Agenda

8:00 am– 8:30 am: Registration

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Introduction and Welcome

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Keynote Address: “Ghana and Canada’s Current Exportable Agricultural Goods & Services”

• Ghana: What Goods and Services Could Ghana Export to Canada Now?   20min
• Canada: What Goods and Services Could Canada Export to Ghana Now?  20min
• Discussion: Audience Invited to Provide Other Options (20 min)

10:00 am – 10:30 am: Exploration of potential partnership opportunities between Canadian and Ghanaian agribusinesses 30 min

10:30 am – 11:00 am: Coffee Break, Exhibition & Networking

11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Unlocking New Opportunities in Ghana-Canada Trade: Needed Government Policies, Effective Strategies and Existing Realities to Access New Markets and Promote Sustainability

• Practicalities of rules and regulations and how-to for establishing new markets (15 min)
• Government policies that promote trade and access to market (15 min)
• Successful examples of sustainable agriculture initiatives in Saskatchewan that can be replicated in Ghana (15 min)
• Effective strategies and existing realities to access new markets and boost trade (15 min)
• Questions and Discussions with Speakers 30 min

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch Break and Networking

• Lunch and networking opportunities

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: PANEL DISCUSSION:

Exploring the Role of Trade Missions, Business Consortia and Agrotourism in Promoting Export

and Imports between Canada and Africa

3:00 pm – 4:00 Breakout Sessions:

Choose one of the following sessions:

“Agricultural Finance: Options and Opportunities”

“Role of Private Sector in Promoting Trade Between Canada and Ghana”

“Role of the Government in Promoting Trade Between Canada and Ghana”

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Closing Remarks

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Networking Reception