Business Innovation in Changing Times

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Exponential Change

the future of work and learning

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Agenda

Emcee: Kelly Parke, York University

7:30 am: Registration, Networking

8:00 am: Welcome Remarks • Debra Scott, Newmarket Chamber of Commerce• Mayor Steve Pellegrini, The Township of King• Mayor Tony Van Bynen, The Town of Newmarket

8:10 am: Keynote - How York University is innovating in education, working with communities and entrepreneurs• Dr. Robert Haché, York University

8:20 am: Keynote - Presenting Seneca’s leadership in program development and industry collaboration• David Agnew, Seneca College

8:40 am: Keynote - Exponential Organizations: Who, What, Why• Dr. Adam Little, Singularity University

9:10 am: Keynote - Cultivating Leaders of Tomorrow and Global Perspectives• Peter Sturrup, Pickering College

9:30 am: Keynote - Design Thinking: Unleashing Creativity • Kelly Parke, York University

9:50 am: Panel - The Future of Work and Creating a Culture of Innovation• Tony Cancelliere, Syntropy Group• Sean Stephens, Treefrog Inc.

10:15 am: Networking Break

10:40 am: Keynote - Innovation Resources for Small and Medium Businesses• Ron Van Holst, Ontario Centres of Excellence

10:50 am: Keynote - Building an Innovation Portfolio for Your SME• Ron Pickett, RDM Management

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11:15 am: Keynote - Agile Business Planning: Business Model Canvas• Jane Gertner, ventureLAB

11:45 am: Idea Summary• Kelly Parke, York University

11:55 am: Closing Remarks• Jenifer Nanofski, The Regional Municipality of York

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PartnersThis conference has been made possible through a unique collaboration between key community stakeholder groups and organizations working on a “big idea”: that together we can create results greater than what can be achieved working independently. The ability to collaborate is a skill, and one to which our partner organizations have shown great dedication, courage and vision. They have transcended their traditional boundaries, to come together with others to create innovative solutions to the pressing challenges impacting our respective business communities. We thank each of them for their leadership and willingness to explore new ways of working together, and look forward to continuing our exciting and productive collaboration.

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David AgnewSeneca CollegeDavidAgnewbecameSeneca’sfifthpresidentin2009, and has extensive experience in the public, privateandnon-profitsectors.HewasSecretaryto the Cabinet in the Government of Ontario from 1992 to 1995 after serving as Principal Secretary to

the Premier. He has led several organizations including as President and CEO of UNICEF Canada, Principal at Digital 4Sight, Executive Vice-PresidentandCorporateSecretaryfortheCreditUnionCentralof Ontario and Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments. Mr. Agnew serves on numerous boards and committees, and is a recipientoftheQueenElizabethIIDiamondJubileeMedal.

Tony CancelliereSyntropy GroupTony Cancelliere is the founder of the Change Management Institute of Canada, part of a global, not-for-profitorganizationthatisdevelopingthechange management profession internationally.Tony is also the Managing Director of Syntropy

Group,aconsultingfirmthathelpsbusinessesstreamlinesalesand operations. His clients combined have had a 300% increase in profitsfromhistransformationinitiatives.TonyholdsanMBAandisalso a Licensed Professional Engineer.

Jane GertnerventureLABJane is an Executive in Residence at ventureLAB and is in constant pursuit of strategic and operational excellence to position her clients for maximum competitive advantage. She is a strong business generalist with hands on experience spanning

from marketing/sales to executive management, raising capital and creating successful exits. She initially trained at Unilever as a Global Marketer and was CEO of an operating division of George WestonLtd,wheresheplannedandexecutedacompletefinancialandoperationalturnaround,divestingthecompanyatasignificantmultiple. Jane is the Managing Partner of an SME Consultancy, and serves on the Advisory Boards of several high growth entrepreneurial ventures.

Speaker Profiles

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Speaker Profiles

Dr. Adam LittleSingularity UniversityDr. Adam Little is a veterinarian and entrepreneur who works on creative solutions to addressing human and animal health issues. He has a BSc. from the University of Guelph and is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. Adam is currently the

Director of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships with LifeLearn and is working on how to utilize emerging technologies in the areas ofartificialintelligenceandsensors.In2013,Adamcompletedthe Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University. This institution, located in the heart of Silicon Valley at the NASA Ames Research Center, brings together 80 leaders to address global grand challenges through the use of exponential technologies. This transformational experience resulted in the creation of Lifestock, a start-upcompanythatfocusedonnovelmethodologiestoproducefood.

Dr. Robert HachéYork UniversityDr. Robert Haché is the VP of Research and Innovation at York University. Prior to his current position,Robertservedastheassociatevice-president research at the University of Calgary, where he was instrumental in moving the

university’s strategic research priorities forward. Dr. Haché holds a BSc (biochemistry) from McGill University and a PhD (biochemistry) fromQueen’sUniversity.Hehasreceivedresearchgrantsandawards from the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and other organizations.

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Kelly ParkeYork UniversityKelly Parke has been a creative and technical consultant for more than 30 years.In his design consultancy, he has advised various groups and governments on media strategies and projects. Kelly teaches innovation and creativity at

the Schulich School of Business in the MBA program and created the Media, Innovation and Creativity centre at the Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Speaker ProfilesRon PickettRDM Management GroupRon Pickett is President of RDM Management Group, amanagement-consultingfirmprovidingbusiness,innovation, and technology strategy consulting services to the private and public sector in Canada. Thefirmspecializesinhelpingorganizationsdevelop

an innovation strategy. Most businesses have a business strategy, yet few have an innovation strategy. For any organization, innovation represents not only the opportunity to grow and survive but also the opportunity to influence the direction of the industry. According to Peter Drucker, “Innovation is the effort to create purposeful focused change in an enterprise’s economic or social potential.” RonresidesinNewmarket,hasanMBA,aMaster’sCertificationinInnovation Strategy Leadership, is Vice President of the Canadian TelecommunicationsConsultant’sAssociation,andaCertifiedManagement Consultant (CMC).

Sean StephensTreefrog Inc.Sean Stephens has never had a real job. In fact, he iscurrentlybetweenjobs-oneasCEOofTreefrogInc., a world renowned website development agency based in Newmarket Ontario, and CEO of LassoSoft Inc., a popular website programming language which

runs hundreds of thousands of websites worldwide.

Peter SturrupPickering CollegePeter Sturrup has been Headmaster of Pickering College,acoeducational,K-12,day/boardingschoolin Newmarket, Ontario since 1995. A passionate educator for 30 years, Peter taught for 10 years at Wilfrid Laurier University and at the Canadian

Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) Leadership Institute for the last six. He is a writer and speaker, presenting across North America on topics of Leadership, School Change, Accreditation and Coaching. Peter has served as Board Chair of the Conference of Independent Schools (CIS) and sits on the CAIS Board. He chairs the “Newmarket Celebrates the Arts” Bursary Committee, was a Trustee for the Awesome Foundation and was Honourary Chair of the Newmarket “Relay for Life”.

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Speaker ProfilesRon Van HolstOntario Centres of ExcellenceRon Van Holst is the Director of Research Development, High Performance Computing at Ontario Centres of Excellence. In this role, he is responsible for developing collaborative research projects utilizing high performance computing

technologies with Ontario universities and Ontario businesses. Ron is also currently the lead of Compute Ontario, a new corporation that has the mandate to bring together all publically funded HPC research institutes in the province. Before joining OCE, Ron produced a study on “Canadian Commercial Adoption of High Performance Computing” as an independent consultant. As a result, Ron has a broad understanding of HPC technologies and how they are employed in industrial processes and academic research.Ronalsoworkedforafewstartupsincludingawell-fundedHPCstartup as well as a Canadian HPC software company. He began his career in the Ottawa research and development headquarters of a major telecommunications vendor where he managed teams of hardware and software designers for products that generated billions in revenue and sold globally. Ron holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

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