Time

Activity

Location

11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Registration/information desk

Delta, 2nd floor

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Annual general meeting - all members invited!

Delta, 2nd floor

Kilodonan Room

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Reception & early arrival delegates & guests

Delta, 2nd floor

Campaign B

Time

Activity

Location

6:15 am - 4:00 pm

FEI CANADA & ROBERT HALF GOLF TOURNAMENT

Bridges Golf Course (meet in lobby)

7:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast & early arrival delegates & guests

Delta, 2nd floor

Campaign B

8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Registration/information desk

RBC Convention Centre

2nd Floor Concourse

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

GUEST PROGRAM - Winnipeg City Sightseeing Tour, lunch and Journey to Churchill, Assiniboine Park

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

NEW MEMBER RECEPTION

Delta, 2nd floor

Campaign A

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

WELCOME RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT HALL - All FEI Canada members & guests 

RBC Convention Centre

Meeting rooms 2FGH

Time

Activity

Location

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration/information desk

RBC Convention Centre

2nd Floor Concourse

7:30 am - 8:40 am

BREAKFAST SEMINARS

BMO Financial Group - Managing Treasury Operations Across the U.S. Canadian border

• Hamish Forest, Director & Sales Team Leader, Treasury & Payments Solutions, BMO

IBM Canada - Capitalizing on Transformational Forces: Cloud, Analytics, Mobility and Social Business, to Drive Better Business Outcome

• Xavier Osorio, Performance Management Technical Leader, IBM Canada
  

Kronos - Strategic Workforce Management:  The Current State in Canada, and the Implications

• Romain Charbonneau, M.Sc., President, HR Horizons

RBC Convention Centre

Millennium Suite

Meeting room 2E

Pan Am room

8:45 am - 9:10 am

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

• Bev Davies, 2015 Conference Chair
• Greg Dewar, Minister of Finance, Manitoba
• Michael Conway, FEI Canada, President & CEO

 RBC Convention Centre

Presentation Theatre

9:10 am - 10:00 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Financial leverage: How financial leaders exert strategic influence

• Brian Ferguson, President & CEO,Cenovus Energy
  

 RBC Convention Centre

Presentation Theatre

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Networking Break

RBC Convention Centre

Meeting rooms 2FGH

10:30 am - 11:45 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - CFO Panel

• Moderator: Bruce Waterman, Selection Committee Chair, Canada's CFO of the Year
• Alister Cowan, EVP & CFO, Suncor
• Janice Fukakusa, Chief Administrative Officer & CFO, RBC & Canada's 2014 CFO of the Year Award recipient
• Don Solman, EVP & CFO, Richardson International

 RBC Convention Centre

Presentation Theatre

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

GUEST PROGRAM - The Forks National Historic site, lunch at a French cafe and Winnipeg's French Quarter

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Networking break in Exhibit Hall

 RBC Convention Centre

Meeting rooms 2FGH

11:45 am - 1: 00 pm

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Cash is still king in decision making

• Moderator: Allan Orr, VP Finance, Wolters Kluwers
• Brian Allard, Partner, EY
• John Forester, CFO, DBG Canada
• Angela Lekatsas, VP & treasurer, Agrium

Technology Forum - Social Media

• Moderator: Bill Ross, Business Executive, Vercerta Inc.
• Xerxes Cooper, CFO, IBM Canada
• Randall Craig, Social Media Expert
• Steve Levinson, Managing Director of Security consulting, Online Business Systems

 RBC Convention Centre

Pan am room

RBC Convention Centre

meeting room 2E

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

 RBC Convention Centre

Meeting rooms 2FGH

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Leading practices in implementing Enterprise Risk Management processes

• Moderator: Rob Torok, co-founder and Partner, BetterVu
• James Barr, Associate Partner, KPMG
• Steve Mallory, Chair - Governance, Risk & Strategy, VIA Rail Canada

Controllers' roundtable: What keeps controllers up at night?

Moderator: Susan Campbell, VP Finance, Cineplex Entertainment

• Gord Dowhan, Vice-President  Corporate Financial Reporting Great-West Lifeco Inc
• Janice Rath, Partner,  EY
• Anthony Scilipoti, President & CEO, Veritas Investment Research Corporation
  

 RBC Convention Centre]

Pan Am room

RBC Convention Centre

Meeting room 2E

RBC Convention Centre

Millennium room

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Leading multi-generational workforces

• Stephen Liptrap, EVP, Morneau Shepell

 RBC Convention Centre

Presentation Theatre

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECEPTION in Exhibit Hall

 RBC Convention Centre

Meeting rooms 2FGH

5:45 pm - 6:00 pm

Depart for gala evening

 Delta hotel lobby

6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

AN EVENING OF INSPIRATION -Tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Keynote presentation and gala dinner

Miracle at the Forks: How we reached for the stars withThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights 

• Gail Asper, President and Trustee, The Asper Foundation and board member of The Canadian Museum for Human Rights 

 Canadian Musuem for Human Rights

Time

Activity

Location

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration/information desk

 RBC Convention Centre

2nd floor concourse

7:30 am - 8:40 am

BREAKFAST SEMINARS

Eagle Professional Resources

• Kevin Dee, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Eagle Professional Resources

Xerox Canada

 RBC Convention Centre

Millennium Suite

Meeting room 2E

Pan Am room

8:45 am - 9:00 am

WELCOME REMARKS

• Michael Conway, FEI Canada President & CEO
• Bev Davies, 2015 Conference Chair

 RBC Convention Centre

Presentation Theatre

9:00 am - 10:00 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Successfully doing business with the Aboriginal Community

• Moderator: Scott Reeves, Partner, Tingle Merrett
• Ian Anderson, President, Kinder Morgan Canada
• Joe Dion, Chairman & CEO, Frog Lake Energy Resources
• Jean-Paul Gladu, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

 RBC Convention Centre

Presentation Theatre

10:00 am - 10:15 am

 Exhibit Hall Prizes

RBC Convention Centre

Meeting rooms 2FGH

10:15 am - 10:45 am

Exhibit Hall Break

 RBC Convention Centre

Meeting rooms 2FGH

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

GUEST PROGRAM
Hermetic Code Tour of the Manitoba Legislative Building

10:45 am -12:00 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Economic Outlook for 2015 and beyond

• Moderator: Dean Newman, Managing Principal, Cresa Partners
• Dawn Desjardins, Deputy Chief Economist, RBC
• Todd Hirsch, Chief Economist, Alberta Treasury Branch

 RBC Convention Centre

Presentation Theatre

12:00 pm - 1:15  pm

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
The role of finance leaders in fostering innovation

• Moderator: Glenn Kerrick, CEO, Alma CG

• Marilyn Barefoot, President, Barefoot Brainstorming
• Andrew Miller, President, ACM Consulting

Communicating the pillars of sustainability

• Moderator: Lisa Dorian, Managing Director, North America, MDA Training
• Rob Malli, CFO & VP Corporate Services, Edmonton Regional Airports Authority
• Sharon Mathers, SVP Communications and Public Affairs, CIBC
• Bill Murphy, National Partner, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, KPMG LLP

 RBC Convention Centre

Pan Am room

RBC Convention Centre

Meeting room 2E

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

CLOSING LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• James Robbins, Leadership Trainer and Motivational Speaker & Founder, The Robbins Group

Delta Hotel, 2nd Floor

Grand Ballroom ABC

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm

DOOR PRIZES AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

 Delta Hotel, 2nd Floor

Grand Ballroom ABC