MARCH 2, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
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VIRTUAL ALL-DAY EVENT
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10:00 a.m. EST |
Welcome
Speakers:
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Negash Haile, MC, Director of Economic Analysis and
Modelling at Infrastructure Canada
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Giles Gherson, IPAC President
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Alia Kamlani, Partner, Human & Social Services
Transformation Leader, Deloitte Canada
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10:15 a.m. EST |
Politics: A Return to Civility, What would it Take?
In the past few years many political figures tend to engage in
angry partisan accusatory exchanges; name-calling rather than
thoughtful debates about solutions for the complicated
challenges facing the country. Most Canadians lament the
current crisis and lack of ideas-based debate, and many have
tuned out. Yet there is a belief in professional political
circles that the divide and conquer approach, rather than
working cohesively with one another, wins elections. But at
what cost? This leads to concerns that too many of those
serving in and seeking elected office are willing to scrap
centuries-old democracy principals by pursuing division and
exclusion to the detriment of sound practical progress for
Canadians. Many accomplished and qualified Canadians who might
consider a career in politics have simply opted out.
How can we combat and possibly turn back these alarming
trends? How can we make politics civil and productive - and an
attractive calling again? How can we get more diverse &
informed voices heard in a healthy and positive way? Join
former politicians and activists, Peter MacKay, Kathleen Monk,
Martha Hall Findlay, and Leona Alleslev as they discuss these
questions, and the topic of leading Canadian politics back
into a healthier democratic direction and turning away from
decades of division.
Speakers:
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Martha Hall Findlay
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Leona Alleslev, executive leader, entrepreneur and
former politician & military officer
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Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner, Monk +
Associates
Moderator:
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Peter MacKay, Strategic Advisor, Deloitte Canada
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11:15 a.m. EST |
Where did the workers go? Understanding Canada's Labour
Shortage.
After the pandemic lockdowns, where did all the workers go?
This is one of the most common questions we hear from
government, business, and institutional leaders. Decision
makers consistently indicate that their primary concern is
managing labour and skills shortages. They fear that labour
scarcity may persist in a recession or re-emerge as a dominant
issue once the economy strengthens again. This session will
explore how our labour market is changing and what governments
can do to ensure that we have the talent we need to drive our
economic growth.
Sponsored by
Speakers:
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Trevin Stratton, National Leader and Partner, Economic
Advisory, Deloitte Canada
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Nancy Healey, Commissioner of Employers, Canada
Employment Insurance Commission (CEIC)
Moderator:
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Georgina Black, Vice Chair & Canadian Managing Partner,
Government, Public Services, Health & Life Sciences,
Deloitte
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12:15 p.m. EST |
Break
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12:30 p.m. EST
Breakouts
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Ambiguity, meet clarity: How to lead a successful
transformation
Sponsored by
Public sector organizations are becoming more digitally advanced
and customer-centric, so transformation is on the leadership
agenda. But transformation is not easy – it requires careful
planning, strong stakeholder alignment, fit-for-purpose
governance, and a suitable transformation lead. Drawing on their
experience leading successful – and not-so-successful –
transformations, our panelists will explore what skills they
want in a transformation lead, how a leader’s focus should
change across a transformation, when leaders should lean in or
step back and who they should rely on when things go wrong.
By the end of this session you will know:
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The four key considerations as you embark on a
transformation
- The key roles of a transformation program
- how to solve problems when things go off track
Speakers:
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Aaron Jaffery, Director General of Client Experience,
Department of Employment and Social Development,
Government of Canada
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Adil Khalfan, Chief Executive Officer, Kensington Health
and former Senior Vice President Health System Performance
and Support at Ontario Health
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Mohammad Qureshi, Corporate Chief Information Officer for
the Government of Ontario
Moderator:
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Kelly Rowe, Principal, Government Practice Lead, Nous
Group
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The Future of Government
Sponsored by
How might governments pivot from short-term political objectives
to resilience-planning and longer-term solutions?
The role of government in society is rapidly evolving as the
world we live in changes due to a myriad of emerging
developments including economic crises, shifting workforce,
geopolitical unrest, climate change, the rise of exponential
technologies. This session will explore a series of provocations
that may confront policymakers in the next 5, 10, 15+ years and
will offer recommendations to help governments become
future-ready.
Speakers:
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Adithi Pandit, Partner, Strategy & Business Design,
Deloitte New Zealand
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Shannon Lundquist, Federal Account Leader, Deloitte
Canada
Moderator:
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Michael Wernick, Adjunct Professor, Carleton University
School of Public Policy and Administration
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Putting Data to Work... for the people
Sponsored by
Today, in public and private sector, people walk by problems
every day that can be solved with technology or made more
efficient. So what's stopping most every business or government
from achieving all that can be achieved with such a plethora of
data? In short, there's an imbalance in the data understanding
equation, and this leads to the price of not knowing. What's the
price of not knowing? Efficiency, lives saved, better roads, a
better environment, better services for the citizenry... among
others. Tune into this session and hear how to tilt this
equation in your favour and all the things government agencies
can do when they understand more, not just collect more.
Speakers:
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John Roberts, Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of
Ontario
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Romelia Flores, Distinguished Engineer (DE) & Master
Inventor, IBM Client Engineering
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Paul Zikopoulos, Vice President, IBM Technology Sales -
Skills Vitality & Enablement
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James Stritzinger, Director, SC Broadband Office, SC
Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS)
Moderator:
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Tim Paydos, Vice President & General Manager, IBM Global
Government
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1:30 p.m. EST |
Break
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1:45 p.m. EST
Breakouts
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COP15/COP27 – From Commitments to Action
Sponsored by
What are the positive signs of change emerging from COP27 that
policymakers must heed to accelerate climate action in advance
of COP28 next fall? Billed as the “Climate Implementation
Summit”, COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, did not fully seize
the moment in transitioning climate commitments to meaningful
action, but it made some headway. The energy transition must
deliver immense changes: net-zero emissions, energy security,
resilience, and affordability. This session will focus on
hopeful signals and the importance of building on the outcomes
of COP27 within the context of implementation, that is,
accountability and integrity, and the importance of new models
of collaboration ensuring the perspectives of the private
sector, Indigenous groups, investors, civil society, youth, and
vulnerable economies are fully considered as implementation
begins.
Speakers:
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Celine Bak, Partner, Risk Advisory, Deloitte
Canada
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Jan Forster, Deputy Minister, Environment, Climate and
Parks, Government of Manitoba
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Nes Parker, Principal, Deloitte US Government & Public
Services Practice
Moderator:
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Karen Hamberg, Partner, Financial Advisory Practice,
Deloitte Canada
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Home Alone: Navigating the Perks and Challenges of Hybrid
Work
Sponsored by
Working from the comfort of home offers significant benefits:
unconstrained dress codes, bio-breaks in optimal environments,
opportunities for uninterrupted work periods yielding greater
productivity. Yet it is not all unalloyed good. This session
explores the psychological risks of hybrid workplaces amid a
broader context of social anxiety, social comparison, and
disconnection. Reviewing what is happening in jurisdictions
across the country and taking a practical, mindfulness-based
approach, this session integrates recent research on hybrid
workplaces with knowledge from ancient wisdom traditions and
invites participants to reflect on the balance between alone
time and loneliness, the challenges of managing "up" and "down",
and adaptive, compassionate approaches to assuage FOMO (Fear of
Missing Out) in oneself and others.
Speaker: Dr. Ellen Choi, Assistant Professor in HRM/OB, Ted
Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan
University
Moderator: Dave Bulmer, President & Chief Executive Officer,
AMAPCEO
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Indigenous Pathways to Mental Health and Wellness: Community
and Culturally Driven Approaches
The First Nations Wellness Initiative is a collaboration model
for developing community-driven, evidence-informed and
community-based mental wellness strategies in First Nations
communities. The project team works closely with community
members in three First Nations in a research-to-action process
to build sustainable wellness strategies addressing mental
health and substance use challenges.
Speakers:
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Ningwakwe George, Community Knowledge Keeper &
Elder
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Renee Linklater, PhD, Senior Director of Shkaabe Makwa -
Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness, Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
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Dr. Samantha Wells, Senior Director and Senior Scientist,
Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
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Ashley Cornect-Benoit, Research Methods Specialist, Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Moderator:
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2:45 p.m. EST |
Break
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3:00 p.m. EST |
Join Canada’s 28th Governors General, The Right Honourable
David Johnston, C.C. for an exploration of empathy and trust
in public and private life.
The Right Honourable David Johnston, C.C., will discuss his two
books, Empathy: Turning Compassion into Action and Trust: Twenty
Ways to Build a Better Country. Find out why he believes that
turning empathy into action is crucial to a nation’s ability to
adapt and prosper in today’s post pandemic world.
“As the
world stumbles through the most severe pandemic of the last
century, threatened by teetering economies, torn by political
division, separated by unequal access to resources, and
wrestling with issues as diverse as racism, gender, cybercrime,
and climate change, the nations that best adapt and prosper are
those in which empathy is fully alive and widely active”.
*Excerpt from Empathy: Turning Compassion into Action
Moderator: Mala Khanna, Associate Deputy Minister of Canadian
Heritage
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4:00 p.m. EST |
What is “public sector innovation” and why is it so hard
for governments to incorporate innovation into
policy-making?
Sponsored by
Public sector innovation has the potential to help us address
the complex problems we’re facing as a society, but it has
traditionally been hard for governments to practice. Much of
the discussion about innovation within government is dominated
by academics advocating for purest frameworks, external
consultants with their own agendas, or technology
organizations advocating for cloud and digital
transformations. There is also the constant political pressure
to deliver short-term results. Real world examples do exist of
the use of public sector innovation practices that are low
cost and highly effective.
This session will explore how innovation can be used in
policy-making and provide some successful examples from the
field. We’ll also look at the barriers to its widespread use
(e.g., privacy rules, behaviours like risk aversion and
confirmation bias, time constraints, public expectations) and
some simple strategies and tactics that can help governments
be more innovative while not requiring large-scale investment
or transformational change.
Speakers:
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Nancy MacLellan, Deputy Minister, NS Department of
Advanced Education
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Tracey Barbrick, Associate Deputy Minister, NS
Department of Seniors and Long Term Care
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Mike Davis, President, and CEO, Davis Pier
Consulting
Moderator:
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Matthew Rios, Principal, Davis Pier
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5:00 p.m. EST |
Closing Day Remarks
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5:05 - 6:00 p.m. EST |
Optional Networking
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