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CANADA-IN-ASIA:
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ABOUT CANADA-IN-ASIA: MOMENTUM
Canada-in-Asia: Momentum is a milestone engagement series leading up to the Canada-in-Asia Conference 2027 (CIAC2027), March 3-4 in Singapore, convening senior leaders from government, business, and academia to explore key issues shaping Canada–Asia relations in Indo-Pacific cities.
Each Momentum event will spotlight key issues – and opportunities – facing Canada and Asia, support business collaboration opportunities, and kickstart discussions on the critical pillars of CIAC2027: energy security, food security, and defence industries.
PAST SPEAKERS
Djatmiko Bris Witjaksono
Director General of International Trade of Negotiation,
Ministry of Trade of Indonesia
Canada-in-Asia Momentum: Jakarta
Diedrah Kelly
Executive Director, Indo-Pacific Agricultural and Agri-food Office
Canada-in-Asia Momentum: Ho Chi Minh City
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CANADA-IN-ASIA: MOMENTUM TAIPEI
Energy and Materials Solutions for the Technology Ecosystem
Canada-in-Asia: Momentum Taipei kicks off the 2026 Momentum series in Taiwan with a focus on the energy and materials foundations of advanced technology manufacturing. Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem accounts for a growing share of national electricity demand, with credible estimates placing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) alone at close to 8 per cent of total consumption. Taipower's own chairman has captured the policy to three words: electricity is competitiveness. The supply side is under strain. Taiwan holds approximately 150 days of oil reserves but only about 11 days of spare LNG. The demand side is moving faster still. TSMC has brought its RE100 commitment forward to 2040 with a 60 per cent renewable target for 2030, and Taiwan intends to tender 15 gigawatts of offshore wind between 2026 and 2035. Canada is arriving with a track record and the intention of answering what comes next. Energy technologies, LNG, renewables, critical minerals – all are services and goods Canada can partner with Taiwan on to support Taiwan’s semiconductor and advanced manufacturing ecosystems. This Momentum event seeks to illuminate the needs and the pathways for cooperation.
Date:
October 14, 2026
Venue:
TaiNex 1, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Room 506, Level 5
Time:
1:00 p.m –5:00 p.m. CST
Networking reception to follow
1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
1:35 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
1:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.
1:55 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.
2:05 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.
Registration
Forum Opening
Marc Cheng, President, Sino-Franco-Belgian-Swiss Cultural and Economic Association
Introduction to the Canada-in-Asia Conference 2027 and the Momentum Series
Barrett Bingley, Asia Regional Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Opening Remarks: Canada
Marie-Louise Hannan, Executive Director, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei
Opening Remarks: Taiwan
Legislator Discussion
Panellists:
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Chak Kwong Au, Member of Parliament – Richmond Centre
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Chia-Pin Chung, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator
Moderator: Dr Lyren Chiu, President, GTMA Canada Global Health Association
Panel 1: Firm Power for the Fab – Exploring Canada–Taiwan Partnerships in LNG and Hydrogen
2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.
Taiwan’s growing semiconductor and electronics ecosystem is driving rising demand for reliable, affordable and resilient power. LNG has become an increasingly important source of firm power, while ongoing shifts in global energy markets are highlighting the importance of diversified and secure supply. Canada is emerging as a significant player in the Pacific LNG market, with LNG Canada now shipping from Kitimat and several additional projects — including Cedar LNG, Ksi Lisims LNG and Woodfibre LNG — forming a growing pipeline of supply. With Canada seeking further investment in its LNG infrastructure, new opportunities are emerging to strengthen energy partnerships across the Pacific. This panel will explore what a genuinely diversified LNG supply network could look like for Taiwan, the potential role of hydrogen in future power generation, and the opportunities and practical considerations for a Canada–Taiwan partnership across LNG and hydrogen. Speakers will also examine the investment requirements, infrastructure considerations and realistic timelines for advancing such cooperation. Q&A: Integrated into the panel session
Moderator: Barrett Bingley, Asia Regional Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Panellists:
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Jane Liao, former Vice President, CPC Corporation (LNG)
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Venus Chen, Managing Director, British Columbia Taiwan Office
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Zong-Xiang Xie, Chief, Research Division V, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER)
3:25 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Coffee Break
Panel 2: Canadian Energy and Materials Complementarity for Taiwan’s Technology Success
3:50 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Taiwan’s leadership in semiconductors, AI hardware and advanced manufacturing is creating growing demand for secure supplies of energy, critical minerals and enabling technologies. Canada, with its strengths in energy, critical minerals and emerging clean technology, offers complementary capabilities that could support Taiwan’s technology ambitions. This panel will explore where Canadian capabilities can best complement Taiwan’s industrial strengths, including in clean energy, energy storage, grid modernisation and critical minerals. Panellists will consider how the two economies can move beyond traditional trade relationships towards deeper industrial cooperation — connecting Taiwan’s expertise in AI hardware and advanced manufacturing with Canada’s resources, energy capabilities and emerging technologies. Discussion will also examine opportunities across the new energy technology ecosystem, including testing and engineering, as well as the critical minerals supply chains required for batteries, permanent magnets and semiconductor manufacturing. The panel will consider what practical partnerships, investment opportunities and supply-chain linkages could emerge between Canada and Taiwan. Q&A: Integrated into the panel session
Moderator: Nick Wang, Director, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan; Energy Transition Analyst, BloombergNEF
Panellists:
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Pierre Poulain, CEO, Powertech Labs
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Chia-Wei Jui, Director, Research Center for Science and Engineering, CTCI Foundation
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Ming-Shan Jeng, Deputy General Director, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
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Gareth Jones, Director and Advisory Services Leader, Arup
Closing Remarks and the Road to CIAC2027
The closing session will highlight the key insights and opportunities emerging from Momentum Taipei. It will also provide an opportunity for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan to invite interested participants to join a Taiwanese business delegation to Singapore, continuing the conversations initiated in Taipei and connecting with senior Canadian and Asian stakeholders at CIAC2027. Speakers: Senior Taiwanese business executive Toi Windham, Chair, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Taiwan
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Steven Pan, Vice Chairman, Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce, Taiwan (CNAIC)
Toi Windham, Chair, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Taiwan
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Speakers
FORUM OPENING
Marc Cheng
President, Sino-Franco-Belgian-Swiss Cultural and Economic Association
INTRODUCTION / MODERATOR
Barrett Bingley
Asia Regional Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
OPENING REMARKS: CANADA
Marie-Louise Hannan
Executive Director, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei
LEGISLATOR DISCUSSION
Chak Kwong Au
Member of Canadian Parliament – Richmond Centre
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LEGISLATOR DISCUSSION
Chia-Pin Chung
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator
MODERATOR
Nick Wang
Director, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan
MODERATOR
Dr Lyren Chiu
President, GTMA Canada Global Health Association
PANELLIST
Jane Liao
Former Vice President, CPC Corporation (LNG)
PANELLIST
Venus Chen
Managing Director,British Columbia Taiwan Office
PANELLIST
Zong-Xiang Xie
Chief, Research Division V, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER)
PANELLIST
Pierre Poulain
CEO, Powertech Labs
PANELLIST
Chia-Wei Jui
Director, Research Center for Science and Engineering, CTCI Foundation
PANELLIST
Ming-Shan Jeng
Deputy General Director, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
PANELLIST
Gareth Jones
Director and Advisory Services Leader, Arup
CLOSING REMARKS
Steven Pan
Vice Chairman, Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce, Taiwan (CNAIC)
CLOSING REMARKS
Toi Windham
Chair, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Taiwan
Supporting Partners:
CANADA-IN-ASIA: MOMENTUM TOKYO
Energy and Materials Foundations for Japan's Economic Security
日本の経済安全保障を支えるエネルギー・資源基盤
Canada-in-Asia: Momentum Tokyo closes the 2026 Momentum series with a focus on the energy and materials foundations of Japan's economic security. Japan's semiconductor, electronics, photonics and battery firms make the wafers, chemicals, magnets and optics that global technology runs on, and they import almost every element that goes into them, along with the power to process them. Fabrication is an electricity business before it is a chip business. The supply side is concentrated. METI records that, pre-Iran war, Japan depended on the Middle East for more than 90 per cent of its crude oil imports, and the 2026 Strait of Hormuz disruption turned a structural exposure into an operational one. On materials, the March 2026 Canada-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Roadmap registers both leaders' grave concerns over economic coercion and over export restrictions on critical minerals and establishes a bilateral Economic Security Dialogue on the premise that "economic resilience is vital to both national security and long-term prosperity". Canada has cargoes already sailing and new capacity coming online. LNG, LPG, heavy crude, uranium and small modular reactors, germanium, gallium, indium and rare earth metals: all are goods and services Canada can supply to underwrite Japanese advanced manufacturing. This Momentum event identifies the needs and the pathways for co-operation, three months before CIAC2027 convenes in Singapore. Canada-in-Asia: Momentum Tokyoは、2026年のMomentumシリーズを締めくくるイベントとして、日本の経済安全保障を支えるエネルギーと原材料の基盤に焦点を合わせます。日本の半導体、エレクトロニクス、フォトニクス、バッテリー関連企業は、世界のテクノロジー産業を支えるウエハー、化学品、磁石、光学部品などを製造しています。一方で、これらの製造に必要な原材料のほぼすべてに加え、その加工に必要な電力についても海外からの輸入に大きく依存しています。半導体の製造は、チップを作るビジネスである以前に、電力を必要とする産業です。 供給面での集中も課題となっています。経済産業省（METI）の資料によると、イラン戦争以前、日本は原油輸入の90％以上を中東に依存していました。2026年のホルムズ海峡における混乱は、この構造的な脆弱性を現実の供給リスクへと変化させました。重要資源については、2026年3月に発表されたCanada-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Roadmapにおいて、両国首脳が経済的威圧や重要鉱物の輸出規制に対する重大な懸念を共有するとともに、経済安全保障対話の設置を表明しました。その背景には、「経済的な強靭性は、国家安全保障と長期的な繁栄の双方に不可欠である」との認識があります。 カナダでは、すでに輸送が始まっているエネルギー資源に加え、新たな供給源も稼働し始めています。LNG、LPG、重質原油、ウラン、小型モジュール炉（SMR）、ゲルマニウム、ガリウム、インジウム、レアアースなど、カナダは日本の先端製造業を支えるエネルギー、資源、技術を提供することができます。本Momentumイベントでは、シンガポールで開催されるCIAC2027の3か月前に、日本のニーズと協力に向けた道筋を明らかにします。
Date:
December 7, 2026
2026年12月7日
Venue:
Embassy of Canada in Tokyo
在日カナダ大使館
Time:
1:30 p.m – 5:25 p.m. JST | 13:00 – 17:25
Networking reception to follow
1:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.
2:05 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.
2:25 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
2:40 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Registration | 受付開始
Forum Opening – Event MC | 開会
Introduction to the Canada-in-Asia Conference 2027 and the Momentum Series
Canada-in-Asia Conference 2027およびMomentumシリーズの紹介
Barrett Bingley, Asia Regional Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
バレット・ビングリー（Barrett Bingley）
アジア地域ディレクター、 カナダアジア太平洋財団
Opening Remarks | 開会挨拶
His Excellency Ian G. McKay, Ambassador of Canada to Japan and Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific
イアン・マッケイ（Ian McKay）
Keynote Address: Securing Japan's Industrial Inputs in a Contested Decade
基調講演：競争が激化する10年間における日本の産業資源の確保
Senior Japanese official or business executive | 調整中
Fireside Chat: What Security of Supply Is Worth
対談：安定供給がもたらす価値
Senior Canadian corporate executive or investment banker
Senior Japanese executive
カナダ企業幹部または投資銀行幹部：調整中
日本企業幹部：調整中
Moderator: Dr. Stephen Nagy, Senior Fellow, APF Canada; Professor and Policy Analyst, International Christian University Tokyo
モデレーター：スティーブン・ナギー博士 (Dr. Stephen Nagy)
シニアフェロー, カナダアジア太平洋財団
政治学・国際関係学教授、国際基督教大学
Panel 1: Powering Japanese Industry - LNG, Uranium, Heavy Oil, and LPG
パネル1：日本産業を支えるエネルギー ― LNG、ウラン、重油、LPG
3:05 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Advanced manufacturing is an electricity and molecules business before it is a technology business. This panel brings Canadian suppliers together with Japanese offtakers, traders, refiners and utilities to discuss moving from diversification in principle to diversification in practice: offtake and equity structures for LNG growth projects, uranium supply and small modular reactor co-operation as industrial power policy, refinery compatibility and how to incentivise the upgrades, and the case for lifting Canadian LPG volumes. Panellists will address what Japanese buyers need from Canada on price, term and reliability, and what Canadian producers need from Japan on commitment. Q&A incorporated into the panel session 先端製造業は、テクノロジー産業である以前に、電力と分子を必要とする産業です。本パネルでは、カナダの供給事業者と日本のオフテイカー、トレーダー、精製事業者、電力・ガス事業者が一堂に会し、原則としての「供給源の多様化」から、実際の「供給源の多様化」へと移行するための方策について議論します。LNGの成長プロジェクトにおけるオフテイク契約や出資スキーム、産業用電力政策としてのウラン供給および小型モジュール炉（SMR）に関する協力、製油所との適合性と必要な設備更新を促すための方策、さらにカナダ産LPGの供給量拡大の可能性について取り上げます。 パネリストは、日本の買い手がカナダに求める価格、契約期間、供給安定性について、またカナダの生産者が日本に求めるコミットメントについて議論します。 モデレーター：バレット・ビングリー＋パネリスト4名 Q&A：パネルセッション内で実施
Moderator: Joe Calnan, Senior Fellow, APF Canada; Vice-President, Energy, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
モデレーター：ジョー・カルナン（Joe Calnan）
シニアフェロー, カナダアジア太平洋財団
エネルギー担当副会長、カナダ国際問題研究所
Panellists:
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Veronica Ramrattan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada
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パネリスト1： ベロニカ・ラムラッタン (Veronica Ramrattan)
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カナダ天然資源省、次官補
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Judith Lee, Managing Director and Head of Global Investment Banking Asia, RBC Capital Markets
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パネリスト2： ジュディス・リー (Judith Lee)
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マネージングディレクター兼アジア地域グローバル投資銀行部門責任者、RBCキャピタルマーケッツ
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3:55 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Coffee Break | 休憩
Panel 2: Mine to Fab - Canadian Materials for Japanese Semiconductors, Electronics and Photonics
パネル2：鉱山から製造へ ― 日本の半導体・エレクトロニクス・フォトニクス産業を支えるカナダの原材料
Japan makes the wafers, chemicals, magnets and optics the world's electronics industry runs on, and imports almost every element in them. Drawing on APF Canada's Canada-Indo-Pacific Critical Minerals Hub, this panel examines where Japanese capital, offtake and processing technology can de-risk Canadian midstream capacity in germanium, gallium, indium and rare earth metals, how investment screening and export-control coordination under the Roadmap work for a Japanese board, and which two or three partnership models, equity co-investment, long-term offtake, or joint processing in third markets, deserve priority before CIAC2027. Moderator + 4 panelists Q&A incorporated into the panel session 日本は、世界のエレクトロニクス産業を支えるウエハー、化学品、磁石、光学部品を製造しており、その原材料のほぼすべてを輸入しています。カナダアジア太平洋財団の「Canada-Indo-Pacific Critical Minerals Hub」の取り組みを踏まえ、本パネルでは、ゲルマニウム、ガリウム、インジウム、レアアースのカナダにおける中流工程の供給能力について、日本からの資本、オフテイク、加工技術をどのように活用してリスクを軽減できるかを検討します。また、Roadmapに基づく投資審査や輸出管理の連携が日本企業の取締役会にとってどのように機能するのか、さらにCIAC2027を前に、エクイティ・コインベストメント、長期オフテイク、第三国での共同加工など、どのようなパートナーシップモデルを優先すべきかについて議論します。 モデレーター＋パネリスト4名 Q&A：パネルセッション内に実施
4:15 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
Moderator: Barrett Bingley, Asia Regional Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
モデレーター：バレット・ビングリー（Barrett Bingley）
アジア地域ディレクター、 カナダアジア太平洋財団
5:10 p.m. - 5:25 p.m.
5:25 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Networking Reception at Official Residence
駐日カナダ大使公邸 ネットワーキング・レセプション
Closing Remarks and the Road to CIAC2027 | 閉会挨拶
Speakers
OPENING REMARKS
His Excellency Ian G. McKay
Ambassador of Canada to Japan and Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific
INTRODUCTION / MODERATOR
Barrett Bingley
Asia Regional Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
MODERATOR
Stephen Nagy
Senior Fellow, APF Canada; Professor and Policy Analyst, International Christian University Tokyo
MODERATOR
Joe Calnan
Senior Fellow, APF Canada; Vice-President, Energy, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
PANELLIST
Veronica Ramrattan
Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada
PANELLIST
Judith Lee
Managing Director and Head of Global Investment Banking Asia, RBC Capital Markets
