Media Advisory/Panel Discussion in Regina: Asia Rising-Opportunities for Canada and Saskatchewan

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 1, 2012) - Members of the media are invited to attend a special roundtable and reception hosted by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada, www.asiapacific.ca) and the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca) to discuss Saskatchewan and Canada's role in the context of a rising Asia. This event takes places in the context of Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Bill Boyd's return from a two-week mission to China and Australia. It is also part of APF Canada's National Conversation on Asia.

DATE: Thursday, March 8, 2012, from 3:30PM - 5:00PM (CST)

PLACE: Agra Torchinsky Salon, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. (REGINA)

PRESENTERS:

• The Honourable Bill Boyd, Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources
• Yuen Pau Woo, President and CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
• Len Edwards, Distinguished Fellow, APF Canada; Senior Advisor, Gowlings LLP; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture Canada and Int'l Trade
• Michael Atkinson, Executive Director, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
• Thomas Chase, Provost and Vice-President Academic, University of Regina
• Murad Al-Katib, President and CEO, Alliance Grain Traders, and Chair, Advisory Board for Small and Medium Enterprise for the Minister of International Trade
• Lihua Zhang, Assistant Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina

A reception with keynote address by The Honourable Bill Boyd, Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources will follow the roundtable at 5:15PM.