Over the years, our MAPLE BC SelectUSA British Columbia Conference in collaboration with the US Commercial Service and the US Consulate General in Vancouver has quickly become one of the marquee events on our event calendar. We are honoured to bring you our 2024 program focused on scaling your business to the US successfully and are excited to welcome everyone back to the office of Microsoft Canada in downtown Vancouver who graciously hosted our event last year.

We are excited to welcome you to the downtown Toronto office of MAPLE member and leading Canadian law firm, Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLP for a special extended program focused on scaling your business successfully to the United States. We are honoured to be collaborating with the U.S. Commercial Service in Canada and the U.S. Consulate General in Toronto to present a series of talks exploring some of the key considerations when scaling your business in the US. Speakers will be addressing legal considerations, cross-border tax, e-visas and immigration, benefits strategy, talent management, site selection services and more.

MAPLE programs celebrate and explore the significant economic ties that Colorado and Canada share together. For our spring event, we are going to explore the topic of carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCS/CCUS) with perspectives on the renewable energy sector in Colorado and in Canada. We are honoured to welcome the following distinguished guests to the podium.: Julie Murphy - Director of the Energy and Carbon Management Commission for Colorado, Dawn Lima - Vice President Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies, Foss & Company and Breanne O’Reilly, Director Strategic Partnerships, International CCS Knowledge Centre.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our first Southern California Chapter event of 2024. MAPLE programs feature great cross-sector networking and cross-border insights from featured presenters as we celebrate and explore the significant ties that Southern California and Canada share together.

Our featured presenters at this event are San Bernardino County of Economic Development and Purolator International.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests for our next Southern California program. Thank you to our friends at intellectual property law firm, Knobbe Martens, for hosting us at their conference center. Our featured presentations will be from QA Consultants and Challenger Motor Freight.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our MAPLE New York Fall Reception on November 9th.

Our program, “Exporting to Canada” will be focused on New York State’s trade with Canada. We are honoured to be partnering with our friends at the Long Island Association (LIA) with whom we will be co-hosting this program in collaboration with LIA’s Manufacturing Committee.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our British Columbia Fall Reception for great cross-sector executive networking and insights from our featured speakers.

Our thanks to the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for hosting our program at their new office in Vancouver! After an update on MAPLE Business Council by MAPLE BC Executive Director Jason Tse, we will be welcoming new organization member, Vancouver and Calgary-based tax specialists, Andersen Canada, to the podium as well as BDC.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our Ontario Chapter Fall Reception at Fasken Law for great cross-sector executive networking and insights from our featured speakers which include presentations on Canadian employment law by Fasken partner, Ian Campbell, and a market overview by Roland DGA Canadian National Sales Director, Don Ross.

This will be a hybrid program offering online table-to-table networking and real-time access to our presentations.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our Colorado Fall Reception for great cross-sector executive networking and insights from our featured speakers at the Denver headquarters of leading Canadian construction firm, PCL.

We are pleased to announce that TMX Group, owners of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange will be a featured presenter to discuss the opportunities for raising public venture capital through Toronto’s unique two-tier exchange structure. We are also delighted to welcome leading Canadian law firm, Cassels, to the MAPLE podium. Toronto-based partners Jay King and Sean Maniaci will discuss how U.S. based companies can access the Canadian capital markets and go public and list securities for trading in Canada.  

This will be a hybrid program offering online table-to-table networking and real-time access to our presentations for our remote guests. We look forward to welcoming you.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our Fall Reception for great cross-sector executive networking and insights from our featured speakers at the downtown Los Angeles office of Crowell & Moring LLP.

We are honoured to welcome Marisa Goepel of Ontario Trade & Investment’s office in San Francisco for an overview of Canada’s largest provincial economy and the latest news and trends in Ontario.

We are also excited to welcome Howard Greenberg and Naumaan Hameed, co-founders of Toronto-based immigration law firm, Greenberg Hameed PC, for a discussion on intelligent immigration design and the opportunities for American businesses to nearshore talent in Canada.

We look forward to welcoming you to this hybrid program offering in-person and online networking.

As Canada is historically a top-three export and foreign direct investment partner for San Bernardino County, this event will provide the opportunity to engage with Canadian business partners and foster bilateral relationships.

This event will bring together leaders from San Bernardino County, leaders from MAPLE® Business Council - Southern California Chapter, and Canadian business leaders in order to highlight the business advantages of the County, learning about local Canadian initiatives and companies, and discuss ways to encourage both trade and investment opportunities.

We are looking forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to an afternoon reception at the Irvine offices of audit, tax and consulting firm, RSM for an update on the Canadian market from visiting partners from RSM’s Calgary, Alberta office.

We are looking forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to a very special Southern California Spring Reception. Our focus at this program will be on the significant economic ties between Southern California and Québec spanning trade, investment and innovation collaborations.

We are pleased to share that we have a special event for MAPLE New York Chapter members, partners and guests. We are honored that our friends at the Advanced Energy Research & Technology Center (AERTC) at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory will be hosting MAPLE New York for tours of their world-class research facilities and special presentations.

We are excited to partner once more with our friends at the U.S. Commercial Service in Canada to co-host a special SelectUSA program for Vancouver and Lower Mainland businesses across sectors planning their future growth in the U.S. market.

We are excited to host back-to-back events in Toronto and Waterloo Region as we bring together subject matter experts to discuss “Scaling Your Business to the U.S.” from the perspectives of intellectual property, talent and cross-border tax.

We are excited to host back-to-back events in Toronto and Waterloo Region as we bring together subject matter experts to discuss “Scaling Your Business to the U.S.” from the perspectives of intellectual property, talent and cross-border tax.

We look forward to welcoming you to our first event of 2023 when our British Columbia Chapter welcomes members and partners to enjoy a special program hosted by Marko Dekovic, Executive Member of our B.C. Chapter and Vice President Public Affairs at GCT Global Container Terminals.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our Southern California Winter Reception. This will be a hybrid program enabling online networking and access to our presentations. We are excited to feature Invest Alberta and the Toronto Stock Exchange as our speakers.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our New York Chapter Hybrid Fall Reception. We have a very special venue to welcome you. The Quebec Government Office in New York will be hosting us at their midtown Manhattan office located near Rockefeller Center.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of MAPLE Colorado as our newest chapter and we are celebrating with an inaugural reception on November 8th in Denver. Our thanks and appreciation to the law firm, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, for hosting our program. We look forward to welcoming members, guests, partners and economic development stakeholders to our event.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our British Columbia Fall Reception which will be a hybrid program for in-person & online networking and content sharing. We will be hosting this event at the Air Canada Operations Center at Vancouver International Airport. We are honoured to welcome Don Ross of Roland Canada as a featured speaker.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our Southern California Fall Reception which will be a hybrid program for in-person and online networking and content sharing. We will be hosting this event at the recently. redeveloped California Market Center in the historic LA Fashion District. We are honoured to welcome Chelsea Peet, Consul and Senior Economic Officer at Ontario Trade & Invest and Avison Young Commercial Real Estate as our featured speakers.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our inaugural MAPLE Ontario Reception as a MAPLE Chapter. We will be hosting this event in at the Bay Street offices of the Business Development Bank of Canada. We are honoured to welcome BDC Senior Vice President and Digital Transformation Lead Paula Cruickshank as a featured speaker along with Alex Rodov, founder and Managing Partner of Toronto-based QA Consultants in conversation with David McCullagh, Chief Revenue Officer.

We look forward to welcoming members, partners and guests to our next MAPLE New York event. This online program will be focused on what drives much of our North American economy - our Canada-U.S. supply chain and the logistics of getting our products north and south across the border. In a panel discussion, “Best Practices for Shipping Your Products To & From the Canadian Market: Practical Advice From Three Industry Executives in Cross Border Logistics”, MAPLE New York Chapter Executive Director John Costanzo will be speaking with industry executives.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Southern California Summer Reception - a hybrid in-person and online program for us to meet one another to network and hear great content from our featured presenters. Presenting at this event will be partners from two MAPLE member organizations, leading IP law firm, Knobbe Martens, and audit, tax and consulting services firm, RSM US LLP.

MAPLE Business Council is honored to partner with the U.S. Commercial Service & U.S. Consulate in Vancouver to co-host a special in-person event on scaling your business in the United States for Vancouver-area tech companies on April 27 at the law offices of Fasken.

We look forward to welcoming you to our B.C. Spring Meeting for members, guests and partners. We have an exciting focus for our first event in British Columbia in 2022. Join us as we examine the future of the Internet. The big buzz in 2022 is about the Metaverse, the next iteration of the internet and a key part of web 3.0. Facebook renamed to Meta Platforms to focus on this opportunity and Microsoft announced a big acquisition of Activision to solidify its entrance into the Metaverse.

We look forward to welcoming members and guests to our first program of 2022. Because of ongoing Covid issues, this will be a virtual program enabling participation from across our network. After presenting our quarterly Report on MAPLE, we are honored to welcome two of our organization members to the virtual podium. Our speakers will be joining us from Investissement Quéebec International and Fasken Law as we explore opportunities to invest, grow and trade with Québec.

We are looking forward to welcoming members and guests to our Southern California Winter Reception for great networking and content-sharing. Our presenting member organizations will be Livingston International, Canada’s largest customs broker and Sterling Capital Brokers, Canada’s largest independent benefit consulting firm.