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| AFN - NEXUS 1998 Show Guide - Agenda |
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| 8:30 INTRODUCTION By CO-CHAIRS: DAVE TUCCARO, Presidents National Aboriginal Business Association, President, Neegan Development Corporation Ltd., Ft. McMurray, AB. Law Corporation, West Vancouver, B.C. TE TARU WHITE. Principal, Te T. White Consultancy Limited, Executive Member, Maori Exported Council, Avalon, Lower Hutta NZ. ' 8:40 FORMAL WELCOME & OPENING ADDRESS CHIEF BILL WILLIAMS, Squamish Nation, North Vancouver, B.C. SESSION 1 OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS 9:00 The Evolution of Business and Enterprise for Aborigine and Tortes Strait Islanders in Australia LES MALEZER, General Manager, FAIRA Aboriginal Corp., Woolloonagabba, QLD, Australia, 9:30 200 years of Aboriginal Trade: Reinventing Your Business Future. DR. ROBERT HATHAWAY, President and CEO, Shamrock loc., founding Director of Sixdion loc., Park Hill, OK, U.S.A. 9:50 The Maori Tiger RICHARD JONES, Te Aka Umanga (National Maori Business Networks), NZ. A Sectoral Example WHAIMUTU DEWES, Commissioner, Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission, Wellington, NZ. TUI TE HAU, Business Development Manager, Maori Enterprise Team, TRADENZ Wellington, NZ. 11:00 From Grievance to Development Mode: The Emerging Paradigm in Canada CALVIN HELIN, President. Native Investment & Trade Association and lawyer, Calvin Helin Personal Law Corporation, West Vancouver, B.C. SESSION 2 THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE INITIATIVES TO THE INDIGENOUS WORLD l 1:25 Have Indigenous Nations Mused the Boat and the Party? C. MICHAEL HATHAWAY, Attorney At Law, Nalls, Frazier & Hathaway, Washington, DC. A Cherokee Indian and for fifteen years (amongst other positions held within the organization) was Senior Deputy General Counsel to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 12:00 LUNCH OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY- Aboriginal Global Investment Management Ltd. (Mutual Fund) SESSION 3 EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL INTER-INDIGENOUS TRADE 1:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Developing an Inter-indigenous Trade Model and a World Indigenous Trade Council: The Canadian Aboriginal and New Zealand Maori Initiative TUI TE HAU, Business Development Manager, Maori Enterprise Team, TRADENZ, Wellington, NZ. TE TARU WHITE, Principal, Te T. White Consultancy Limited, Executive Member, Maori Exporters Council, Avalon, Lower Hutta NZ. ROBERT LOUIE, Trade Representative and Director of National Aboriginal Economic Development Board, Aboriginal Business Canada, Kelowna, B.C. CALVIN HELIN, President Native Investment & Trade Association, Trade Mission Leader of two previous Aboriginal trade missions to China and New Zealand, Lawyer, Calvin Helin Personal Law Group, W, Vancouver, B,C, ·Unique features of inter-indigenous trade (cultural empathy, importance of face-to-face business, understanding that people not paper make deals) ·Overview of Maori Exporters Council and Maori Enterprise Team ·Development of a policy framework and operational work program ·Coordinating government and business ·Identifying and quashing whether your organization is ready and capable of export/international trade ·Identifying and quashing of-shore opportunities ·Market research and selection ·Developing a long-term aboriginal export and trade strategy and industry sectoral strategies ·The commitment to develop an inter-indigenous trade model ·Working toward World Indigenous Trade Council 3:15 SESSION 3 (continued) 3:45 QUESTION AND ANSWERS SESSION 4 CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO ASSIST ABORIGINAL BUSINESS EXPORT AND TRADE 4:00 Overview of Government Departments and Programs BOB DICKSON, Executive Director, Aboriginal Business Canada, Ottawa, ON. HARVEY CHAN, Western Economic Diversification. Vancouver, B.C. REPRESENTATIVES from: Department Indian Affairs & Northern Development Western Economic Diversification Corp. Provincial Ministries 5:00 CLOSING COMMENTS FROM CHAIRS 5:10 CONFERENCE ADJOURNS DAY 2 CO-CHAIRS: CHIEF GAIL SPARROW, Musqueam First Nation, Director, Vice-president, NITA, Vancouver, B.C. DAME GEORGINA KIRBY, DBE, Director/ Trustee, Maori Women Development Fund, NZ. 9:00 OPENING ADDRESS The Enterprise of Aboriginal Nations: The Future of Self-Reliance? GRAND NATIONAL CHIEF PHIL FONTAINE, Assembly of First Nations, Ottawa, ON. SESSION 5 RISE OF FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE NEW INDIGENOUS ECONOMIC ORDER 9:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: Female Corporate Warriors: DOLLY WATTS, Restaurateur and Caterer. President, Liliget Feast House & Catering, Vancouver, B.C. DOROTHY GRANT, Fashion Designer and Reviler, President Dorothy Grant Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. JEANNEWE CORBIERE LAVELLE, Vice President, Wikwemikong Development Corporation, Chair of Indigenous Women of America Wikwemikong, ON. KAROLL BRENT-EDMUNSON, K.T. Footwear Ltd., Auckland, NZ. CHIEF GAIL SPARROW, LIFT, Future Indian Training, Vancouver, B.C, ·description of businesses ·identification of issues and challenges for female entrepreneurs ·trends and solutions SESSION 6 OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRIBUSINESS 11:00 Maori Agribusiness Issue/Developing a Value Added Agribusiness JOHN MARIU, Puketapu Managements NZ. Developing a Value-added Agribusiness. GARY ALEXANDER Mangatus Blocks NZ. 12:00 LUNCH SPECIAL HONORARY KEYNOTE SPEAKER: THE HONOUMBLE TAU HENARE, Minister of Maori Development, NZ. ·A Better Alternative: Creatively Working with Indigenous Business SESSION 7 FINANCING INDIGENOUS BUSINESS: OLD PROBLEMS AND NEW DIRECTIONS 1:30 CAMERON BROWN, National Director, Aboriginal Banking, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, ON. DAME GEORGINA KIRBY, DBE, Director/Trustee, Maori Women Development Fund, NZ. BARRY MENARY, President, First Nations Bank of Canada, Winnipeg, MB. SESSION 8 FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR INDIGENOUS BUSINESS 3:15 Home-based Businesses and Other Trends for Aboriginal Business JANET X. AI, MBA, Managing Director, and NEIL IL ABRAMSON, Ph. D., Growth Strategies International (GSl), Vancouver, B.C. 3:55 The Strategically Placed First Nations LEWIS STARTS. President, Sixdion Inc., Ohsweken, ON. 4:15 Impact of Digital Age on Aboriginal Business GREG MILLBANK, Praxis Technical Group, Nanaimo, B.C, PERCY BARNABY, Abenaki Associates, Software Developer, Orleans, ON. 4:45 CLOSING COMMENTS FROM CHAIRS 5:00 CONFERENCE CLOSING CEREMONY CHIEF LEONARD GEORGE, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Burrard Band, N. Vancouver, B.C, |
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