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    Wednesday June 14

  • 9:00 a.m.

    • Conference Opening

    • Welcome Remarks

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

  • 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

  • 11:30 a.m.

    • Virtual Session

    • BALANCING PURPOSE AND PROSPERITY IN A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY

      • Char Love
        Global Director of Advocacy, Natura &Co; Executive-in-Residence at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

  • 11:50 a.m.

    • Virtual Session

    • LEADERSHIP STYLE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

      • Karl Moore, Ph.D
        Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Green Templeton College, Oxford University

  • 12:30 p.m.

    • BREAK

  • 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.

    • Virtual Session

    • THE INTERGENERATIONAL BOARDROOM – ALIGNING CULTURAL DYNAMICS FOR A THRIVING ORGANIZATION

      • Michael Katchen
        Co-Founder and CEO, Wealthsimple
      • Jean St-Gelais
        Chair, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Beneva
      • Kimberly A. Keating P. Eng, MBA, FCAE, ICD.D
        Chair Major Drilling Inc.; Director, Drax Group Plc.
      • Amanda Lang
        Host of Taking Stock, Bell Media

  • 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, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., 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