TORONTO, ON - November 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets will host its annual Transportation and Aerospace Conference on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. This event has been structured to provide investors an opportunity to meet with some of the sector's key decision makers, and includes a new format designed to encourage open discussion. Audio portions of the presentations will be broadcast live on the web beginning at 8:35 a.m. EDT.

Scheduled presenters and times* are:

8:35 a.m.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Keith Creel, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

9:00 a.m.
WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Vito Culmone, Executive Vice President (EVP), Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

9:25 a.m.
Transforce Inc.
Marc Fox, EVP and Brian Kohut, EVP

9:50 a.m.
Canadian National Railway Co.
Claude Mongeau, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

10:25 a.m.
Air Canada
Calin Rovinescu, President and CEO

10:50 a.m.
Bombardier Inc.
Sebastian Mullot, Director, Program Management CSeries, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft

11:15 a.m.
CAE Inc.
Andrew Arnovitz, Vice President (VP) Investor Relations and Strategy

11:40 a.m.
Contrans Group Inc.
Stan Dunford, Chairman and CEO

12:05 p.m.
Chorus Aviation Inc.
Joseph Randell, President and CEO

Listeners may access the conference live via a web audio link at www.gbm.scotiabank.com. The conference will be archived on the Global Banking and Markets website for three months.

* Agenda is subject to change. See www.gbm.scotiabank.com for most current schedule.

Scotiabank's Global Banking and Markets (GBM) division provides corporate and investment banking and capital markets products and services to corporate, institutional and government clients across the globe. GBM has over 30 offices around the world and more than 300 relationship managers, organized around industry specialties. For more information, please visit www.gbm.scotiabank.com.

Scotiabank is a leading multinational financial services provider and Canada's most international bank. With more than 83,000 employees, Scotiabank and its affiliates serve some 21 million customers in more than 55 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a broad range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using CNW. With assets of $743 billion (as at July 31, 2013), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

For further information please contact:
Devinder Lamsar 
(416) 933-1171
devinder.lamsar@scotiabank.com