Sunday, October 2
Understanding Mental Health – The Good, the Bad, and the Funny
Jessica Holmes
Celebrated Comedian | Author | Mental Health Advocate
Purpose-Driven EcDev
Raphael Costa
Director - Economic Development, City of Vaughan
EcDev Communications: Leveraging the Municipality to Raise the Economy’s Profile
Jennifer Ormston
Director of Corporate and Strategic Communications, City of Vaughan
Update from IEDC
Jonas Peterson
Vice-Chair, IEDC
Monday, October 3
Addressing the Workforce Development Challenge – A Regional Response
Aileen Murray, Ec.D.(F)
Mellor Murray Consulting & EDAC Past President
Kate Burns Gallagher
Executive Director of Economic Development, Western Ontario Warden’s Caucus
Why an ECE is likely to be an EDO’s BFF in 2022 and beyond!
Kelly Emery
Director of Children’s Services & Recreation, Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Dr. Emis Akbari
Professor, George Brown College / Atkinson Centre
Armine Yalnizyan
Economist, Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers
Michelle Schurter
Millennial Strategist
Audrey Ansell, Ec.D.
Director Community Attraction & Promotion, Municipality of Chatham-Kent
We Rise – Crisis stirs urgency and passion for change
Chris Fields
Speaker, Writer, Principal at Rynic
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
Brock Dickinson, Ec.D. (F)
Entrepreneur In Residence, University of Waterloo
Tuesday, October 4
Working with Government: Leveraging Municipal, Provincial and Federal Support
Rob LeForte
Founder, First Lake Solutions / Founder, The Advocacy Coach / Co-Founder, Push Politics
Economic Impact of Clean Energy
Jessica Linthorne, Ec.D.
Director - Clean Energy Frontier Program, Nuclear Innovation Institute
Just Transition
Chad Richards
Director, New Nuclear and Net Zero Partnerships
Mitacs: Supporting Canada’s Municipalities and Economic Development Organizations
Iman Yahyaie
Account Manager, Director Business Development
Jean-Philippe Valois
Account Manager
