Canada – Czech Republic: New Business Opportunities

Tomáš Říha, Deputy Director, STEM/MARK and Mark Anderson, Marketing Director, University of New York in Prague, Board Directors, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Alexandra Brabcová, Executive Director, Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Benke Aikell, Your Publisher; Alice Štunda, Founder & Owner, Sunny Canadian International School & Board Director, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Marek Hencl, CEO, AARTKOM & Administrative Board member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Edvard Outrata, Senator (retired) & past President, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

H.E. Otto Jelinek, Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic, opening the seminar.

Vladimír Dlouhý, President, Czech Chamber of Commerce

Senator Radko Martínek

Vladimír Bärtl, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade

Henri Proulx, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Canada

Matyáš Pelant, Head of the Americas Unit, Ministry of Industry and Trade

Josef Dvořáček, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canada

(first 4 seated guests from right): Pavel Hlinka, AHP Connections; Oldřich Polášek, IBG Česko; Tomáš Říha, STEM/MARK; Karel Eliáš, University of Finance and Administration

Ivan Voleš, Advisor, Czech Chamber of Commerce during the Q & A session

Martin Tlapa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kristýna Leinerová, Project Manager, Czech Chamber of Commerce; Jiří Hansl, Director, Foreign Affairs Department, Czech Chamber of Commerce; Josef Dvořáček, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canada

Henri Proulx, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Canada; Mauro Lazzari, Board Chairman, VIDATEC

The President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Milan Štěch, invited Czech and Canadian officials and business executives to a seminar entitled Canada – Czech Republic: New Business Opportunities. The event held at the Main Hall of the Senate building on 29 June 2016 was organised jointly by the Senate, the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Canada, in cooperation with the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Foreign Affairs and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic. It was a follow-up to a most successful visit by President Štěch to Canada where he was accompanied both by a senatorial delegation and by a business mission. The large turnout at the seminar demonstrated the great interest of Czech companies in the opportunities offered by Canada, especially in anticipation of the entry into force of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Photos were made by Miguel Alonso