Program Agenda 2012 <strong>FEI</strong> CANADA CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 7 7:00 am – 4:30 pm Registration/Information Desk Open 7:15 am – 8:30 am Breakfast Seminar A: IBM <strong>Canada</strong> Ltd: Mining Growth with Business Analytics • James Moffat, National Sales Manager of Business Analytics for IBM software group • David Pratt, Business Intelligence & Performance Management Service Area Leader, IBM Breakfast Seminar B: BMO Financial Group: Trends, strategies and solutions changing the world of B2B payments and working capital in North America. • Doug MacCallum, Managing Director, BMO Spend and Payment Solutions Breakfast Seminar C: Tata Consultancy Services: TBA 8:45 am – 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks • Michael Conway, Chief Executive & National President • Maureen Sullivan, 2012 Conference Chair 9:00 am – 9:45 am Opening Keynote Address: How healthy are the banks globally? Robert P. Kelly, former Chairman & CEO, BNY Mellon and currently Chancellor, <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s University 9:45 am – 11:00 am Keynote Address: Newfoundland Resource Panel • Elizabeth Beale, President & CEO, Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (Moderator) • Meg O'Neil, President, ExxonMobil <strong>Canada</strong> • Rajesh Sharma, CEO & Managing Director, Tata <strong>St</strong>eel Minerals <strong>Canada</strong> Ltd. • Derrick <strong>St</strong>urge, VP Finance & CFO Nalcor Energy 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Optional Activity: Intended for guests • Birds, Bergs, and The Irish Shore 11:00 am – 11:40 am Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 11:40 am – 12:50 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 1 • <strong>St</strong>ream A: Optimizing business in real time • Dave Porter, Director, Value Engineering, SAP <strong>Canada</strong> Inc. (Moderator) • David Anderson, EVP & CFO, CGI Group Inc. • Kay Brekken, CFO, Indigo Books CONCURRENT SESSION STREAMS A: Large company issues B: Small and medium-sized enterprise issues C: CFO Leadership issues • <strong>St</strong>ream B: Business succession planning – the next steps • Ross Campbell, Managing Partner, The MBO Group (Moderator) • Bill Brushett, National Clients and Services Partner, Grant Thornton LLP • Paul McDonald, Executive Director, Robert Half Management Resources • <strong>St</strong>ream C: Social media: Ignore it at our own peril • Lisa Dorian, President, MDA Training (Moderator) • Ron Budreau, Director, Microsoft Dynamics • David Florio, Partner, Business Risk Services, Grant Thornton LLP • Lyle Wetsch, Associate Professor of Marketing, Memorial University CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE...