Health, Safety and Innovation for Smart Borders

At its height, international trade across the Canada/U.S. border reached $800 billion a year, with more than 300,000 people crossing the border daily. Then the COVID-19 pandemic happened, severely impacting trade and travel.

This timely panel explores how we can expand border cooperation and use improvements in technology, processes, facilities and innovation to drive economic recovery and prosperity and ensure the safe and secure flow of goods and people across the Canada/U.S. border.

Moderator: Matt Morrison, CEO, Pacific NorthWest Economic Region

Panelists:

• Gerry Bruno, Executive Advisor, YVR
• Solomon Wong, President & CEO, InterVISTAS
• Laurie Trautman, Director, Border Policy Research Institute, WWU