2014 Annual Conference

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BREAKFAST SEMINARS

How to Measure HR: What every Financial Executive Needs to Know Slides

• Rob Rose, Product Manager of the Dayforce portfolio of products, Ceridian

Accelerating Financial Performance with Analytics

• Connie Bonello, Financial Services Executive, IBM Canada Global Business Services

Remote Deposit Capture Slides

• Rob Palmer, Team Lead for North Americian Remittance and Image Solutions, BMO Financial Group

Expanding Overseas? Slides

• Chris Timbrell, Director, International Financing - Small & Mid Markets, Export Development Canada

KEYNOTES

Board Expecations of a CFO

• Maureen Sabia, O.C., J.D, Chairman of Canadian Tire - no slides

Diversity - When Talent Rises to the top Everyone Wins

• Moderator: Mary Lou Maher, Chief Diversity Partner, KPMG
• Eileen Mercier, Chair, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
• Carolyn Lawrence, President & CEO of Women of Influence Inc.
• Alex Johnston, Catalyst Canada Executive Director,
• Maureen Jensen,  Executive Director, Ontario Securities Commission

Innovation

• Moderator: Tim Zahavich,Vice Chair, FEI Canada
• Dan Fortin, President, IBM Canada
• Glenn Kerrick, President & CEO, Alma CG
• Michel Levasseur, VP Finance & Administration, Vortex Aquatic Structures International

Branding the CFO

• Brian Lawson, CFO Brookfield Asset Management & Canada’s CFO of the Year 2013
• JP Lacroix, President, Shikatani Lacroix

• Jim Leech, former President & CEO, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
• Bill Morneau, Executive Chairman, Morneau Shepell

The Leadership Contract

• Vince Molinaro, Global Managing Director - Leadership Practice, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions

CONCURRENTS

 Designing and implementing an effective strategic planning process

• Moderator: Laurie Tugman, Chairman, Nexterra, Financial Service
• Bill Ross, Business Executive, Vercerta, Enbridge
• Dean McCann, Executive Vice-President and CFO, Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.
• Stuart Morley, Partner, The MBO Group
  

Financing, from working capital to debt and equity - planning for success

• Moderator: Tyrone Cotie, Treasurer, Clearwater Seafoods 
• John Forester, CFO, DBG Canada
• Tim MacDonald, Partner, Transaction Advisory Services, EY Canada
• Tim Samis, Director, CIBC Asset-Based Lending, CIBC

Focus on economics - U.S. quantitative easing free trade with Europe and China - impact on Canadian business

• Moderator: Dean Newman, Cresa Partners Toronto, Inc.
• Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC World Markets Inc.
• Douglas Porter, Chief Economist and Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets
• Craig Alexander, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, TD Bank Group

Managing communications, including a crisis

• Moderator: Christian Bellavance, Vice President of Communications, FEI Canada
• Prof. Terry Flynn, Professor, McMaster University, Past President Of Canadian Public Relations Society
• Jim Feeny, Director, Public & Government Affairs, CN Railway
• Kevin Winterfield,Social Business Manager, IBM
  

Controllers` roundtable - no slides

• Rinna Sak, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
• Karyn Brooks, SVP BCE and Bell (ret.)
• Susan Campbell, Vice President Finance, Cineplex Entertainment Inc.

Managing risk - how to add value to your business

• Moderator: Lisa Dorian, MDA Training
• Peter Heimler, KPMG, LLP
• David McGraw, CFO, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
• Steven Leo, Director IBM, Global Technology Services