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The 2023 ICD National Director Conference brings together the best in governance thought-leadership to address how directors must embrace challenge and change to lead thriving organizations in a rapidly evolving world.
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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.
Sponsored by
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.
Sponsored by
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.
Sponsored by
CLOSING QUEBEC CHAPTER BREAKFAST
8:30 a.m.
BREAKFAST KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Geneviève Fortier
Chief Executive Officer, Promutuel Assurance and Chair, Investissement Québec