These were our slides for our presentation to VIP members of Vancouver's business community at CBC Studios #700 on Thursday November 1st, 2012. The slides outline the reasons why, what, where, how and when of ExpoPlaza Latina - Western Canada's only Latin American trade show to be held on Thursday 7th February, 2013. It also features the names and details of other speakers who attended and spoke at our launching event. Contact andrewj@latincouver.ca for information on sponsorship, exhibiting and attending this important event.

1. ExpoPlaza Latina
Thursday November 1st, 2012, 6-8pm - CBC Studio #700
Slides created by Andrew Jackson & Edgar Morales

2. Sponsors for Today’s Event
• USA Consulate of BC.
• Costa Rica Honorary Consulate of BC

3. A Message from Bell Alliance
“Bell Alliance is proud to sponsor ExpoPlaza Latina 2013. The future success
of all companies and countries is about engagement with each other - the
sharing of ideas and opportunities. Latincouver’s ExpoPlaza is creating the
venue for this engagement and it is up to us to create the dialogue that will
enhance opportunities to all stakeholders, from governments to businesses
and to families throughout North, Central and South America.”
Richard Bell | B.A., LL.B. Bell Alliance, Lawyers & Notaries Public Suite
201 – 1367 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6H 4A7 bellalliance.ca |
bellalliancegroup.com

4. Why ExpoPlaza Latina?
1. Latin America is the 4th largest economic area in the
world after the EU, the US and China
2. The growth rate of Latin America’s GDP in 2011 was an
impressive 14%
3. Latin Americans now make up the largest minority
group in the US, totaling over 52 million people
4. Latin America is close to Canada geographically, has
similar time zones and is rich in natural resources

5. What does EPL enable?
1. A focus on 3 key industries: mining, green-tech &
construction (and the key issue of sustainability)
2. An opportunity for companies to showcase
products, share ideas and business innovations
1. To develop partnerships & collaborations to break
the bottleneck associated with international
expansion

6. Where
Renaissance Hotel
1133 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 3T3

7. When
Thursday February 7th, 2013
7:30 – 9:30am
Opening Plenary - Lessons to learn from Sustainable Cities
10:30 – 12pm
Session A - Building strategic partnerships with Latin America: Best practices in the
construction industry
Session B – Discussion on how to fill the labour gap for mining & construction industries
in Canada
12:30 – 2:30pm
Lunch Plenary - Discussion on how companies are taking advantage of NAFTA
3 – 5pm
Closing Plenary – Sustainable economic development in the mining industry
6:30 – 10pm
Networking Cocktail – Doing business with Latin America

8. Who
Sponsors & Partners Department of Western Economic Diversification
USA Consulate of BC
Latin American governments
Vancouver Economic Commission
Bell Alliance Law Firm
Canadian Council of Americas
ProMexico
BC Government
Clean Mining Alliance
Sustainable Cities International
Confirmed Speakers Dave Byng (Deputy Minister for BC Jobs, Tourism, Innovation)
Joseph Salazar (US Government)
Richard Bell (CEO of Bell Alliance)
Glenn Sigurdson (SFU Professor in Mining)
Dave Bazowski (Chair of the BC HR Task Force)
(Director of ProMexico)
Jorge Gutierrez (Peruvian Legal Network)
Allan Costa (CEO of SEBRAE, Brazil)
Jane McRae (CEO of Sustainable Cities International)
Dallas Kachan (CEO of Clean Mining Alliance)
Invited Speakers Gregor Robertson (Mayor of Vancouver)
Susan Anderson (Director of Portland’s Bureau of Planning & Sustainability Portland)
Patricia Armitage (Director at Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education)

9. How to get involved?
Sponsorship • Fantastic opportunities to promote your company
• Different options & packages available
Exhibitor • Open space for discussions about high potential
products, technologies & business collaboration
• Take part as one of 25 exhibitors in the trade show
• Free for the public to attend
• Number of expected participants = 750
Attendee • Gain practical knowledge and skills to implement in
your business
• Focus on your key industry by attending the relevant
session or plenary
• Number of expected participants = 1,000

10. Connect With Us... #EPLVan
@latincouver latincouverfans latincouver
Latincouver latincouver Special Welcome
Group & Company & Thanks!
www.expoplazalatina.com

11. Dave Byng
Deputy Minister at Province of BC –
Ministry of Jobs, Tourism & Innovation

12. Joseph Salazar
Deputy Principal Officer U.S. Consulate
General Vancouver, BC

13. Andrea Reimer
Councillor – City of Vancouver

14. Sérgio Augusto de Abreu
e Lima Florencio
Brazil Ambassador in Vancouver

15. Richard Bell
CEO of Bell Alliance Lawyers & Notaries
Public

16. Glenn Sigurdson
Executive in Residence, Adjunct
Professor at Beedie School of
Business, Chair – Responsible Minerals
Sector Initiative at Simon Fraser University

17. Randall Mang
President, Randall Anthony
Communications. Service Provider to The
Globe & Mail

18. Paola Viviana Murillo
Founder & Executive Director of
LatinCouver