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Featured Event
O Canada! … Oh Ohio! Trade & Investment Seminar
March 6, 8 – 5 p.m.
Enjoy networking and exploring exporting, importing and investment opportunities between Ohio and Canada. There is no cost to attend.
This timely seminar will feature experts on trade, investment and finance from the Government of Canada, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, and the legal, banking and accounting/tax sectors. Paul Zito, VP for International Development for RGP Northwest Ohio and recipient of the 2024 President’s E-Award for Export Services, will serve as moderator and showcase decades of experience in exports to and investment from Canada.
There is no cost to attend.
Enjoy networking and exploring
exporting, importing and investment opportunities between Ohio and Canada.
Working Schedule is as follows:
8:00 a.m.
Registration/Networking
9:15 a.m.
Welcome Remarks: Bruce Rumpf, CEO, Job1USA andChristine Michaels-President & CEO, ConnecToledo
9:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks Toledo Mayor Kapszukiewicz
9:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks from City of Windsor
10:00 a.m.
Gordie Howe International Bridge: Building Connections & Opportunities — Heather Grondin, Chief Relations Officer, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
11:00 a.m.
Networking & Break
11:15 a.m.
Toledo & Canada: Truly Trading Together — D. Paul Zito, VP International Development, RGP Northwest Ohio
12:00 p.m.
Lunch & Networking
1:00 p.m.
Why Canada: G. Mark Scullion, Head of Foreign Direct Investment Program — Consulate of
Canada in Detroit
1:45 p.m.
Doing Business in Canada — David Olsen, Chief Executive Officer, PNC Bank Canada
2:30 p.m.
Ohio/Canada Trade & Investment — Dan Ujczo, Associate General Counsel, Cenovus and Honorary Consul of Canada
3:15 p.m.
Networking & Break
3:30 p.m.
Strength of a Binational Midwest: Colin Bird, Consul General — Consulate of Canada in
Detroit
4:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion — Consul General Colin Bird, Dan Ujczo, Heather Grondin and David Olsen
4:30 p.m.
Conclusion & Networking
Week of March 2 – 8
Nod to Canada “Bocce on Ice”
Week of March 2 – 8, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. | 7 – 9 p.m. (times may vary as Bocce on Ice is available beyond O Canada – O Toledo! Fest week)
Bocce on Ice is a fun, winter-ready activity for all skill levels, and a great option for those who don’t ice skate. Instead of rolling bocce balls, players slide curling-style dysks toward a puck target (called the jack). Teams take turns aiming for the puck, scoring points based on how close they get. The first team to 12 points wins!
Learn more about renting a court or spectating off-ice or inside Market Hall at The Garden restaurant and bar* area – visit MetroparksToledo.com.
Experience the perfect blend of curling and bocce ball on the ice at The Ribbon.
March 6
Featured Artist, Violin
Sofia Gubaidulina: Fairy-Tale Poem
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
8:00 p.m. – Concert
Celebrated Korean-Canadian conductor Earl Lee will lead the evenings’ concert. Maestro Lee is known for his dynamic leadership as Music Director of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and former Resident Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, winning the prestigious Solti Award in 2022 and connecting audiences with both classical and contemporary works.
Additionally, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto occupies rare territory – technically demanding, deeply expressive, and long admired by audiences. Canadian Kerson Leong returns to pour his talent into this haunting and expansive work. Sofia Gubaidulina’s FairyTale Poem offers its own kind of magic: a whimsical wonderland full of strange colors and storybook tension. The program closes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, a deeply introspective
work spanning a range of emotions – from quiet melancholy to vibrant, almost frenetic intensity.
To buy tickets and receive 50% off from Live Arts Toledo for March 6th or 7th, visit www.livearts.com or call the box office at 419-246-8000 and provide the promo code OCANADA (all upper case).