The Carleton 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’s G7 presidency: investing in growth that works for everyone, preparing for jobs of the future, and advancing gender equality and women’s 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 Carleton’s 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 Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement, will moderate the panel.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 in Media Advisories
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