At our MAPLE B.C. Spring Meeting our focus turned to the future of the Internet and the opportunities ahead for enterprises to participate in the emerging metaverse. MAPLE B.C. Executive Director Jason Tse spoke with Vancouver studio executives who are active in this space from LNG Studios and Shape Immersive. Jason also provides an update on the growth of the MAPLE Business Council community.
Our Southern California Spring Event focused on trade and investment opportunities for U.S. businesses in Quebec, Canada. Executives from Investissement Quebec and partners from Fasken Law profiled the Quebec market including key growth sectors and business, legal and tax considerations after a Report on MAPLE by co-founders Stephen Armstrong and Robert Kelle.
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At our Southern California Winter Reception on December 7, Jill Hurley, Director Global Trade Consulting at Livingston International, profiled forced labor goods customs enforcement in the U.S. with suggestions for companies to examine their own supply chains and John Griffin, President of Canada’s largest independent benefits firm, Sterling Capital Brokers, discusses the benefits landscapes in Canada and the U.S.
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On November 17, MAPLE New York Executive Director John Costanzo hosted the Fall Event for our New York Chapter which focused on sustainable energy initiatives in New York State. We were honored to have Québec Delegate General Martine Hébert of the Québec Government Office in New York share opening remarks before an expert panel discussion with Carrie Hitt of the National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium, Peter Rose of Hydro Québec and Darren Suarez of Boralex. John provided an update on the growth of MAPLE Business Council including new and renewing members and our latest content.
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In the latest gathering of our MAPLE B.C. Chapter on October 14th, Executive Director, Jason Tse, provides an update on the growth of MAPLE Business Council and welcomes Eric Eide, Director of Ecosystem Development at the Alliance for SoCal Innovation, to provide an overview of the innovation landscape in Southern California for Canadian and U.S. companies to better understand.
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On September 9, 2021, we hosted our Southern California Fall Reception in-person at the Irvine offices of IP law firm, Knobbe Martens, and online on our Remo platform. After concurrent networking, MAPLE co-founders Robert Kelle and Stephen Armstrong provided an update on the MAPLE community followed by presentations by Ontario Trade & Investment and High Impact Firm Advisory Services of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
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On June 3, MAPLE Business Council hosted its Summer Reception featuring presentations by members, AFEX and QA Consultants. After virtual networking, MAPLE co-founders, Robert Kelle and Stephen Armstrong provided an update on the growth and work of the Council since the Spring Reception followed by presentations on FX strategy, CAD-USD trends, automated testing advancements for cognitive systems, and leveraging technology transformation programs to spearhead diversity initiatives.
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MAPLE member, leadership consulting firm, Unstoppable Conversations, provides a window on intentional discontinuity as a model for change management in a special webinar for MAPLE members and guests. Edmonton-based CEO and founding partner Kevin Gangel and Orange County-based senior partner Deborah Hartnett host.
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We had the pleasure of welcoming executives from Brookfield Property's California Market Center to discuss their 1.8 million square foot redevelopment project in the Fashion District of Downtown Los Angeles as a new nexus of fashion, tech, and entertainment brands. MAPLE B.C. Executive Director Jason Tse provided an update on the growth of MAPLE in 2021. Please note to watch the video on CMC referenced in the webcast, click here.
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Our first networking & content program since we launched our New York Chapter brought together members, partners and guests for virtual table-to-table networking before we heard from Purolator International SVP, Paul Tessy, on finding resiliency in Canada-U.S. logistics during the pandemic and from Toronto Stock Exchange executives Delilah Panio, VP U.S. Capital Formation and Reid Hamilton, U.S. Advisor, on the opportunities to raise public venture capital on the Toronto exchanges. MAPLE New York Executive Director, John Costanzo, hosted the program and shared an update on the growth of MAPLE Business Council.
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At our Spring Reception, we turned our focus to IPO and SPAC readiness and the associated IP due diligence considerations with experts from RSM US LLP and Knobbe Martens. MAPLE co-founders Stephen Armstrong and Robert Kelle shared an update on MAPLE and guests networked virtually table to table in our MAPLE conference room.
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MAPLE NY Executive Director John Costanzo hosts a discussion on the vital economic ties that exist between New York and Ontario & Québec, two of its largest trade and investment partners. We were honored to be joined by Ian Todd, Ontario's Representative in the U.S. and Catherine Loubier, Delegate General of Québec in New York.
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MAPLE Business Council is pleased to partner with Fasken and Montréal International to co-host a program on R&D investment opportunities for U.S. businesses in Montréal in tech sectors including ITC, gaming and VFX. Greater Montréal has established itself as an important international hub for tech companies in the last few decades. Through a mix of an aggressive corporate tax regime, relatively low operating costs, high-quality multilingual talent, and cutting edge university research, the city has reached the top 5 in North America for its concentration of tech jobs. In this webinar, you will learn about Montréal’s unique tech ecosystem as well as the most relevant tax incentives available for companies carrying out R&D activities. James Villeneuve, Fasken Senior Business Advisor and former Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles, will moderate a discussion with Montréal International, Investissement Québec, and the Government of Québec in California.
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At our MAPLE NY Fall Event held online on November 12, Executive Director John Costanzo, discusses the energy landscape between Canada and New York with noted energy industry experts, Robert Catell, Chairman of the Advanced Energy Research Technology Center and Chairman of the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium and David Manning, former Deputy Energy Minister for Alberta and current Director of Stakeholder and Community Relations at the Department of Energy Lab, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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It was a pleasure to co-host the International Trade Committee meeting on USMCA/CUSMA trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada with the Long Island Association and the Long Island Hispanic Chamber on 11/5. We were honored to welcome an expert panel from all three signatory nations including Acting Consul General of Canada in New York, Khawar Nasim, Deputy Consul General of Mexico in New York, Rita Maria Vargas Torregrosa and Commercial Officer Catherine Muth of the U.S. Commercial Service.
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On September 9th, we hosted our Fall Online Reception featuring presentations from Chelsea Peet, Consul and Senior Economic Officer at Ontario Trade & Invest and Bill Klages, VP Partner & Influencer Relations at Toronto-based QA Consultants. MAPLE co-founders Stephen Armstrong and Robert Kelle provided an update on the work of MAPLE since our Spring Receptions.
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Welcome to our inaugural MAPLE New York event hosted by Executive Director John Costanzo on August 19, 2020 and featuring an interview with Acting Consul General Khawar Nasim of the Consulate General of Canada in New York and a discussion with MAPLE co-founders Stephen Armstrong and Robert Kelle.
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MAPLE Business Council was honored to join the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles represented by Consul General Zaib Shaikh and Arwen Widmer-Bobyk, Head Consul for Political, Economic, and Cultural Affairs, for a discussion on the importance of Southern California’s economic ties with Canada as we look to economic recovery post-COVID-19 and leveraging the new USMCA trade agreement.
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We had the pleasure of discussing IP procurement and protection with an expert panel of IP legal experts from the law firm, Knobbe Martens, on July 23, 2020. Partners, Dan Altman, Vlad Teplitskiy, and Marko Zoretic address patents, trade secrets and trademarks with MAPLE co-founders Stephen Armstrong and Robert Kelle.
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MAPLE Business Council co-founders, Stephen Armstrong and Robert Kelle, are in conversation with Consul General Zaib Shaikh of the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles on the USMCA trade agreement. We explore the opportunities for Southern California as the new trade agreement goes live on July 1, 2020 which is also Canada's 153rd birthday.
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Canadian technology leaders, BlackBerry-Cylance, QA Consultants, and xahive, talk networking, software quality and cybersecurity. Special guest: Mr. Todd Siegal of the Department of Homeland Security in San Diego. MAPLE Business Council is proud to co-host this webinar with the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles and the Canadian Consulate in San Diego.
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James Villeneuve, former Canadian Consul General to Los Angeles together with MAPLE Business Council present a webinar - Doing Business in Canada: Cross-Border M&A and Key Tax Considerations in the Context of COVID-19.
Gesta Abols and Neil Kravitz, Co-Leaders of Fasken’s U.S. Practice provide an overview of the current business landscape in Canada. The presentation will include practical guidance in the context of cross-border M&A in light of the fast-moving legal, regulatory, transactional and board-level impacts of COVID-19 including national security and foreign investment issues as it intersects with business. Claude Jodoin, a preeminent tax partner with Fasken provides insight into federal and provincial programs that have been initiated by the respective governments to assist businesses and individuals in Canada, including non-residents carrying on business in Canada directly or through a subsidiary, during this incredibly difficult time.
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