September 26, 2024 – ✨ Looking Back at the 1st Business Networking Gala of CanCham Belux ✨

On September 26, our President, Magali Dugardin (Honorary Consul of the Republic of Congo 🇨🇬), accompanied by Jerome Bestgen (Head of Protocol, Honorary Consul of Haiti 🇭🇹) and Frédéric Lernoux (Academic Relations Officer, Honorary Consul of Mongolia 🇲🇳), participated in the first Gala evening organized by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce ( CanCham BeLux ) at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels.

🚀 The theme addressed, "The 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒: 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑠", brought together a panel high-level speakers, such as:

Stéphane Bouzelmat , Partner at AVISEO

Geneviève Brisson , General Delegate of Quebec in Brussels 🇨🇦

René Branders , Honorary Consul of Hungary 🇭🇺, President VBO FEB , President Belgian Chambers

Olivier Smekens , CEO of soluz.io

Jean-Luc Lavergne , CEO of the Lavergne Group

Côme Frotier de Bagneux , Director, Business Services at Desjardins Europe

Kai Polak , Director of Expert Consulting – Energy Transition at CGI

Fabrice Goffin , CEO of Talemate

During the evening, one lucky winner received a round-trip ticket to any destination in Canada 🇨🇦 offered by Steven De Bisschop , regional sales manager BeNeLux at Air Canada . ✈️ A great opportunity to showcase the richness and diversity of the country!

We also had the pleasure of meeting HE Mr. Nicholas Brousseau, Ambassador of Canada 🇨🇦🇧🇪🇪🇺, accompanied by Angela Dark , Economic Attaché of the Embassy in Brussels.

Many thanks to CanCham Belux, in particular to its president Paul Van Coillie , its secretary general Mihaela Bucuroiu and Philippe Borremans for organizing this event, as well as to all the speakers for their valuable perspectives on energy issues and partnership opportunities between Quebec and Belgium 🌐.

It was an evening rich in exchanges and opportunities for future collaborations.