About this Event
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 15:00 – 20:00
15:00 – 16:00 | Registration and Welcome
16:00 – 16:30 | Opening Ceremony | Official photo with dignitaries | Tour of booths and art exhibition. Featuring:
- Carlos Joaquín González (Mexican Ambassador to Canada),
- Manuel Camacho (CEO Link Education and Travel),
- Francisco Solorio (Director of Expo Mexico Mujer),
- Josefina Lombard (Director of Mexican Council of Foreign Service South Region),
- Verónica Téllez Ponce (Global Pact of Female Leaders), and His Worship Mark Sutcliffe (Mayor of Ottawa).
16:30 – 16:45 | Presentation of the Ottawa 200th Anniversary Mural Project - Ingrid Berlanga (Cultural Attaché of Mexico) and artist Leopoldina Mikaela
16:45 – 17:00 | Presentation of the Huamantla carpet elaboration project by artist Abel Salazar Crisóstomo
17:00 – 17:40 | Panel Discussion “Discover Mexico. A Gateway to Culture, Tourism, and Trade” Embassy of Mexico, COMCE, and PGML | Moderator: LET Group
18:15 – 18:45 | Art, Education & Human Rights: Creating Opportunity, Belonging, and a Better Future by María Teresa López Aburto, Technological Institute of Puebla
19:00 – 20:00 | Mexican Fashion Show
Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 10:00 – 19:00
10:00 | Commercial opening of the Expo
10:00 – 16:00 | Collective mural workshop by Leopoldina Mikaela
11:00 – 11:45 | Conference “Women Driving the Future of Tourism & Technology” by Margarita Carbajal, President of the National Federation of Tourism Entrepreneurs (FETUR Nacional)
12:00 – 12:45 | Workshop and tasting: “Traditional cocoa-based beverages” by Cacao Révolution
13:00 – 13:30 | Conference “Women´s Economic Empowerment: Public Policies, Entrepreneurship, and Social Transformation”, Congresswoman Daniela Mier Bañuelos
13:45 – 14:15 | Panel Discussion: "Women Leading Change: Entrepreneurship, Public Policy & Cross-Border Opportunities", Luis Antonio Muñoz (business leaders from Puebla)
14:20 – 14:45 | Singer María María - “ranchero” singer
15:00 – 16:00 | Mexican Ballet of Montreal
16:15 – 16:45 | Lecture “From connections to real opportunities: Building trust beyond selling” by Ana Piña, CEO of Amarilis Flowers and founder of Latinas Creciendo Juntas
17:30 – 19:00 | Mexican fashion show
Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 10:00 – 19:00
10:00 | Commercial opening of the Expo
10:00 – 16:00 | Collective mural workshop | Leopoldina Mikaela, M.A.
10:30 – 11:00 | Lecture “The Human Advantage: What AI Can’t Replace” by Ximena Zambrana, Director of Impulso Latino and Vital Dignity
11:00 – 11:45 | Conference "The impact of social enterprise" by Ana Yolanda, Director of Pan que Ayuda
12:00 – 12:45 | Lecture "Global Threads: How Mexican Heritage Textiles are Shaping of Fashion in Canada" by Gloria Rosado, General Director "Fusion Québec" and producer of "The First Women Who Broke The Crystal Ceiling"
13:00 – 14:15 | Folkloric dance and baile de la silla (chair dance) workshop | Zuleyka Erazo, Viva México Ottawa
14:30 – 16:00 | Mexican fashion show
16:00 – 17:00 | Mariachi Salinas
17:30 – 18:00 | Presentation of the mural – Leopoldina Mikaela
18:00 | Closing ceremony. Awards presentation.
19:00 | End of event
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Patricia Way, Ottawa, Canada
CAD 0.00
