UPDATED PRELIMINARY AGENDA Tuesday, May 17 – 5:00 PM – Opening reception, Parliament Hill, Centre Block, hosted by Senator Joseph Day (New Brunswick), Chair, Canada-Mongolia Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Ambassador R. Altangerel, Mongolian Ambassador to Canada Wednesday, May 18 – 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM – AGM & Investors Forum, Courtyard Marriott Ottawa Downtown Byward Market Call to Order & Opening Remarks – Ambassador Pamela Slutz, Chairman, NAMBC “Canadians & Mongolians in Partnership” – Senator Joseph Day, Chair, Canada-Mongolia Parliamentary Friendship Group Panel – “The View from Ottawa, UB and Washington” Ambassador Pam Slutz, Chairman, NAMBC, moderator Ambassador B. Altangerel, Ambassador to US Ambassador R. Altangerel, Ambassador to Canada Ambassador Ed Jager, Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia Ambassador Anna Biolik, first resident Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia Panel – “Future Canadian & US Engagement with Mongolia” Global Affairs Canada – development aid,, CIDA, etc. Export Development Canada Ms. Zhen Gong-Cross, Head of Mongolian Affairs, US Department of Commerce Ms. Wendy Harris, President & CEO, Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) Ari Mittleman, Global Strategic Advisor, Philadelphia Orchestra Millennium Challenge Corporation TBC Others TBA Video: “Exporting Canadian hockey skills to Eager Young Mongols” – Boe Leslie, Leslie Global Sports, producer of documentary “Rinks of Hope: Project Mongolia” 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – Lunch buffet at hotel --Address – Graham Shantz, Director General, North Asia, Global Affairs Canada --Election of Officers & Directors for 2016-2017 --Tribute to Eugene A. Theroux, Baker & McKenzie, NAMBC Founder, retiring after 26 years on BoD 2:00 PM – Panel – “Mining Recovery and Prospects” Otgochuluu Chuluuntseren, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Erdenes Mongol LLC; member of the Board of Directors, Oyu Tolgoi LLC Peter Akerley, President & CEO, Erdene Resources Development Corp. Christopher Johnstone, Senior Partner, rePlan Inc (CSR), former Canadian Honorary Consul in UB Jeffrey H. Altschul, Ph.D., Principal, Statistical Research, Inc., cultural heritage Turquoise Hill Resources Centerra Gold Others TBC 3:30 PM – Panel – “Business Climate Issues in a Parliamentary Election Year” Chris Melville, Hogan Lovells Mongolia LLP Tom Garrett, Vice President, International Republican Institute NGO – new election polling data David M. Hein, Vice President & General Manager Global Merchandise, 5.11 Tactical Batbayar Baatar, Baatar Consulting Inc. Others TBA 4:30 PM – “New opportunities in Non-Mining Sectors” TBA 5:00 PM – target adjournment
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