SEPTEMBER 17 & 18, 2017 PARK HYATT TORONTO

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SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

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KIRSTINE STEWART

Chief Strategy Officer Diply GoViral

JULIA CHRISTENSEN

HUGHES Dean, College of

Business and Economics, University

REETU GUPTA President & COO Easton’s Hotels

MARISA MILTON VP Human

Resources, Marriott International

MINAZ ABJI Senior Advisor,

Host Hotels

SHELMINA ABJI

Advisory Board,Girl Up, former

VP, IBM

ARIELLE MELOUL-

WECHSLERExecutive VP, Human

Resources, Air Canada

ELLEN DUBOISdu BELLAYExecutive VP, People, Inside

Out International

DON CLEARYPresident,

Marriott Hotels of Canada

LUCIE GUILLAMETTE

Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer,

Air Canada

JOHANNEBELANGER

President & CEOTourism Toronto

YVONNEHEATHAuthor

“Love Your Life to Death”

KATHLEEN TAYLORChair, Royal Bank Canada, and former president and CEO, Four

Seasons Hotels & Resorts

STEPHANIA VARALLI

Co-CEO Women of Influence

CAROLYN CLARK

Senior Vice-President Accor Hotels

WOMEN IN TOURISM& HOSPITALITY

CONFERENCE

A unique day-long conference and workshop hybrid that will inform, educate, INSPIRE and empower women to make inroads in their hospitality and tourism careers.

5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. Private VIP Cocktail Reception 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception with all delegates

7 a.m. Vendor Shopping Market Opens 7:30 a.m. Morning Mindfulness and Meditation Intention: “Live Bright Now” (Reetu Gupta) 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Networking Continental Breakfast 8:35 a.m. Opening Remarks – Kathleen Taylor, Honorary Chair, WITH Org.com and Conference, Chair Royal Bank of Canada; former president and CEO, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts 8:50 a.m. Welcome Address: Rosanna Caira, Hotelier magazine and Anne Larcade, Sequel Hotels & Resorts 9:00-9:45 a.m. Plenary Session Keynote Speaker – “Primed to Lead” Kirstine Stewart

9:50-10:30 a.m. Panel — “Change Agents: What’s needed to Move the Needle?” Moderator: Rosanna Caira Panelists: Stephania Varalli • Julia Christensen-Hughes • Ellen Dubois du Bellay • Kirstine Stewart • Don Cleary

10:30-11:00 a.m Refreshment Break and Shopping Market Opens 11:00-11:45: Morning Breakout Sessions: Choose 1 session from three breakout sessions • Personal Power (Negotiations, Self Promotion & Fierce Conversations), Shelmina Abji • Taking Charge of Your Career: Advocate, Assert and Confidence Code, Reetu Gupta• Love your Life to Death: How to Show Up in your Business or Personal life, Yvonne Heath

12:00-12:30 p.m. Gala Luncheon & Award Presentation 12:30-12:45 p.m. The Inaugural “Kathleen Taylor Economic Empowerment Award” – Presentation of Award to Kathleen Taylor

12:45 -1:30 p.m Acceptance Speech: Kathleen Taylor

1:30 -2:15 p.m. Panel: “Changing the Landscape” Panelists: Carolyn Clark • Marissa Milton • Minaz Abji

2:30-3:15 p.m. Afternoon Breakout Session • Disruptor #101: Air Canada, A Case Study: How to Influence and Achieve Greater Gender and Wage Parity - Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Air Canada • Defining and Defining Success: Creating the Future You Want, Ellen Dubois du Bellay • I Just Showed Up, Yvonne Heath, Author

3:15-3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break and Peer to Peer Networking and Vendor Shopping Market

3:50-4:50 p.m. Panel: Champions of Influence: Curate, Disrupt and Make Measurable Change in Yourself and in Career Sandboxes

Panelists: Anne Larcade • Lucie Guillamette • Shelmina Abji • Johanne Belanger 4:30-5:30 p.m. Wrap up, Concluding Remarks, Grand Prize Raffle Draw

PROGRAM Sept. 17, 2017 Roof Salon, Park Hyatt, Toronto

Sept. 18, 2017

Rosanna Caira Anne Larcade

HONORARY CHAIR