) (or 21:40) Arrival in Toronto Billy Bishop airport (same time zone as Montreal) To follow Transfer to the Hotel Sheraton Centre Toronto (123 Queen St W) 3

4 OIL & GAS Wednesday, October 16 th, CALGARY VENUE: Fort Mc Murray Oil Sands Extraction Plant Under evaluation a visit to oil sands operation site of a Canadian company Entire day (to be confirmed) Thursday, October 17 th, Calgary VENUE: Mc Dougal Centre - Ministry of International and Intergovernmental Relations Major development projects in the Oil&Gas sector in the Calgary region - Representative of Calgary Economic Development 9:00-11:00 Overview of the Oil&Gas sector: an independent perspective - Claudia Cattaneo, Columnist, Financial Post - Representative of Husky Energy 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break & Networking Crude oil production and supply forecast: markets & pipelines outlook - Representative of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers-CAPP Drilling activity forecast & industry trends - Mark Salkeld, Petroleum Services Association of Canada-PSAC Improving environmental performance in Canada's oil sands - Representative of Canada s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) (tbc) Working Lunch Project updates from the key industry players - CNRL-Canadian National Resources - Enbridge - Encana TransCanada - Total SA - StatOil Networking reception offered by Borden, Ladner and Gervais (Borden Ladner Gervais Ave SW) 4

5 To follow Overview of BLG guests - Bruce Lawrence, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais Presentation of the Italian business delegation - Annalisa Bisson, International Business Activities Coordinator, Confindustria Italy s products & services for the Oil & Gas Industry - Representative Federprogetti Cocktail reception Friday, OCTOBER 18 CALGARY VENUE: Saipem Canada th Ave SW, Suite 2700 / Husky Energy Ave SW Meeting at Saipem Canada Welcome and introduction - Giovanni Cerchiarini, President and CEO Saipem Canada Outlook, Forecasts and trends in the Oil&Gas sector. Financing and ensuring major projects in the Oil&Gas sector - Representative of Scotia Bank Development, financing and building of Oil & Gas pipelines & offshore energy projects - Bruce Lawrence, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Saipem activities in Canada and its sustainable business model - Giovanni Cerchiarini, President & CEO SAIPEM Canada Tenaris portfolio in Canada. Challenges & opportunities in the supply chain - Representative of Tenaris Coffee Break & Networking Transfer to CalFrac Well Services (411-8th Avenue S) Presentation by Calfrac 11:15-12:30 - Representative of Calfrac 12: Networking Lunch offered by CalFrac Transfer to Husky Energy (707 8 Ave SW) 14: Business Meeting with Husky Energy management Follows Departure to Italy 5

6 INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION + WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 TORONTO VENUE: OITC-Ontario Investment and Trade Centre Yonge Street, 35 th Floor - Ontario Ministry of Economic Development Canadian Macro-economic Outlook, Trends and Forecasts - Aaron Gampel, Deputy Chief Economist, Scotia Bank 9: Ontario major development projects: an overview - George Hanus, President and CEO, Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance Toronto: the fastest-growing city in North America. Outlook and trends - Representative of Invest in Toronto Doing business in Ontario: guidelines for Italian Companies - George Visintin, President, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Ontario Coffee Break & Networking INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION Outlook, trends and Forecasts in the sectors of Infrastructure, Transportation and Real Estate - Representative of Scotia Bank Ontario Government support to infrastructure projects: policy guidelines - Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure Ontario Civil & Social Infrastructure development plan - Derrick Toigo, Senior Vice President Civil Infrastructure, Infrastructure Ontario Ontario Green Energy Act - Leo Testa, Deputy Director, Ontario Ministry of Energy A legal approach to the cleantech sector in Ontario - Verki Tunteng, Heenan Blaikie (tbc) Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Renewable Energy Program Re-Launch - Representative of Ontario Power Authority-OPA 12: Networking luncheon sponsored by Scotia Bank Keynote Speech by Alberta CEFIS, Executive Vice President & Head, Global Transaction Banking 6

7 The Italian construction industry in Canada - Massimo Rustico, Head of International Business Development & Diplomatic Advisor ANCE-Italian Association of Building Constructors P3 Operations in Canada - Representative of Canadian Council for Public- Private Partnerships Project updates from the key industry players - Representative of PCL Contractors Canada, Aecom (tbc) Road transport & public transportation in the Greater Toronto - Representative of Metrolinx The Italian CleanTech delegation in Canada - Representative of GSE (Italian Energy Authority)/Confindustria Major Projects and Development in the sector - Representative of Ontario Clean Technology Alliance (tbc) Ontario Clean Technology cluster: an overview - Representative of OSEA (tbc) Project updates from the key industry players - Representative of NextEra Energy Resources / Canadian Solar (tbc) Labor market in the infrastructure sector - Representative of Carpenters Union (tbc) Networking reception sponsored by Blake, Cassels and Graydon (tbc) Welcoming Address/speeches (tbd) by: - Representative Blake, Cassels and Graydon - Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Italy, Hon. Carlo Calenda - Representative of Confindustria THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 TORONTO INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION VENUES: Waterfront Toronto VENUE: Rugged Com The largest urban redevelopment project currently underway in North America (includes a possible site visit) - Representative of Waterfront Toronto Visit to labs and plants of RuggedCom care of SIEMENS Canada (manufacturing of rugged communications equipment for harsh environments) Transfer to the airport Pearson International Departure for Vancouver with flight Air Canada Arrival to Vancouver (time zone: -3 hours of Toronto time) To follow Transfer to the hotel Fairmont Vancouver (900 West Georgia Street) Networking Cocktail with Italian/Canadian Operators in Vancouver 7

8 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 VANCOUVER VENUE: British Columbia Showcase Robson Street at Robson Square - British Columbia Ministry of Economic Development - Trade and Invest British Columbia 9:00-10:45 Doing business in B.C. and in West Canada: an Italian perspective -Celso Boscariol, President, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada West Vancouver s Greenest City Goals for Climate Leadership, Green Buildings and Green Mobility - John Robinson, University of British Columbia 10: Coffee Break & Networking INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION 11:00-13:00 Marine container terminal expansion - Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure Insight on the pipeline of big projects - Port Metro Vancouver Transportation projects updates from a key industry player - Partnerships British Columbia The Italian construction industry in Canada - Representative of TransLink The Italian Association of Building Constructors - Massimo Rustico - Head of International Business Development & Diplomatic Advisor 11:00-13:00 - British Columbia Environment Industry Association-BCEIA The Green City Action Plan - Vancouver Economic Development CleanTech opportunities in Vancouver municipalities - Metro Vancouver B.C. Clean Economy Market Study. Barriers & Enablers for CleanTech sector - Representative of Globe Group Presentation of the Italian Clean Tech delegation - Representative of GSE/Confindustria 13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch with Vancouver business community (tbd) Follows Departure to Italy 8