Canada-China Relations Forum Program
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Time: 8:30 - 16:45 - Full Day Event
Venue: Drawing Room, Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario
08:15 Registration & Breakfast
08:45 Welcoming Remarks
09:00 Panel 1 - Closer Economic Cooperation: FTA and Investment
10:30 Health Break
10:45 Panel 2 - Environment, Climate Change, and, Governance
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Panel 3 - Global Security Issues: Canadian and PRC Perspectives
14:45 Health Break
15:00 Panel 4 - Prospects for Bilateral Relations: A Look over the Horizon
Time: 8:30 - 16:45 - Full Day Event
Venue: Drawing Room, Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario
08:15 Registration & Breakfast
08:45 Welcoming Remarks
Gordon Houlden, Director, China Institute, University of Alberta
09:00 Panel 1 - Closer Economic Cooperation: FTA and Investment
Chair: Sarah Taylor, Director General, Asia Pacific - Trade and Diplomacy (North Asia), Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada
Panelists:
Amb. LAN Lijun, Former Chinese Ambassador to Canada
John Gruetzner, Principal & Founder, Intercedent Limited
ZHANG Jianping, Director, Department of International Economic Cooperation, Institute for International Economic Research, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
Laura Dawson, Director, Canada Institute, Director, Canada Institute; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
10:30 Health Break
10:45 Panel 2 - Environment, Climate Change, and, Governance
Chair: Ron MacIntosh, Senior Fellow and Representative , Ottawa Chapter, China Institute, University of Alberta
Panelists:
PAN Jiahua, Director, Urban Development and Environment Research Centre, CASS; Expert Member, National Climate Change Commission
Sarah Burch, Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Governance and Innovation; Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Yves Tiberghien, Director of Institute of Asian Research (IAR); Associate Professor - Political Science, University of British Columbia
Susan Gregson, Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta; Former ADM - Asia Pacific , Global Affairs Canada
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Panel 3 - Global Security Issues: Canadian and PRC Perspectives
Chair: Amb. Robert Wright, Former Ambassador to China and Japan; Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Panelists:
Amb. Marius Grinius, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute; Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and DPRoK
RUAN Zongze, Executive Vice President, China Institute for International Studies (CIIS)
David Perry, Senior Analyst and Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
14:45 Health Break
15:00 Panel 4 - Prospects for Bilateral Relations: A Look over the Horizon
Chair: Amb. Philip Calvert, Former Ambassador to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia; Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Panelists:
Amb. Robert Wright, Former Ambassador to China and Japan; Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Amb. ZHANG Junsai, Former Chinese Ambassador to Canada
Yves Tiberghien, Director of Institute of Asian Research (IAR); Associate Professor - Political Science, University of British Columbia
WANG Wentian, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canada
4:30 PM Wrap-up