Canada 2020 at 10: Full Event Calendar for 2016

This June, Canada 2020 officially turns 10.

To be specific, June 14th marks 10 years since our inaugural conference in Mt. Tremblant where Canada 2020 was founded.
Since that time, Canada 2020 has grown and evolved into Canada’s leading, independent, progressive think-tank. We have hosted over 150 events, written 3 books, hosted world leaders on our stage, published influential policy briefs, and engaged thousands of Canadians in conversations about Canada’s future.
To celebrate a decade of impact, we’ve put together an exciting calendar of events and special projects. Here’s some dates you should add to your calendar (and stay tuned for a few more surprises):

June 6: Global Energy Outlook 2016

Kicking off our 10 year celebrations is Canada 2020’s Global Energy Outlook for 2016.
A now annual event, Canada 2020’s Energy Outlook is a chance for us to take stock of the global energy market and Canada’s place within it. This year, Daniel Yergin – one of the most respected voices on energy in the world – will return to our stage to forecast what’s in store for the global energy market as it continues to deal with massive fluctuations and a renewed focused on clean energy.
We are also excited to announce that at the event, Daniel Yergin will sit down with the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources.
This event is sold-out! You can watch it online at Canada2020.ca

June 14: Canada’s Next Big Challenge – Being Innovative

One of our most-talked about events from our 10 year history is 5 Big Ideas for Canada, a public event that saw five Canadians take our stage a pitch a bold, provocative idea for Canada’s future.
We heard from Col. Chris Hadfield, author Tom Rand, urban innovator Jennifer Keesmaat and more. It was fun, interactive, and absolutely packed full of new ideas for Canada.
That’s why we’re happy to announce that on June 14, we’ll be hosting a follow-up – this time focused entirely on innovation.
5 Innovative Ideas for Canada will ask five more impressive individuals to take our stage and pitch a bold idea that would help Canada become more innovative, more entrepreneurial and more keen to take big risks.
This event is SOLD OUT. You can watch it online at Canada20202.ca

June 15: The Canada 2020 Innovation Report – Launch Summit

Canada 2020 is pleased to announce that we are taking on a major project for 2016 focused entirely on Canada’s innovation challenge.
The Canada 2020 Innovation Report will be a significant contribution to public policy and public life in Canada, and will be the result of months of work from Canada 2020’s assembled working group of experts, advisors, and entrepreneurs who have studied Canada’s innovation problem over the past 30 years.
This multi-part project begins June 15th with a kick-off summit in Ottawa. We are bringing together political, business and thought leaders for a full-day conference focused on ensuring our working group is asking the right questions about the innovation problems across Canadian sectors like finance, health, IT, energy and more.
The entire Canada 2020 Innovation Report process will be documented online and feature opportunities for public consultation as we embark on a fact-finding mission across Canada, the U.S. and abroad to answer the central question: how can Canada be a more innovative country?

Summer 2016: The Canada 2020 Innovation Report – Summer Series

As part of the Canada 2020 Innovation Report, we will be hosting a series of roundtables, delegation visits and more over the Summer. If you are interested in engaging in this process, let us know at [email protected].

September 14 – 15: Global Progress 2016

Canada 2020 is a member of Global Progress, an international network of progressive think tanks and research initiatives. In March, Canada 2020 and Global Progress partnered to host Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his State Visit in Washington.
This fall, Canada 2020 has been selected to host Global Progress 2016, the annual gathering of progressive political, business, NGO and thought leaders from across the world.
Held on the eve of the UN General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative, Global Progress is a chance for world leaders and other special guests and conference goers to meet and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the global progressive community.
More details to come.

November 3 – 4: 3rd Annual Canada 2020 Conference

Canada 2020’s annual conference will be hosted November 3rd and 4th in Ottawa, and feature the same world-class speakers, discussion and debate about Canadian public policy. This year will also feature the presentation of the findings and recommendations from the Canada 2020 Innovation Report.
Registration will open in September 2016. If you haven’t been to Canada 2020’s last two conferences in 2014 and 2015, you’re missing out.

November 3: Canada 2020’s 10th Anniversary Gala

To close out our 10th Anniversary Year, Canada 2020 will cap celebrations off with a large fundraising Gala in Ottawa. Hosted on the first evening of the 3rd Annual Canada 2020 Conference, we have something special planned for guests. Details to come in September.

Alex Paterson is Canada 2020’s Director of Communications & Operations. You can reach him at [email protected]

The following is an excerpt of a speech given by Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz, at a recent Canada 2020 event in Ottawa. Read the full text of the speech here, on Medium.
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“The challenge for foreign policymakers is how to skillfully combine principles and national interests in the best way possible for addressing the complex challenges of this turbulent world.

How should we deal with today´s economic, social and cultural global challenges so different from those of past decades, when no one had a PC or even dreamed of an iPad, but when the Soviet Union still existed?

First, we have to deepen our openness to the world and add value to our exports.
Second, we must contribute to global governance, particularly in the most sensitive issues for Chile.
And third, continue to prioritize Latin America and the Caribbean, promoting convergence in diversity; in other words, a pragmatic regionalism.

The ability to innovate and to create added value is fundamental for national economic growth.

For Chile, the transition from an economic model based on the production and export of natural resources to one based on creativity and innovation is a must. Of course, we can also innovate by adding value to our natural resources.

Chile is an open economy with a wide network of trade agreements: 25 free trade agreements (FTAs) with 64 countries, accounting for 94% of Chile’s exports. Our main challenge is to add value to our products as well as integrate ourselves to global and regional value chains.

We are negotiating new free trade agreements with Indonesia, for example, while pursuing talks with the Philippines and continue working on the updating of our agreements, including the Canada-Chile FTA, in order to increase cooperation in key areas, such as innovation, science and technology, and education.

The FTA Chile-Canada has proven to be a great success. Since its entry into force, bilateral trade has grown at annual average of 7%. Canada is one of the top ten trade partners of Chile, reaching in 2015 almost US$ 2 billion. In the last two years, our bilateral Agreement was modernized, incorporating chapters on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade, as well as several improvements to the Rules of Origin and to the Government Procurement chapters. We expect that the Canadian authorities will complete their domestic procedures soon, bringing these modifications into force.

Let me add that Chile is Canada’s third largest investment destination in Latin America and the 8th worldwide; actually, Canada is Chile’s main investor in mining.

China has become the main trading partner for Chile and other Latin American countries. We are advancing in the implementation of the Plan of Action signed during the bilateral visit of Prime Minister Li Keqiang last year. Moreover, we are negotiating with China an update of our bilateral trade agreement.

Another important step is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), which brings together 12 countries on the Pacific Rim, accounting for 485 million people and close to one third of world trade, including Chile and Canada. This agreement sets and raises the global standard in the trade of goods, services, and investment, as well as other trade disciplines…”

Read the full text of Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz’s speech here, on Medium.

Month: April 2016