Paper No.: Date: Member: 'abled Tabled, by leave Incorporated, Remainder incorporated, by leave by !es. Clerk at the Table: Queensland Trade Mission, to Canada and the United States of America led by The Honourable Anna Bligh MP Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts 28 April 2010 - 7 May 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAM ...................................................................................................................4 MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION ..............................................................................14 OFFICIAL DELEGATION MEMBERS .................................................................................15 QUEENSLAND BUSINESS DELEGATES -VANCOUVER ....................................................... 16 QUEENSLAND BIO 2010 DELEGATES -VANCOUVER ........................................................18 QUEENSLAND BUSINESS DELEGATES - CHICAGO ............................................................ 19 QUEENSLAND BIO 2010 DELEGATES - CHICAGO .............................................................20 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING BIO 2010 ............................25 WHY THESE MARKETS? ...............................................................................................26 MEETINGS - LOS ANGELES ............................................................................................28 LUNCH MEETING WITH GREG COOTE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DUNE ENTERTAINMENT AND WALLY MARIANI, SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF QANTAS AIRWAYS .............29 MEETING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA) ...........................30 MEETINGS-CANADA .................................................................................................31 MEETING WITH MR GREGOR ROBERTSON, MAYOR OF VANCOUVER ................................32 OFFICIALLY OPEN LIFE SCIENCES BC BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM ..........................................34 SITE VISIT OF THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES VILLAGE/ MILLENNIUM WATER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ..........................................................................................................36 MEETING WITH SEAN PANDER, CITY OF VANCOUVER PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY .....................................................................................37 BUSINESS LUNCH WITH THE CANADA AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (CANZBA) HOSTED BY FLIGHT CENTRE ...........................................................................38 MEETING WITH MR RICK HANSEN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF RICK HANSEN FOUNDATION AND TOUR OF THE BLUSSON SPINAL CORD RESEARCH CENTRE ...................39 MEETING WITH UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE CENTRE FOR DRUG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................41 PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE HONOURABLE MR GORDON CAMPBELL, PREMIER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ................................................................................................................. 43 CO-HOST THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT BUSINESS RECEPTION WITH THE HONOURABLE GORDON CAMPBELL, PREMIER OF BRITISH COLOMBIA AND SIGNING OF MOC BETWEEN QUEENSLAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA .........................................................................45 2 MEETING WITH DR MARIO PINTO, VICE PRESIDENT- RESEARCH, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY AND OBSERVE SIGNING OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY ...............................................................................................................46 MEET WITH MR GORDON PRICE, DIRECTOR, THE CITY PROGRAM, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY AT THE HOTEL AND DEPART FOR CANADA LINE TRANSIT SYSTEM ..................47 MEETINGS - USA ........................................................................................................48 MEETING WITH VICE CHANCELLORS OF QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITIES ...............................49 QUT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS LUNCHEON ......................................50 BURRILL PAN ASIAN LIFE SCIENCES INVESTMENT SYMPOSIUM ........................................52 MEETING WITH DR GREG SELINGER, PREMIER OF MANITOBA AND SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN QUEENSLAND AND MANITOBA ..............53 QUEENSLAND VIP BUSINESS RECEPTION .......................................................................54 BREAKFAST MEETING OF THE QUEENSLAND NORTH AMERICAN BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL (QNABAC) ....................................................................................................56 MEETING WITH MS KAREN KING, DSM BIOLOGICS AND MR ROBERT HARTMAYER, DSM PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS .....................................................................................58 MEETING WITH HEALTHCARE VENTURES REGARDING A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH QUEENSLAND .............................................................................................................60 VISIT AUSTRALIAN PAVILION AND QCTN PAVILION .........................................................62 OFFICIAL BIO 2010 WELCOME RECEPTION, CHICAGO ......................................................64 MEETING WITH MR PHIL SCANLAN AM, AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL ..........................65 GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY NETWORK FUNCTION ..................................................................66 MEETING WITH MR FRED HOCHBERG, CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT OF EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES (EX-IM BANK) ..................................................................67 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT LUNCHEON IN NEW YORK .................................................68 MINISTERIAL MEDIA STATEMENTS ...............................................................................69 3 PROGRAM Time in bold indicates local in -market time Time in normal font indicates Brisbane time Time Differences: Los Angeles 17 hours behind Brisbane (DST) Vancouver (Canada) 17 hours behind Brisbane (DST) Chicago (USA) 15 hours behind Brisbane (DST) New York (USA) 14 hours behind Brisbane (DST) Wednesday 28 April 2010 - Brisbane / Sydney / Los Angeles (USA) 7:00am Depart Brisbane for Trade Mission to North America 6:45am Arrive Los Angeles 11:45 p m Met by Carlie Rogers, Business Development Manager, Trade Queensland the Americas Transfer to the hotel and check-in Travel time: 30min 12:45pm Depart hotel for meeting 5:45am (Thurs) Travel time: 5m walk 1:00pm Luncheon with Greg Coote, CEO of Dune Entertainment, 6:00am (Thur) Wally Mariani, Senior Executive Vice President of Qantas Airways and David Calvert -Jones of Helifilms USA Venue: Fox Studios Commissary 2121 Avenue of the Stars Suite 2570 3:00pm Depart for University of California Los Angeles 8:00am (Thur) Travel time: 15 mins 3:30pm Meeting with UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) 8:30am (Thur) Venue: Murphy Hall, Charles E Young Drive East Westwood, Suite 2570 Participants: Roberto Peccei, Vice Chancellor for Research Emily Loughran, Director of Licensing - Office of Intellectual Property Administration 4 5:00pm Return to hotel 10.00am (Thurs) Travel time: 15m Overnight Los Angeles Thursday 29 April 2010 - Los Angeles (USA) / Vancouver (British Columbia) 7.00am Check out and depart hotel for LAX 12.00midnight (Thurs-Fri) 9.00am Meet official party in airline lounge 2:00am (Fri) Deputy Consul General to escort through security to the airline lounge 9:30am Depart Los Angeles for Vancouver 2:30am (Fri) Travel time: 3h 12:30pm Arrive Vancouver and transfer to hotel 5:30am (Fri) The Honorary Consul will meet the official party and provide airport facilitation. 3:45pm Depart hotel for meeting with the Mayor 8:45am (Fri) Travel time: 10m 4:00pm - 5:00pm Meeting with Mayor Gregor Robertson , Mayor of 9:00am - 10:00am ( Fri) Vancouver Venue: City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4 5:00pm Return to hotel 10:00am (Fri) Travel time: 10m overnight Vancouver Friday 30 April 2010 - Vancouver 7:30am Depart hotel for Breakfast Symposium 12:30am (Sat) Travel time: Sm walk 7:45am Arrive at venue and meet Life Sciences BC executives and 12:45am (Sat) proceed to Breakfast 5 8:00am Open Life Sciences BC Breakfast Symposium 1:00am (Sat) Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver 300-999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC V6C3B5 9:00am Travel to next meeting 2.00:am (Sat) Travel time: 10m 9.15am Site visit of the Olympic Athletes Village/ Millennium 2:15am (Sat) Waters residential development, hosted by Mr Bill Aujla Venue: Southeast False Creek (SEFC) development area 10.30am Travel to next meeting 3.30am (Sat) Travel time: 10m 10.45am Meeting with Sean Pander, City of Vancouver Program 3.45am (Sat) Director for Climate Change and Sustainability Venue: 1800 Spyglass Place Vancouver BC V5Z 4K8 11:15am Travel to next meeting 4:15am (Sat) Travel time: 10m 11:30am Business lunch with the Canada Australia & New Zealand 4:30am (Sat) Business Association (CANZBA) hosted by Flight Centre Venue: Sutton Place Hotel 845 Burrard Street Vancouver 1:30pm Depart lunch and travel to next meeting 6:30am (Sat) Travel time: 15m 2:00pm Meeting with Rick Hansen , CEO of Rick Hansen Foundation 7:00am (Sat) and tour the Blusson Spinal Cord Research Centre Venue: Blusson Spinal Cord Research Centre 818 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, BC, Canada 3:00pm Travel to next meeting 8:00am (Sat) Travel time: 20m 6 3:30pm Meeting with the University of British Columbia's Centre 8:30am (Sat) for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) Venue: University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology - 6393 Northwest Marine Drive Vancouver, BC V6T 1A7, Canada 4:45pm Return