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    Tuesday, June 13th

  • 5:00 p.m.

    • Sponsored by

    • ICD.D NETWORKING PRE-RECEPTION

      The Windsor Ballrooms, 1170 Rue Peel #110, Montréal, QC H3B 0A9

  • 6:00 p.m.

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    • 6:00 p.m.

      WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION

    • Wednesday, June 14th

  • 7:30 a.m. ET

    • REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST

      Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel - 1201 René Levesque West, H3B2L7 Montreal, Canada

  • 9:00 a.m.

    • Conference Opening

    • Welcome Remarks

      • Rahul K. Bhardwaj LL.B, ICD.D
        President and CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors

  • 9:15 a.m.

    • CO-CHAIR INTRODUCTION AND QUEBEC 20TH ANNIVERSARY COMMENT

  • 9:25 a.m.

    • KEYNOTE

    • GOVERNING IN AN AGE OF ECONOMIC LOCALIZATION

      • Rana Foroohar
        Global Business Columnist, Associate Editor, Financial Times; Author, “Homecoming: The Path To Prosperity In A Post-Global World”

  • 10:00 a.m.

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    • PLENARY

    • NAVIGATING GEOPOLITICAL AND TRADE UNCERTAINTY

      • Pedro Antunes
        Chief Economist, The Conference Board of Canada
      • The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew
        Chair, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
      • Indira Samarasekera PhD, FRSC, FCAE, DSc, OC
        Director, Magna International Inc., TC Energy Corporation, Stelco Holdings Inc.
      • Heather Scoffield
        Senior Vice-President of Strategy, Business Council of Canada

  • 10:30 a.m.

    • BREAK

  • 10:45 a.m.

    • PLENARY

    • CREATING VALUE THROUGH INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIPS – ROLE OF THE BOARD

      • Cherie Brant ICD.D
        Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP; Director, TD, Hydro One, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
      • Collette Brown-Rodriguez
        Director, Community & Tribal Relations, Avantus; Director, Apollo Silver Corp.
      • Ricky Fontaine C. Adm., CAFM, C. Dir.
        Senior Partner, RGL Fontaine
      • Mark Podlasly
        Chief Sustainability Officer, First Nations Major Project Coalition; Director, Hydro One; Chair, First Nations Ltd Partnership; Member, Indigenous Advisory Council, CN

  • 11:20 a.m.

    • BREAK

  • 11:30 a.m.

    • MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS

    • BREAKOUT 1:

      The Board’s Roadmap in Sustainability Reporting

      • Michael Jantzi
        International Standards Sustainability Board Member
      • Bertrand Millot MSc Eng, MBA, ICD.D
        Head of Sustainability, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec 
      • Sarah Thompson
        Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, RBC Capital Markets
      • Anne-Marie Hubert C.M., C.Q., FCPA
        Member of Transition Committee, ISSB Office Canada; Member of Canadian Leadership Team, EY; Chair, Human Technology Foundation (Canada); Director, Montréal International, Québec Artificial Intelligence Institute (MILA)
    • BREAKOUT 2:

      Oversight of Emerging Supply Chain Risks


       
      • Brenda J. Eprile ICD.D, FCPA
        Director, Assuris (Canada)
      • Martin Imbleau
        President and Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Port Authority
      • Duncan Wood PhD
        Vice President for Strategy and New Initiatives, Wilson Center; Senior Advisor, Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute
    • BREAKOUT 3:

      Leading Digital Transformation from the Boardroom

      FRENCH
      • Nicolas Darveau-Garneau
        Director, TMX Group, iA Financial Group; Ex-Chief Evangelist, Google
      • Caroline Roy
        Vice President Digital and Special Projects, National Bank of Canada
      • Paul Raymond
        President and Chief Executive Officer, Alithya

  • 12:30 p.m.

    • BREAK

  • 12:40 p.m.

    • LUNCH

    • DIRECTOR DILEMMA

      • Richard C. Powers
        National Academic Director, Director Education Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
      • Michael Parent PH.D, ICD.D
        Professor, Segal Graduate School, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University

  • 2:10 p.m.

    • KEYNOTE


       

    • THINKING LIKE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST: A NEW LENS ON THE FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE

      • Gillian Tett
        Chairman, US Editorial Board and America Editor-at-Large, Financial Times; Author, “Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life”

  • 2:45 p.m.

    • BREAK

  • 2:55 p.m.

    • AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS

    • BREAKOUT 1:

      Driving EDI – Considerations for the Boardroom

      • Stephanie Hollinger
        Vice President on ISS Corporate Solutions’ (ICS)
      • Alison Nankivell
        Senior Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling, BDC
      • Thierry Dorval LL.D.
        Senior Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Director, Scale.Ai, Alloprof
    • BREAKOUT 2:

      The Leader of the Future – What Will it Take?

      FRENCH
      • Francois Lafortune
        Co-Founder and CEO, Diagram
      • Monique Leroux C.M., O.Q., FCPA, F.ICD
        Corporate Director; Former Chair of the Board and CEO, Desjardins Group
      • Hubert T. Lacroix
        Strategic Counsel, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
    • BREAKOUT 3:

      New Developments in AI - Governance Implications


       
      • Tony Gaffney ICD.D
        President and CEO, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
      • Terrie-Lynne Devonish
        Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Altus Group Limited
      • Jonathan Rosenbluth
        Director of Product Strategy, Cohere

  • 3:55 p.m.

    • BREAK

  • 4:05 p.m.

    • PLENARY

    • THE EVOLUTION OF ESG AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTING

      • W. Anita Braha LLB, ICD.D
        Chair, Vancity Community Investment Bank
      • James C. Cherry FCPA, FCA
        Director, Cogeco Communications Inc., AviAlliance
      • Marcia Moffat
        Managing Director, Country Head of Canada, BlackRock
      • Milla Craig BBA, SIPC
        President and CEO, Millani Inc.; Director, Responsible Investment Association and Chair of the Nomination Committee; Co-Chair, Steering Committee, Finance and Sustainability Initiative, Finance Montréal

  • 4:40 p.m.

    • PLENARY

    • HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CHAIRS - LEADING INSIGHTS

      • Jacynthe Côté ICD.D
        Chair, Royal Bank of Canada, Hydro-Quebec, Alloprof; Director, Transcontinental Inc., Finning International Inc
      • Isabelle Courville F.ICD
        Chair, Canadian Pacific Railway; Director, Veolia Environnement
      • Jo Mark Zurel FCPA FCA, ICD.D
        Chair, Fortis Inc; Director, Major Drilling, Highland Copper, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
      • Estelle Métayer
        President, Competia; Chair, Nortera; Corporate Director, BRP inc, Martur Fompak, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Audemars Piguet.

  • 5:15 p.m.

    • Conference Closing

    • Conference Remarks

      • Rahul K. Bhardwaj LL.B, ICD.D
        President and CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors

    • Thursday, June 15th

  • 8:00 a.m.

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    • CLOSING QUEBEC CHAPTER BREAKFAST

    • 8:30 a.m.

      BREAKFAST KEYNOTE ADDRESS

      • Geneviève Fortier
        Chief Executive Officer, Promutuel Assurance and Chair, Investissement Québec