NLIS 1
October 19, 2000
(Executive Council)
NOTE TO EDITORS:
Agenda - Canadian Industrial Marine Policy Forum
Friday, October 20 - Delta St. John�s Hotel and
Conference Centre
7:45 a.m.
Registration desk opens.
Media please register at Media
Centre (Placentia Bay Room) - Accreditation is required.
8:30 a.m.
Forum opens:
Sandra Kelly, Minister of
Industry, Trade and Technology
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
8:45 a.m.
Session One: Forum launch
Speaker: Beaton Tulk, Premier of Newfoundland and
Labrador
9:05 a.m.
Session Two: The Industrial Marine Sector�s
Preparedness
Speaker: Pat Binns, Premier of Prince Edward Island
Panel Discussion: Peter Cairns - Canadian Shipbuilding Association
Dan Burry and Sharmane Allen - NewDock
10:05 a.m.
Mid-morning Break
10:25 a.m.
Session Three: Opportunities in the
Canadian Industrial Marine Sector
Speaker: John Hamm, Premier of Nova Scotia
Panel Discussion: Larry LeBlanc - PanCanadian
Petroleum
Jim Irving - Irving Shipbuilding Inc.
11:30 a.m.
Session Four: Defining the National
Policy Framework for the Industry
Speaker: Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick
Panel Discussion: Buzz Hargrove - Canadian
AutoWorkers
Ron Schnoor - Friede Goldman Halter
12:30 p.m.
Working Lunch/Workshop
Three concurrent workshops will be held on the single topic of
Contributing to a National Policy
Framework with forum participants
divided evenly into three groups.
Lunch will be served.
2:00 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Wrap-Up Session
Premiers receive and respond to the reports from the three workshops.
Premiers respond to questions from media.
3:00 p.m.
Forum Closing
Media contact: Doris Walsh, (709) 729-3812 or 685-3664.
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