SESSIONS' DETAILS
MONDAY JUNE 17, 2019
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Workshop ReDefined Contribution Plans, Engaging Members with Clarity Speaker: Scott West, Head of Invesco Consulting, Invesco |
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| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Session PC1 Innovation in Healthcare Speakers: Alexandra Greenhill, Physician and Founder, Careteam Technologies Inc. Kim Lee, Director, Product Development, Group Customer Product & Experience, Great-West Life Steve Schlesak, General Manager, Dialogue
Moderator: Dimitra Tsourpis, Associate Vice President, Aon Session PC2 Cybersecurity Speaker: Sandy Treleaven, Vice President, Financial Institutions & Cyber-risk Practice, AON |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Exhibition & Showcase Showcase 1: Great-West Life Speaker: Rob DeMott, Senior Vice-President, Group Customer, Great-West Life Assurance Company Showcase 2: Teladoc Health - Healthcare: The last frontier for digital disruption Speaker: Darren Reynolds, GM & SVP of International Business, Teladoc Health |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Session PC3: The Rise of AI Speaker: Pierre Bouchard, CFA, Lead Portfolio Manager, Cidel Asset Management Inc. Session PC4 Demystifying Blockchain Speaker: Kaushik Venkatadri, Sr. Director, Blockchain COE, RBC |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Exhibition & Showcase Showcase 3: Sun Life - Helping bend the benefits cost curve Speaker: Tyler Bergh, Director, Business Develpment, Sun Life |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Opening Keynote Speaker Surviving & Thriving in the Exponential Era Speaker: Jim Harris, Disruptive Innovation & Organizational Change Expert |
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TUESDAY JUNE 18, 2019
| 7:00 AM | BREAKFAST |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Morning Session Digital Transformation in the Benefits and Pension Industry Speaker: Kevin P. Dougherty, Executive Vice-President, Innovation and Partnerships, Sun Life Financial Sponsored by: 
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| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | CPBI Annual General Meeting (CPBI Members Only) |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
| | S1 - Pension Lessons Learnt From The Australian Retirement System Speakers: David Knox, Senior Partner, Mercer (Australia) Matthew Williams, Head of Institutional and Client Service, Franklin Templeton S2 - Benefits Cannabis A New Reality Speakers: Maureen Quinlan, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP Melissa Snider-Adler, MD, CCFP, MRO (AAMRO), DABAM, Chief Medical Review Officer, DriverCheck Inc. Sponsored by: 
S3 - Investment Canadian Venture Capital – Should That Be A Part Of Your Investment Portfolio? Speaker: Christopher Walker, Principal, HarbourVest Partners, LLC |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | HEALTH BREAK Sponsored by: 
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| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
| | S4 - Pension Is your workplace savings plan future-ready? Speaker: Kate Nazar, Vice President, Strategy and Market Development, Group Retirement Services, Sun Life S5 - Benefits Post 65 Age Benefits Speakers: Paul Kennedy, Chief Actuary, Mercer Scott Sweatman, Partner, Denton LLP Sponsored by: 
S6 - Investment Riddle Me This – What Are The Behavioural Decision-Making Pitfalls Speaker: Peter Muldowney, Senior Vice-President, Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group |
| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | LUNCH & Session NeuroCommunication: The Science Of Influence Speaker: Gregor Jeffrey, Expert on the Neuroscience of Communication Sponsored by: 
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| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
| | S7 - Pension Decumulation in CAPs: Improving Member Retirement Outcomes Speakers: Ross Dunlop FSA, FCIA, CFA, Partner, Ellement Sponsored by: 
S8 - Benefits The Future is Now - 21st Century Health, Wellness & Counselling Services Speaker: Paul Parnass, M.S.W.R.S.W. Clinical Manager, Online and Telephonic Counselling, Stay at Work Services, Homewood Health
Eric Pfeiffer, Senior Health Management Consultant - Team Lead, Manulife Sponsored by:
S9 - Investment Advanced Currency Strategies To Reduce Portfolio Risks And Improve Returns Speaker: James Binny, Managing Director, Global Head of Currency and Head of Investments Ireland, State Street Global Advisors |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | HEALTH BREAK Sponsored by: 
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| 3:30 PM- 4:30 PM | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
| | S10 - Pension Regulatory Panel Pension Outlook Speakers: Abraham Koomson, Managing Director, B.C. Angela Mazerolle, Superintendent of Pensions, NB Krista McAlister, Supervision Manager in the Private Pension Plans Division, OSFI Moderator: Jordan N. Fremont, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP Sponsored by: 
S11 - Benefits Combatting The Opioid Crisis – Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway? Speaker: Leila Mandlsohn, Senior Pharmacy Strategy Consultant, Green Shield Canada Sponsored by:
S12 - Investment Beyond Equities And Bonds Speakers: Ben Homsy, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Leith Wheeler Dhruv Mallick, CFA, Fixed Income Hight Yield Manager, Leith Wheeler |
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| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Evening Diamond Sponsor:
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 19, 2019
| 7:00 AM | BREAKFAST |
| 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Global and Economic Market Outlook Panelists: Derek Burleton, Vice President & Deputy Chief Economist, TD Bank Group (North America) Alan Dunne, Managing Director – Markets and member of the Investment Committee, Abbey Capital (Europe) Alex Grassino, Senior Investment Strategist, Macroeconomic Strategy, Manulife Asset Management Limited (Asia) Moderator: Andrew Sweeney, Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Phillips, Hager & North |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
| | S13 - Pension Minding The Gap Speaker : Matthew Gaudry, Director, Product Suppoer & Managment, The Great-West Life Assurance Company S14 - Benefits Pursuing Partnership: How consultants Are Evolving (and innovating) To Hit The Moving Target of Client Needs Speakers: Jason Billard, Senior Vice President, West Region Leader, Morneau Shepell Kelly Cardwell, Bosa Properties Sponsored by:
S15 - Investment Brexit And Beyond Speaker: Peter Lukasiewicz, Chief Executive Officer, Gowling WLG |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | HEALTH BREAK Sponsored by: 
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| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
| | S16 - Pension OCI "OMG" : Establishing Best Practices Speaker: Bradley N. Rowe, MBA, CFA, Principal, Eckler Sponsored by:
S17 - Benefits Maximizing Organizational Resilience: Breaking down the barriers to success Speaker: Jesse Adams, Head of Operations & Strategy, Howatt HR S18 - Investment Innovations In Equity Risk Management Speaker: Bradley Hough, FIA, ACIA, CAIA, Consultant, PBI |
| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Closing Lunch Your chance to share with colleagues about this year's event and win one of the prizes presented by Manulife. Sponsored by: 
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