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SEPTEMBER 17 & 18, 2017 PARK HYATT TORONTO
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SPONSORS
SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
Powered by Hotelier magazine and Sequel Hotels & Resorts
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