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A Meeting of Minds: Charting a Brave Bold Future
Presented by Astra Zeneca Canada

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Agenda

Tuesday, September 25 2007

 

7:00 am REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST
8:05 am SUMMIT OPENING

Mark Jones, CEO, AstraZeneca Canada

Honorary Chair, Mayor Hazel McCallion, City of Mississauga

Co-Chairs, Brian Crombie and Shelley White

Robert Turner, CEO, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
8:30 am Lessons from Mississauga about How to Change the World
Ric Young, President, E.Y.E
9:00 am The Innovation Economy
Derek Burleton, AVP and Director, Economic Studies
TD Economics, TD Bank Financial Group
9:30 am Developing Prosperity Partnerships

The Life Sciences Cluster

  • Mark Jones, CEO, AstraZeneca Canada Inc
  • Paul Lucas, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline
  • Dr Ulli Krull, UTM, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Toronto; AstraZeneca Chair in Biotechnology
  • Janet Davidson, O.C., President and CEO, Trillium Health Centre
10:45 am NUTRITION BREAK
11:00 am Roundtable Discussion - IDEA Incubator #1
11:30 am Mainstreaming Sustainability
  • Ecomagination: The Power of Green
    Kim Warburton, Communications & Public Relations Leader, General Electric Canada
  • Sustainable Development: Mississauga Style
    Ed Sajecki, Commissioner of Planning and Building, City of Mississauga
  • Liveable Peel
    David Szwarc, CAO, Region of Peel
12:15 pm Roundtable Discussion -  IDEA Incubator #2
12:45 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm
  • Our Mississauga: A Progressive, Humane and Caring Community
    Ratna Omidvar, CEO, The Maytree Foundation
  • The Age Wave: What Does This Mean For Mississauga?
    Pat Spadafora, Director, Sheridan Elder Research Centre
  • The Dollars and Cents of Funding Health and Social Services
    Carl Oxholm, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • The chicken or the egg debate: Solving the credentialing challenge for foreign-trained workers
    Yves Poisson, Director, Public Policy Forum
  • The business case for embracing diversity
    Linda Kuga Pikulin, CEO, Pepsi Bottling Group Canada
  • Human services are everybody’s business
    Bob Johnson, CEO, Purolator Courier Ltd.
3:00 pm Roundtable Discussion -  IDEA Incubator #3
3:30 pm NUTRITION BREAK
3:45 pm Transformational Change: Are We Making Real Progress on the Transportation Issue?

Moderated Debate
  • Joe Berridge, Partner, Urban Strategies Inc.
  • Rob MacIsaac, Chair, Greater Toronto Transit Authority
  • Lloyd McCoomb, President and CEO, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
  • Martin Powell, Commissioner of Transportation and Works, City of Mississauga
4:30 pm Wrap Up
Co-Chairs

Closing Remarks
Mayor McCallion
5:00 pm Cocktail Networking Reception
   

 

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