Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
October 17, 2008

Media Advisory: Minister to Deliver Opening Remarks at World Summit

The Honourable Trevor Taylor, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, will deliver remarks at the official opening of Ocean Innovation 2008 � World Summit � Ocean Observing Systems on Monday, October 20.

The event will take place at 8:30 a.m. in Salons A and B of the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre in St. John�s.

Canada�s premier oceans event, Ocean Innovation 2008 is a three-day event (October 19 -22) hosted by the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University. The conference has attracted significant national and international interest from a range of maritime market segments.

For more information on the conference, please visit www.oceaninnovation.ca.

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Media contact:

Scott Barfoot
Director of Communications
Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
709-729-4570, 690-6290
scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca

2008 10 17                                                    10:45 a.m.


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