Agenda

Global Business Leaders Day
Monday, February 22, 2010
Terminal City Club - Vancouver, Canada 

 
9:00                        Registration and Breakfast
Breakfast buffet celebrating the regional cuisine of Canada with five of Canada's most decorated Olympic athletes and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officers in their ceremonial Red Serge uniforms.
 
                               
10:00                      Opening Remarks
 
                                Ben Hughes, Deputy Chief, Financial Times
Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
 
 
10:10                      Welcoming Remarks by Minister Van Loan, followed by FT Interview by Chrystia Freeland
                         
The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, Government of Canada
 
10:30                      Morning Keynote: Navigating the New Economic and Investing Landscape
                                Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and Co-CIO, PIMCO   
                      
 
11:10                      Refreshment Break
                                Entertainment by Great Lake Swimmers
 
 
11:30                      PANEL:  Taking Care of Business - The Next Big Thing
                
Paul Fletcher, Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Dame Clara Furse DBE, Former Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange
Lyn Heward, Creative Director and Executive Producer, Cirque du Soleil Creative
Content Division                
Paul Jenkins, Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
Thomas Kloet, CEO, TMXGroup  
Dr. Malcolm Knight, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group
 
Moderated by:
Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
 
12:30                      Luncheon Celebrating the Regional Cuisine of Canada
                                Entertainment by Jillian Lebeck
 
 
13:45                      Afternoon Keynote: Who's Your City - How the Creative Economy is Making Where You Live and Work the Most Important Decision of Your Life
 
Richard Florida, Author and Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
 
 
14:30                      Closing Remarks
The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade,Government of Canada
 
 
14:35                      Networking Reception
                                Entertainment by select musicians from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra