Comox Valley Economic Development partnered with BC Government’s Ministry of International Trade to offer a Global Growth Strategies Workshop on Expanding Sales and Exports for the Aquaculture Industry on Thursday, June 19, 2014. Information about the workshop as well as speaker’s bios and presentations are available below.

Global Growth Strategies Workshop

• Workshop Program with Speaker Bios

Robert Arthurs

• BC Ministry of International Trade – Presentation

Ruth Salmon – Executive Director – Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

• Jobs, Growth and Economic Opportunity for Canada – Presentation

Roberta Stevenson – Executive Director – BC Shellfish Grower’s Association

• Shellfish Aquaculture in BC – Presentation

Stewart Hawthorn – Managing Director – Grieg Seafood, Board Member – BCSGA

• Global Growth Strategies for BC Seafood – Presentation

Joshua Kroeker – Assistant Vice President, Business Development – HSBC

• HSBC Trade Finance – Presentation

Sandy Moreland – Vice President Sales & Service – Flying Fresh Air Freight

• BC Shellfish and Seafood Workshop: Logistics – Presentation

William Lee – Air Freight Manager – Pacific Customs Broker

• Canada Export Requirements – Presentation #3
• Incoterms 2010 #1 & #2 – Handout

Stephen F. Cross, Ph.D – NSERC Industrial Research Chair – Sustainable Aquaculture
Centre for Applied Research Technology & Innovation (CARTI)

• Connecting Communities Through Research – Presentation

Richard Hardy – Pentlatch Seafood

• Pentlatch Foods Case Study – Presentation

Marilyn Denton – Trade Commissioner – Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

• Canadian Trade Commissioner Service – Presentation