Canada visit

The Syrian Canadian Business association organize a visit to Canada for members of the Association who they have interest to develop their commercial relations and to open a new horizon of commercial and economical collaboration between the tow countries. the group compose of 20 SYCAB members, cover the majpority of the economic fields in Syria (construction, Incl for the Oil and gas and power generating industry, Apparel, Forestry products, pharmaceuticals, ICT, trade in food commodities)
The visit includes three principal cities of Canada ( Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto) for 9 days.

January 22, 2008 (v3)
Syrian Canadian Business Association (SYCAB)
 (www.sycab.org)
VISIT TO MONTREAL, OTTAWA and TORONTO - March 2008

Participants

1- Mohammad Daaboul, SYCAB President – construction and aluminium products
2- Bassam Kouja, SYCAB Vice-President – ready-made clothing
3- Karim Masarani, SYCAB Secretary – wood products
4- Amr Baalbaki, SYCAB Treasurer – oil & gas equipment; motors and control systems
5- Abdulhuda Lahham, SYCAB Board Member – hotels & restaurants; elevators & escalators; trade in clothing, olive oil and food products
6- AbdulRahman Al Attar, SYCAB Member – President of Attar Group – President of ICC / Syria
7- Nidal Bitar, SYCAB Board Member; Trade Commissioner at Canadian Embassy in Damascus
8- Mumtaz Daaboul, SYCAB member – manufacturer of aluminium coil tubing
9- Hassan Daaboul, SYCAB member – manufacturer of tempered glass
10- Mohammad Zaher Daaboul, SYCAB member – chemicals production
11- Abdulkader Sabra, SYCAB member – shipping
12- Mouhamad Imad Maatouk, SYCAB member – pharmaceuticals production
13- Ammar Katranji, SYCAB member – packaging, paper and confectionary
14- Nawar Sukkar, SYCAB member – oil & gas equipment
15- Aboud Sarrouf, SYCAB member – forestry products
16- Feras Bakour, SYCAB member – information technology
17- Farouk Joud, SYCAB member – forestry products
18- Ghassan Alnahhas, SYCAB member – construction and water treatment
19- Wael Al Saady, SYCAB member – construction for oil and gas industry
20- Haytham Halabi, SYCAB member – ready-made clothing
21- Wissam Alahmad, SYCAB Executive Manager

Sectors
- Agri-Food
- Information Technology
- Construction (incl. for the oil and gas industry)
- Forestry Products

Contact Details in Canada

- Bob Publicover, DFAIT: Tel: 613-944-2396 ; Cell: 613-797-3703
- H.E. Sakr, Syria’s Ambassador to Canada: Tel.: 613-569-5556
- Fares Attar, Syria’s Honourary Consul in Montreal: Tel.: 514-3979595
- Yaser Kherdaji, Syria’s Honourary Consul in Toronto: Tel.: 905-564-6302

Hotels with preliminary bookings:

Montreal:
Courtyard by Marriott Montréal Downtown
Downtown Montréal , Sherbrooke Street.

Ottawa:
Residence Inn by Marriott Ottawa Downtown
Ottawa, Laurier Avenue, West

Toronto:
Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Downtown
Toronto, downtown
475 Yong Street.
 

PROPOSED ITINERARY

MONTREAL

Monday, March 17 Arrival

Tuesday, March 18

10:00 – 11:00 Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère du développement économique de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation - Direction Asie-Pacifique, Afrique & Moyen-Orient (www.mdeie.gouv.qc.ca);
   380, rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, Salle 5047, 5ième étage
  Tel: 514-499-2199 (poste 3324)
   Participants: SYCAB Delegation, MDEIE officials, WOS/Publicover

11:30 - 12:45 Meeting with officials at DFAIT RO Montreal.
   Participants: SYCAB Delegation, RO trade commissioners, WOS/Publicover

13:00   Lunch, free time

16:00 - 18:00 Meeting with Mr. Fares Attar, Syria’s Honorary Consul in Montreal.
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, Mr Attar, WOS/Publicover

Wednesday, March 19    

09:00 - 12:00 One-on-one meetings with Canadian companies at Marriott Courtyard’s function room 
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, RO trade commissioners, WOS/Publicover
 
14:00 - 15:00 Meeting at Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (www.ccmm.qc.ca)
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, BTMM management and select members, WOS/Publicover

15:45 – 16:45 Meeting with Canadian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, CCICL President Fouad Boustani and select members, WOS/Publicover

18:30 - 20:30 Possible Networking Reception hosted by Mr. Fares Attar
Attendee: SYCAB Delegation, Mr. Fares Attar and guests, WOS/Publicover

OTTAWA

Thursday, March 20  

8:30 Arrival of the Delegation to Ottawa by train from Montreal

9:50 Arrival at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, greeted by WOS/Publicover in the lobby
 125 Sussex Drive

10:00 Joint meeting with DFAIT senior officials and Canada-Arab Business Council management (www.canada-arabbusiness.org)
   Lester B. Pearson Building
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, DFAIT officials, CABC/David Hutton, Rick Mann, WOS/Publicover

11:45 – 12:45 Export Development Canada (www.edc.ca)
   EDC Building, 151 O’Connor at Laurier, 11th floor (south east corner)
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, EDC officials, WOS/Publicover

Quick Lunch or Snack

14:00 - 15:00 Syrian Embassy
H.E. Jamil Sakr, Ambassador
   151 Slater St., Suite 1000, Ottawa, Ont. KJP 5H3
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, WOS/Publicover, Honorary Consul Fares Attar
   
15:30 - 16:30 Meeting with Board of Trdes, Ottawa Center for research and Innovation (OCRI) 
   Participants: SYCAB Delegation, OCRI, WOS/Publicover

19:30 Reception hosted by the Embassy of Syria
   Participants: Amb. Sakr and guests, SYCAB Delegation, WOS/Publicover,
DFAIT and OGD officials

Friday, March 21

09:00 - 12:00 One-on-one meetings with Canadian companies at Marriott Residence Inn’s function room 
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, RO trade commissioners, WOS/Publicover
 
Private Programs in the afternoon

Saturday, March 22

09:00   Depart from Ottawa by train, transfer to Toronto

Private programs

Sunday, March 23

10:00 – 16:00 Tour at Niagara Falls for interested participants; or private programs

TORONTO

Monday, March 24  

11:00 - 12:30 Meeting with Mr. Yaser Kherdaji, Syria’s Honourary Consul in Toronto
   Participants: SYCAB Delegation, Ontario Exports officials, WOS/Publicover

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch with Mr. Yaser Kherdaji, Syria’s Honourary Consul in Toronto
   Participants: SYCAB Delegation, RO trade commissioners, WOS/Publicover

20:00 Reception hosted Mr. Yaser Kherdaji, Syria’s Honourary Consul in Toronto
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, WOS/Publicover

Tuesday, March 25

09:30 - 10:30 Meeting with officials at Ontario Exports
   Participants: SYCAB Delegation, Ontario Exports officials, WOS/Publicover

11:00 - 12:15 Meeting with officials at DFAIT RO Toronto.
   Participants: SYCAB Delegation, RO trade commissioners, WOS/Publicover

Lunch

14:00 – 18:00 One-on-one meetings with Canadian companies at Marriott Courtyard’s function room 
Participants: SYCAB Delegation, RO trade commissioners, WOS/Publicover

Wednesday, March 26

Departure