CEO & Executive Leadership Conference FHCP

Featured EventCEO & Executive Leadership Conference

Thursday, October 10, 2019 - Friday, October 11, 2019
Connect with 200+ C-Suite Executives & senior leaders at this dynamic invitation-only premier event. Stellar speakers & outstanding networking, certain to be 2 of the most rewarding days you'll spend this year! Buy 3 & get all additional at 25% off.

Start Date - End Date

Thursday, October 10, 2019 - Friday, October 11, 2019

Start Time - End Time

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Early Bird Discount Deadline

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Registration Deadline

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Message from CEO, Michael Graydon

LAST YEAR’S CEO & EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WAS GREAT -- THIS YEAR’S IS BETTER!

HOW DO YOU IMPROVE ON SUCCESS? YOU SET THE BAR TO CRAZY NEW HEIGHTS. That means thinking beyond fantastic speakers and dynamic agendas to deliver a two-day conference experience unlike anything you’ll experience this year.

FCPC’s CEO & Executive Leadership Conference offers a rare opportunity for senior business leaders to pause, reflect and explore the trends, research and developments shaping our business landscape. Featuring unparalleled networking opportunities “Game On” reinvents the status quo, giving attendees the tools, connections and insights they need to capitalize on an evolving marketplace.

I look forward to seeing you there!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

11:00am - 11:45am

FCPC Annual General Meeting

11:45am - 12:45pm

Conference Opening Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Will Bowen l International Best Selling Author and Founder, Complaint Free® Movement

#1 International best-selling author and celebrity guest of Oprah, Dr. Oz, The Today Show and more, Will Bowen, is the founder of the Complaint Free® movement with over 12 million followers worldwide. Will shares strategies from his Complaint Free® Business program to increase productivity, improve communication, and raise morale.

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Giselle Kovary I Generational Expert, President & Co-founder, n-gen People Performance

Generational Expert and Organizational Performance Consultant, Giselle Kovary is a sought after resource to industry leaders. Organizations today face the challenge of attracting and retaining Millennial & Gen Z employees within high performing multigenerational teams. Senior leaders often fail to make the connection between human capital risk and the impact on organizational performance, productivity and engagement. With increased expectations from younger employees, risk management becomes more complex requiring a focus on advanced leadership that motivates and engages a diverse workforce. This session will provide new generational research and tips for how to leverage the strengths of younger employees.

2:45pm - 3:20pm

Networking Break

3:20pm - 4:00pm

Sébastien St-Louis I Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, HEXO Corp.

Sébastien St-Louis co-founded HEXO Corp. with one goal in mind: to create a world-class company based on the highest standards of product quality and safety. As we mark the first year of cannabis legalization in Canada, Sébastien will provide insights on the state of the industry, the highly-regulated landscape it operates in, and how edibles are poised to change the Canadian market.

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Benjamin Tal I Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC World Markets

Rated #1 speaker at the CEO & Executive Leadership Conference two years in a row, Benjamin Tal returns to share his witty assessment on international trade, labour market dynamics, where we are in the global economic cycle and where Canada is, in particular.

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Networking Reception

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Banquet Dinner

9:00pm - 10:30pm

Nightcap Reception

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11

8:00am - 9:00am

Buffet Breakfast

9:00am - 10:00am

Amber Mac I Digital Maverick & President, AmberMac Media

Entrepreneur, Digital Maverick and Social Media Guru, Amber Mac looks to leading organizations to explore the practice of relentless adaptation and how companies are innovating and taking advantage of disruptive new technologies instead of being disrupted by them.

10:00am - 11:00 am

Justin Kingsley I Storyteller, Strategist, Creative Director

Award-winning Storyteller and Creative Strategist, Justin Kingsley was former press secretary under Prime Minister Paul Martin, named one of Canada’s most creative people by Marketing Magazine and developed slogans for Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. Using case studies from his personal archive he’ll share how to ensure that you and your business are focused on new ideas to make your story stand out.

11:00am - 12:00pm

Stephen J. Harper I Former Prime Minister of Canada

Former Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen J. Harper provides the unique perspective of a trained economist who spent ten years leading a G-7 government confronting the geopolitical realities and challenges of our time. He will share insights on the erosion of global stability and his distinctive viewpoint on the upcoming Canadian election.

12:30pm

Conference Close

Times are subject to change.

Registration Fees

Price Description	Amount
BUY 3 AND GET ALL ADDITIONAL AT %25 OFF	$1199.25
STANDARD	$1599.00

Golf Registration Fees

Speakers

Will Bowen
International Best Selling Author and Founder, Complaint Free® Movement

Will Bowen is the founder of the Complaint FreeⓇ movement with over 12 million followers worldwide. Will’s been featured on Oprah, Dr. Oz, Forbes, NBC’s Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning,The ABC World News, Fox News, People, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.

In July 2006, Will Bowen handed out 250 purple rubber bracelets inviting people to use them as a tool to stop complaining. Will’s idea EXPLODED around the world and, to date, more than 12 million of his purple Complaint Free bracelets have been distributed to people in 106 countries. Maya Angelou provided the forward for Will’s #1 International Bestselling book A Complaint Free World, which has sold more than 3 million copies in 30 languages and is required reading at many universities and businesses.

Thousands of companies worldwide have used Will’s Complaint FreeⓇ Business program to increase productivity, improve communication, and raise morale. Will’s clients include The Million Dollar Roundtable, Volvo, and Kimberly Clark. Will Bowen is a humorous motivational speaker, a #1 International best-selling author, a multi #1 Amazon best-selling author, an award-winning trainer, the 2016 Purdue University Executive in Residence, and he’s the World Authority on Complaining — why people complain, what’s wrong complaining, and how to get ourselves and others to stop.

Stephen Harper
Former Prime Minister of Canada, Worldwide Speaker Group, LLC

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper served as Canada’s 22nd Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015, the longest-serving Conservative Leader to hold this office since Canada’s founding Prime Minister passed away in 1891. Prime Minister Harper created the modern Conservative Party of Canada and won three successive national elections, in 2006, 2008, and 2011. A strong advocate for free trade and open markets, Prime Minister Harper led a government that focused on pragmatic, growth-oriented economic policies and results-driven social policy. Under his leadership, Canada reduced federal taxes to their lowest level in 50 years, created 1.3 million new jobs, balanced the budget while making critical investments in health care and infrastructure, attracted new investment and fostered innovation.

During his time in office, Prime Minister Harper oversaw historic trade negotiations to expand Canada’s commercial relationships including: the conclusion of the Canada-Europe Trade Agreement, the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, a modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, and Canada’s entrance into the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Additionally, he served as an ally to developing economies, encouraging market liberalization in jurisdictions such as Colombia and Tanzania through bilateral investments, trading relationships and development assistance.

Prime Minister Harper’s government worked collaboratively with successive US Presidents to ensure the world’s most valuable bilateral trading and security relationship remained productive and effective. He undertook extensive work to deepen North American supply chain integration, ease regulatory burdens on small and medium-sized business and increase competitiveness and innovation. He oversaw unprecedented investments in post-secondary research, STEM programming and skills training curricula.

Prime Minister Harper resides in Calgary where he is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harper & Associates, a global consulting firm. He and his wife Laureen have two children, Benjamin and Rachel.

Justin Kingsley
Award-winning Storyteller, Bestselling Author and Creative Strategist , Speakers Spotlight

What does Justin Kingsley do? A better question: What doesn't he do? A New York Times bestselling author, Justin is a storyteller, strategist, creative director, photographer and a former press secretary under Prime Minister Paul Martin. Named one of Canada's most creative people by Marketing Magazine, Justin has turned the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises into global museum exhibitions, put a McDonald's into the side of a mountain at a snowboarding competition, and developed award-winning communications strategies for UFC champ Georges St-Pierre and slogans for Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.

Justin began his career in communications and crisis management, working as chief media relations and spokesman at Communication Canada before joining the Prime Minister's Office in 2003 as the Press Secretary for Right Honourable Paul Martin.

Since then, Justin has thrown himself into the world of marketing and advertising, most recently as partner and chief socialist at Sid Lee, one of the world's five best creative agencies. He developed the strategy and campaign idea for Adidas at the 2012 London Olympics, titled Take the Stage, which was named best global campaign of the Games.

Justin also developed the brand identity and vision for the North American group (Canada, Mexico, and USA) bidding to host FIFA 2026 World Cup; created the vision and slogan for the 2015 Women's World Cup of Soccer: To a Greater Goal/Vers le grand but; and branded the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with the very first bilingual Games slogan: With Glowing Hearts/Des plus brillants exploits. He also wrote and co-produced four seasons of the nationally-televised 24CH (CTV, TSN, RDS), a weekly documentary about the Montreal Canadiens.

Justin is the author of two number one national bestselling books: The Way of the Fight, which looks at Georges St-Pierre's life philosophy, and Weology: How Everybody Wins When We Comes Before Me, a book of ideas on leadership. He also joined an exclusive group of authors to publish original works in multiple languages in Le livre du don. Justin is also currently co-directing the feature documentary Where Sea and Land Meet: A Montreal Symphony Orchestra Story in partnership with Roger Frappier, a voting member of the Academy Awards. Fully bilingual, Justin is a proud Franco-Ontarian.

Giselle Kovary
Generational Expert | President and Co-founder, n-gen People Performance

As president and co-founder of n-gen People Performance, Giselle Kovary is dedicated to building strategies and programs that help clients target, motivate and engage employees in order to increase performance and productivity. She is a sought after resource to industry leaders, having worked with 18 of the top Fortune 500 companies across North America, and over 60,000 people globally have experienced an n-gen workshop or presentation. With close to 20 years of experience in learning and development, she has devoted more than fifteen years to researching the impact that generational differences have on organizational performance.

Giselle has created solutions and programs in six practice areas - sales and customer service, leadership, team building, Millennials and Gen Z and human resources. She has co-authored two books: Loyalty Unplugged: How to Get, Keep & Grow All Four Generations and Upgrade Now: 9 Advanced Leadership Skills. As a human resources expert, Giselle is regularly quoted in national publications and appears on television and radio, including CBC, CTV News Channel and News Talk radio. Giselle has a Master's degree in communication studies from the University of Windsor.

Amber Mac
President, AmberMac Media Inc.

Considered by many to be the go-to expert on anything to do with technology, Amber Mac helps companies and audiences stay ahead of the curve. She is an industry veteran, renowned as a journalist, moderator, entrepreneur, consultant, and bestselling author. Whatever the setting, Mac offers clarity and a passion for digital innovation in all forms.

In 2021, Mac was named one of Bay Street Bull's "Women of the Year" for her leadership in the technology sector. She has also been named one of "30 inspirational women making a difference in tech" by DMZ. Mac began her career in San Francisco and Boston during the dot-com boom. As a strategist for Razorfish and director of marketing for an e-procurement software company, she spent four years in the technology start-up trenches.

Today, Mac is the president of AmberMac Media, Inc., an award-winning content development agency. She has also keynoted more than 500 events around the world and moderated sessions with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, former FBI Director James Comey, business coach Tony Robbins, author Malcolm Gladwell, astronaut Chris Hadfield, and many other notable leaders.

Mac has also hosted and co-hosted a variety of television and radio shows and several podcast series. These have included The Feed on SiriusXM, The AI Effect, Marketing Disrupted, This is Mining, and The AmberMac Show, which has led to more than five recent national podcast awards.

Mac is the co-author of the Amazon bestseller, Outsmarting Your Kids Online, and the author of the national bestselling business book, Power Friending. She is also a regular business host and expert for Fast Company, CNN, Bloomberg, CBS, BNN, CBC, Global News, CTV, The Marilyn Denis Show, and SiriusXM.

Sébastien St-Louis
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hexo Corp.

Sébastien St-Louis is an entrepreneur with strong leadership abilities, financial acumen and operational expertise. Sébastien has wide-ranging business experience in manufacturing, distribution, trade finance and commercial lending. He has advised Canadian business owners and CEOs across multiple industry sectors, while structuring and closing $200 million in financing to support their export and growth initiatives.

Sébastien co-founded HEXO Corp. with one goal in mind: to create a world-class company based on the highest standards of product quality and safety. Since 2013, he has secured more than $260 million dollars in financing for the company. His leadership has been instrumental in navigating the company through regulatory, financing and start-up challenges on route to becoming the only significant licensed cannabis producer in Quebec and, upon completion of two fully-funded expansion projects currently underway, one of the largest in Canada. Sébastien holds an MBA in Finance from the Université du Québec à Montréal and completed his Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the University of Ottawa in 18 months.

Benjamin Tal
Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC Capital Markets

Mr. Tal is responsible for analyzing economic developments and their implications for North American fixed income, equity, foreign exchange and commodities markets. He also acts in an advisory capacity to bank officers on issues related to wealth management, household/corporate credit and risk.

Well-known for his ground-breaking published research on topics such as labour market dynamics, real estate, credit markets, international trade and business economic conditions, Mr. Tal not only contributes to the conversation, but frequently sets the agenda. He has over 25 years' experience in the private sector advising clients, industry leaders, corporate boards, trade associations, and governments on economic and financial issues.

National and global media regularly seek him out for his insight and analysis on economic issues that impact financial markets, consumers, corporations and public policy. He is also a frequent lecturer in the economics programs of various Canadian universities.

Mr. Tal is a member of the Economic Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, The Economic Development Committee of the Toronto Board of Trade. He is also a member of the board of Governors of Junior Achievement of Central Ontario, and a board member of the Toronto Financial Alliance.

Location Information

White Oaks Resort & Spa
253 Taylor Road SS4
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0

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Contact White Oaks Resort at 1-800-263-5766 to reserve your room reservation with Group Code Foodconsumer2019.

Reservations can also be made at the Hilton Garden Inn, Niagara on the Lake at 905-984-4200 with Group Code FCP19. Travel distance to White Oaks Resort is 1.5 km.