WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013 –DOUBLETREE BY HILTON HOTEL, PORT HURON MICHIGAN

8:00 –8:45 AM

 Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 AM

 Welcome Remarks:  Mayor Pauline Repp, City of Port Huron

8:45– 10:00 AM

      
        Douglas J. Smith

 MICHIGAN KEYNOTE: Douglas Smith, MEDC, Senior
 Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Government Affairs

 Current Focus
 Douglas Smith serves as Senior Vice President of Business and
 Community Development for the Michigan Economic
 Development  Corporation (MEDC).  He works with MEDC’s 
 statewide network of local and regional economic development
 partners and oversees integrating economic gardening,  
 international trade and entrepreneurial efforts.

  
 ONTARIO CO-KEYNOTE:  To be announced shortly

10:00 – 10:15 AM

 Break/Coffee and Networking

10:15  11:45 AM

             
      Jim              Mark

  
   Dave   

      
  Murray         Craig

      
  Gord             George   

 CONCURRENT PANELS

 Bi-National Agri-Food Production

 Jim Byrum, President, MI AgriBusiness Association 
 Mark Flegenheimer, President and CEO, MI Sugar
 Dave Schweikhardt, MSU Product Center
 Mark Lumley, Ontario Sugarbeet Growers Association  
 ---Steve Miller, MSU Center for Economic Analysis, Moderator

 Green Chemistry Innovations

 Murray McLaughlin, President, Sustainable Chemistry Alliance
 Craig Crawford, President & CEO, Ontario Bio-Auto Council
 Gord Surgeoner, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies
 Patrick Smith, Michigan Molecular Institute
  ---George Mallay, Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership,   
     Moderator

12:0 0 – 1:35 PM

                        Roy

 LUNCH AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Main Ballroom

 Roy Norton, Consul General of Canada
 Building U.S.-Canada Prosperity through Bi-National Regional
 Collaboration

 Until August,2010, Roy Norton served the Canadian Embassy in
 Washington, D.C., as Minister (Congressional, Public and
 Intergovernmental Relations). In that capacity, he was responsible
 for the Canadian government's relations with the U.S. Congress,
 as well as for media & public relations, cultural and academic 
 relations,the interests of Canadian provinces & territories in
 Washington, D.C., the activities of Canadian legislators in
 Washington, and outreach to U.S. states. 

1:45 – 3:00 PM

                 Steve           Wayne

   
    Rodolfo

   
     Peter               James

  
   Represented by M. Tamilia

CONCURRENT PANELS

 Strategic Approaches to Immigrant Attraction

 Steve Tobocman, Global Detroit
 Wayne Caldwell, University of Guelph
 Rodolfo Martinez, Manager, Ontario Immigrant Network
 Brenda Lawrence, Mayor, Southfield
 ---Maria Nevai, MEDC Talent – Moderator (to be confirmed)

 Regional Logistics Solutions

 Mike Szuch, MDOT
 Peter Anastor, Director of Policy,  MEDC
 James Pertulla, Manager of Goods Movement Policy for the 
 Ontario Ministry of Transportation  
 Kevin Doucet, CN Rail
 Mike Tamilia, Senior Manager, CN Rail
   ---AnnMarie Schneider, GLITTH, Moderator - Confirmed

3:15-4:30 

      
     Justin             Serge

 JOINT MARKETING ROUNDTABLE – Main Ballroom

 Justin Horvath, I-69 International Trade Corridor
 Serge Lavoie, President, Southwest Economic Alliance
 Doug Reddick, Ministry of Economic Development Trade and  
 Employment
---Rory Ring, Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce
---Maureen Krauss, Detroit Regional Chamber

4:30 – 5:00 PM

    
    Dan              George

CLOSING REMARKS – Ballroom

Dan Casey, Economic Development Alliance of St. Clair County
George Mallay, Sarnia Lambton Economic Partnership

5:00 PM

ADJOURN