Hosted by the Toronto Chapter, the 2019 FEI Canada Annual Conference being held in beautiful, Blue Mountain, Ontario promises to be one of the biggest and best conferences in FEI Canada history. With an incredible line up of speakers already confirmed and many more in the pipeline, this event, which is Canada’s largest gathering of senior financial executives, is not one to be missed.
11:00 am – 6:30 pm
Registration / Information Desk
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Annual General Meeting
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Early Arrival Reception – Guests welcome
6:30 am – 3:30 pm
Golf Tournament
Sponsored by:
8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Registration / Information Desk
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Early Arrival Breakfast
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Wine tasting & food pairing (ticket event)
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
New Member Reception and FEI Young Luminaries Ceremony
Sponsored by:
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by:
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
CFO Leadership Beyond Finance Alumni Dinner
Sponsored by:
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration / Information Desk
7:30 am – 8:40 am
BREAKFAST SEMINARS
Sponsored by:
American Express
Canadian Payroll Association
Certent
Optis Consulting
7:30 am – 8:40 am
Continental breakfast for guests and delegates
Exhibit Hall
8:45 am – 9:05 am
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
Russ Wong Chair 2019 Conference
Pete Pigott President & CEO, FEI Canada
9:10 am – 10:20 am
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Canada: Coast to Coast to Coast
Rick Mercer Author and Host of The Rick Mercer Report for 15 years
10:20 pm – 10:50 am
Networking break
Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Scandinave Spa at Blue Mountain (ticket event)
10:50 am – 11:30 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Canada 2030 – The Defining Forces Disrupting Business
Jane Cooper Senior Research Associate, Conference Board of Canada
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
CFO PANEL
Disrupted Industries
Moderator: Martin Fox Managing Director, Canada with Robert Walters
Darlene Dasent CFO, University Health Network
Gord Nelson CFO, Cineplex
Judith Purves EVP & CFO, CBC / Radio-Canada
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Luncheon
Exhibit Hall
1:35 pm – 2:35 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Disrupted Cities / Smart Cities
Moderator: Jamie Grossman Managing Principal, Broker, Cresa
Jennifer Reynolds President & CEO, Toronto Finance International
Paul Sywulych VP Digital Innovation, Morneau Shepell
Lisa Taylor CFO, Waterfront Toronto
Leslie Woo Chief Development Officer (CDO), Metrolinx
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Exhibit Hall
6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
PAINT THE TOWN FEI BLUE
Main Street Blue Mountain Village
Sponsored by:
10:00 pm – 12:30 am
AFTER PARTY
Rusty’s at Blue
Co-sponsored by:
7:00 am – 2:00 pm
Registration / Information Desk
7:30 am – 8:40 am
BREAKFAST SEMINARS
Sponsored by:
Prophix
Ricoh
SunLife Financial
7:30 am – 8:40 am
Continental breakfast for guests and delegates
Exhibit Hall
8:45 am – 9:00 am
WELCOME REMARKS
Russ Wong, Chair, 2019 Conference
Carl Gauvreau, Chair, FEI Canada, 2018-2019
Nicole Archibald, Chair, FEI Canada, 2019-2020
Pete Pigott, President & CEO, FEI Canada
9:00 am – 9:30 am
LAUNCH
featuring Pete Pigott & friends
9:30 am – 10:30 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
FEI CANADA TALKS
Lifecycle of a Senior Financial Executive
Moderator: Davinder Valeri Director – Strategy, Risk & Performance, CPA Canada
Amelie Fabian Staff Accountant, Deloitte
Alex Kwong, Co-founder & CFO, Crowdlinker Inc. and protégé with FEI Young Luminaries
Sunil Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, Trophy Foods and mentor with FEI Young Luminaries
Bruce Waterman, Corporate Director, Former Canada’s CFO Of the Year and Executive in Residence for the FEI Canada CFO Leadership Program.
10:30 am – 10:45 am
EXHIBITOR PRIZE DRAWS
Plenary Room
10:45 am – 11:15 am
Networking break
Exhibit Hall
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Disruptors
Moderator: Dan Wesley, Chief Technology Officer – North America, Workday
Daniel Dubois, Serial Entrepreneur, Former Airbnb, Co-Founder & President, ShareShed + Guiides.com
Leen Li, CFO, Wealthsimple
Perry Monaco, Head of Customer Success – Canada and New Business, LinkedIn
Daniel Valentini, Sr. Operations Manager, Uber Canada
12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1:20 pm – 2:50 pm
CLOSING LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Alan Cross, Broadcaster
2:50 pm – 3:00 pm
CLOSING REMARKS, DRAW PRIZES & LAUNCH OF 2020 CONFERENCE
11:00 am – 6:30 pm
Registration / Information Desk
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Early Arrival Reception – Guests welcome
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Early Arrival Breakfast
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Wine tasting & food pairing (ticket event)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by:
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration / Information Desk
7:30 am – 8:40 am
Continental breakfast for guests and delegates
Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Scandinave Spa at Blue Mountain (ticket event)
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
PAINT THE TOWN FEI BLUE
Main Street Blue Mountain Village
Sponsored by:
10:00 pm – 12:30 am
AFTER PARTY
Rusty’s at Blue
Co-sponsored by:
7:00 am – 2:00 pm
Registration / Information Desk
7:30 am – 8:40 am
Continental breakfast for guests and delegates
Exhibit Hall
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
CLOSING LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
"Lots of excellent content. Conference was very well rounded and the theme was exceptionally well integrated."
"Well done. Bravo. This was high quality and very well organized. I have been to a lot of conferences in my career and don’t often say - This exceeded my expectations and delivered what was advertised."
