FITT National Conference 2010

“An engaging and insightful conference”

On June 2–3, 2010, delegates of FITT’s 13th National Conference connected for two lively days of networking and professional development with a diverse group of representatives from the global trade community: “I was very impressed with the high quality of individuals that are connected with FITT and left the conference feeling very positive about being a member,” noted Gordon Scheel, CITP. Conference networking opportunities also enabled community members to connect, engage and expand their own business opportunities : “I did not expect to find opportunities for my oil and gas Service Company at the conference, but that is exactly what happened and in and of itself made the trip worthwhile. That I also found opportunities for my own training and consulting business was also a pleasant surprise and an added bonus,” commented Raymond Joyce, CITP.

FITT was pleased to host a medley of expert speakers spanning topics from recession recovery, to social media marketing. Highlights included keynote addresses from the Honourable Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret’s; Peter Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada; and Shane Gibson, President (North America), Knowledge Brokers International Systems Ltd. To each speaker and contributor, thank you! Your efforts were invaluable to the success of our event.

On behalf of everyone at FITT, thank-you to all who participated—we are so pleased to hear that the event was both engaging and professionally beneficial! Congratulations to Gary Glatter from St. Clair College and Tahany Abuhaimed from eConcordia who are the conference evaluation winners—each receiving an iPod shuffle. Great thanks are also owed to the conference organizers, partners, and all helpers for the hard work that was put in to make this year’s conference such a success.

Congratulations to the 2009-2010 CITPs!

Farah Abdou, Algonquin College
Leyla Alizada, Ronald A. Chisholm Ltd.
Kamran Amoon, Gap Inc.
Lynda Arsenault, Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Amjad Azar, Fiberlinks Textiles Inc.
Tony Baker, Market Access Worldwide
Xiuzolli Martha Baltierra-Qureishi
Servepal Bansal
Lorraine Bond-Wojcicki, Cavendish Farms
Craig Campbell, WorleyParsons
Scott Courish, ACOA
The Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
Daniela Diaconu, CGM Association of Canada
Jennifer Evancio, STEP
Silvia Fugel
Mia Garland-Keeling, ACOA
Rob Gnaedinger, FITT
Vivian Hall, Canada Colors and Chemicals Ltd.
Susie Hoeller, Hoeller Law Firm
Shipon Howlader, World Wide Logistics Inc.
Pawel Jamro, TransX
Patrick Jones, Kautex Textron
Robert Koffler, College LaSalle
Tsuhan Lee, The Kryton International Inc.
Holly Liu, Cogito International Consulting
Yuesheng Liu, HealthMegaMall
Donna Lund, Cavendish Farms
Jane MacIsaac, Innovation PEI

Kelly Martelo, The Semex Alliance
Scott McKay, Co-Auto Co-Operative Inc.
Brian Mitchell, Trade Facilitation Office Canada
John S. O’Reilly, Toshiba of Canada Ltd.
Luis Fernando Osuna, Trendy Foods International
Shane Patelakis, Agriculture Fisheries and Aquaculture
Stephen Poloz, Export Development Canada
Andres Rayo, Aqua Fitness Pool
Celine Redmond, Treibacher Industrie Inc.
Allan Rocillo, DB Schenker of Canada Ltd.
Sonia Root, West Shefford Food Company Inc.
Robert Sands, J.S.Redpath Ltd.
Gary Sawchuk, Mohawk College
Gordon Scheel, Municipality of York
Pierre Seguin, Ministry of Northern Development
Fonda Smyth, Nova Scotia Community College
Ljubo Stankovic, Tootsie Roll Worldwide Ltd.
Heather Stokes, Export Development Canada
Jeff Thackeray, STEP
Brigitte Thibault, Acier Profilé SBB Inc.
Caroline Tompkins, FITT
John J. Urban, First Forever Company Ltd.
Mariela Urriola, MMM Group International Ltd.
Denise Van Wychen, Trade Team Nova Scotia
Dale Vencatasamy, Meyers Norris Penny LLP
Derrick Walker, Murphys Pharmacies
Mustafa Yagci, Ronald A. Chisholm
Siamak Zargaran, Group of Goldline
Salam Ziadeh

Congratulations to the 2009 FITT Educational Award Winners:

Carl Cencig, Algonquin College, International Business Plan Award

Ben Forsyth, World Trade Centre Atlantic Canada, International Marketing Plan Award presented by FITT’s Strategic Partner, Scotiabank

Rachel Wisdom, Vancouver Career College, Student of the Year Award presented by FITT’s Strategic Partner, Export Development Canada

Congratulations to the 2010 EDC-FITT Internship Recipient:

Jessica Craig, EDC-FITT Internship Recipient
Graduate, International Business Management, Georgian College

Special thanks to our partners!

We owe a special thank you to all our supporters whose generosity made the conference possible.

Strategic Partners:

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