9:00am – 2:00pm Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Mistress of Ceremonies: Pamela Martin, Former TV News Anchor and Reporter
9:00am-9:30am | Welcome Remarks
- Welcome Remarks by Barbara Mowat, President & Founder of GroYourBiz and EXCELerate
- National Anthems preformed by: Seven and Aisha, Students, Sarah McLachlan School of Music
- Traditional Prayer for Squamish Nation from Shamantsut (Amanda) Nahanee
- Welcome from Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- Welcome Greeting from BMO Bank Of Montreal
- Lisa Milburn, Chief Marketing & Communication Officer, BMO Wealth Management
10:00am-11:30am | Choose Your Track
- TRACK 1: Leadership Power for “The Best YOU” | “The 4 Forces of Strategic Differentiation”
- TRACK 2: Global Competitiveness | “Making Foreign Less Foreign”
- TRACK 3: Business Growth | “PRICING & COSTING: The art of the market meets the science of cost accounting”
12:00pm-2:00pm | Keynote, GroYourBiz Awards, and Closing Remarks
- BMO Presenting Sponsor: Sheri Griffiths, Senior Vice President, Head of Ontario, Canadian Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal
- Keynote: Dr. Timothy Shriver, Chairman Of Special Olympics International, Co-Founder, Unite, and Co-Author of “The Call to Unite: Voices of Hope and Wakening”
- Barbara Mowat introduces NEW GroYourBiz AWARD Program, Presentation of Awards, Sponsored By: MNP
- Poetry Reading By: Sajedeh Zaki, Director, Fresh Voices, and Poet
- Closing Remarks and Thank-You’s from Barbara Mowat, President & Founder of GroYourBiz and EXCELerate
