SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

German Castaño  President, Toronto Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (THCC).
Currently working as a consultant for international organizations for the setup of Bio-Diesel refineries in Latin-America, German has had a distinguished business career in areas of commodities, agriculture and telecommunications.  German's occupied consulting positions with Colombian National Treasury Office, General Electric and Canadian Ministry of Agriculture.  He became the President of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2007.

Topic:  Doing business with the Hispanic market in Canada 2009, demographics, challenges and market opportunities for Panamanian companies, and Market entry strategies in Canada.

Vladimir Reznik, Executive Director of PanaExpo.
A Real Estate Broker by trade and the Founder of the Organizing Committee, Vladimir comes with valuable experience and knowledge in Canadian and Panamanian Real Estate. Over the last two years of working closely with major developers and brokers in both countries, Vladimir gained product and compliance knowledge as well as hands-on experience with real estate in Panama, becoming a Canadian expert in Panama's Real Estate.

Topic: Raising professional standards to reach Canadian buyers' and brokers' expectations of ethics, contracts and due diligence in International Real Estate transactions.

Fernando Blasco,  Vice President of International Development. Global Hospitality.
Fernando is from Barcelona (Spain) and graduated from Palma de Mallorca's University (Hotel Management) in 1981. Since then, he worked for MELIA HOTELS (1981-83) and BARCELO HOTELS (1984-92) in different international roles (GM and Sales) with direct experience in major openings in Caribbean (Cuba, DR, Jamaica), Spain, and Latin America (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina).  Fernando is the Founder and Executive Director of the CLUB LAS AMERICAS,  the only Private Business Club for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs in Canada, now with more than 650 impresarios from Canada, Spain, and Latin America.

Topic:  Current situation of real estate and hospitality a)- Before the crisis, b)- During the crisis, c)- Post crisis, d)- Opportunities/Challenges.

David Geldart, AOCA, President of Trade & Investment Services Alliance Network (TISA).
TISA is Ontario's Premier Professional Service Network. Unique in Canada, it has cross-sector membership from trade, financial, legal, management,  project management, engineering, supply chain companies and more. As a Designer and Media Professional, David developed world class visual communications for some of the world's largest and best-known companies for over 20 years.  In May 2006, he was a featured speaker at the Inaugural World Financial Exhibition in Xi'an, China.

Topic:  How the TISA network can help Panamanians reach the Canadian market, AND tap into our multicultural, internationally-focused network as an access point to the rest of the world.