Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Time: 7:00am - 2:00pm

Location: The Fairmont Pacific Rim – Star Sapphire Ballroom, Vancouver, BC

The forum begins with a breakfast and keynote by Mary Polak, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Province of British Columbia, who will make her first major address to the business community since her appointment. The keynote will be followed by two panels.

Panel 1: “Coastal Communities: The economic impacts of our strategic ports”

• Moderator: Marian Robson, Senior Associate True North Public Affairs and Co-Chair Vancouver Board of Trade Transportation Committee
• Dianne Watts, Mayor, City of Surrey and Chair of Metro Vancouver’s Port Cities Committee
• Morley Strachan, President, Coast 2000
• Duncan Wilson, VP Corporate Social Responsibility, Port Metro Vancouver
• Gordon Price, Director, The City Program Simon Fraser University

Panel 2: “The Gateway Supply Chain: Collaborating for success”

• Moderator: Sean Finn, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer CN
• Captain Fred Denning, President, The BC Coast Pilots Ltd.
• Ian Anderson, President, Kinder Morgan Canada
• David Colledge, President Colledge Transportation Consulting Inc.

The lunch and closing keynote has Claude Mongeau, President and Chief Executive Officer, CN, discuss how CN's agenda of supply chain collaboration is helping its customers win in their own markets and supporting the expansion of Canadian trade.