Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 | Algonquin College, Ottawa

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2012 Conference Agenda: Plenary

Theme

Transformational Leadership - Management for Change

Content

Time

Title

Registration & Networking

7:00 to 8:00

 

Introduction

8:00 to 8:15

President of Algonquin College

Kent MacDonald

Session #1

8:15 to 9:10

Doing More With Less - How to Capitalize on Shifting Boundaries in Corporate Responsibility
Keynote Speaker: Bruce Piasecki , President and Founder, AHC Group

Session #2

9:10 to 10:05

Leadership and Climate Change – The Frog in the Hot Water Effect

Keynote Speaker: Tom Rand; Managing Director, MaRS Cleantech Fund I LP

Break

10:05 to 10:20

 

Session #3

10:20 to 11:15

The Power of Consumers to Drive Sustainability & Create Impact

Keynote Speaker: Claude Ouimet; Senior VP and GM for Interface Canada and Latin America; InterfaceFLOR

Session #4

11:15 to 12:10

Empowering Change: Harnessing the Power of the Millennial Generation

Moderator: David Coletto; CEO Abacus Data Inc. and CanadianMillennials.ca

Lunch

12:10 to 1:10

 

Session #5

1:10 to 2:05

Doing well by Doing Good

Keynote Speaker: Andreas Souvaliotis; Social Entrepreneur

Session #6

2:05 to 3:00

New Priorities- Managing Sustainability in the Electrical & Electronics Industry

Moderator:  John Jefkins, Director, Marketing & Communications; Electro-Federation Canada

Break

3:00 to 3:15

 

Session #7

3:15 to 4:10

Changing Investment Landscape - Impact Investing Innovations

Moderator: Chris Henderson, President Lumos Energy & CAFÉ Impact Investing

Session #8

4:10 to 5:00

Changing Relationships - Corporate, Community, & Youth Innovative Engagement Models

Moderator: David Pell, President, StreetKids.ORG

Theme

Transformational Leadership - Management for Change

Content

Time

Title

Stream 1

Workshop #1

10am - 12pm

Co-Creating the Ottawa Centre Eco-District

Moderator: Don Grant, MAIS, Chair of Sustainable Enterprise Alliance

Workshop #2

1pm - 2pm

“Good Business Makes a Social Difference: Findings from Corporate Experience”

Gerald Bresnick and Alcide DeGagné

Workshop #3

3pm - 4pm

Backcasting From Sustainability:  the value of knowing what’s left to be done

 

John Purkis, Senior Sustainability Advisor., The Natural Step Canada

Stream 2

Workshop 4

9am - 10am

Building the pan-Canadian research agenda in support of the health of our military, Veterans and their families

Moderator: Dr. Alice B. Aiken, CD, PhD Director; Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research

Workshop 5

11am - 12pm

"Business, Government and Communities - Partnerships for Shared Value"

Gerald Bresnick

Workshop 6

1pm - 2pm

Making the Connection: Catalyzing Individual, Family & Business Action on the Environment

Moderator: Stuart Hickox, Executive Director, One Change

Workshop 7

3pm - 4pm

What Makes Work Meaningful?
Hilary Samuel

 

Youth Social Enterprise Showcase and Awards

Time

Activity

 

Social

10:00am – 4:00pm

Lizards' Den Competition

      • Presentations - Age 8-12 - 10:00am to11:00am
      • Presentations - Age 13-17 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
      • Presentations - Age 18-25 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

4:30pm – 5:30pm

Award Presentations

  • Youth Social Entrepreneur awards
  • Lizards' Den Participant Recognition and Award Presentation

 

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