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March 5-6, 2024 | THE WESTIN HARBOUR CASTLE, TORONTO, CANADA

 

L&D LEADERS Canada

L&D Leaders Canada is the leading meeting place for senior executives from across the entire Learning and Development landscape with flagship conferences in Europe, APAC, USA and Canada.

Since inception, we have cut through the hype and challenged the pioneers to educate, up-skill and drive long-term thinking on the strategic strategies, technologies and importance of the workplace of tomorrow.

 

Created for senior executives within:

✓ Learning & Development
✓ CLO's
✓ Leadership Development

✓ Training
✓ Learning Analytics
✓ Sales Enablement Training

L&D LEADERS & FOW SERIES

FEATURED SPEAKERS

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Debbie Jackson, Director, Learning and Development

Ciena
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Ryan Decoste, Vice President, Organizational Learning, and Development

Klick
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Tiffany Smye, Senior Director, Talent, Learning & Development

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership
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Alexandra Hyland, Head of Capabilities & Culture, Senior Director of Global Learning & Diversity

The Kraft Heinz Company
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Sheila Austin, Vice President, Learning & Development

BlueCat
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Trish Nixon, Senior Director, Learning & Development

EQ Bank
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Nirmeen Hasan, Vice President, Learning

CPA Ontario
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Melissa Law, Vice President, Culture, Talent, and Organizational Development

Liberty
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Erin Urquhart, AVP, Talent Development Human Resources

CIBC Mellon
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Deon Blyan, VP, Global Talent Development

Sunwing Travel Group
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Kieran Murphy, Head of Global Learning

RSM Canada
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Steve Mason, VP Organizational Development

Canada Life
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Carey Franklin-McInnes, AVP, Learning and Performance Development

Canada Life
Denise Teixeira (1)

Denise Teixeira, AVP, Training & Development

IG Wealth Management
AnnMarie Mercer (2)

AnnMarie Mercer, Chief People Officer

Walmart Canada
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Denise Pereira, Team Lead, Customer Success

Ten Thousand Coffees
Geoff Brockway (1)

Geoff Brockway, Head of Learning & Development - Oncology R&D

AstraZeneca
Michele Gilbert (1)

Michele Gilbert, Head of Learning and Development North Atlantic (Canada, UK, China, Japan)

Vale
_Melissa Di Natale (2)

Melissa Di Natale, Senior Manager, Future Design

ATB
Tabatha Cammidge (3)

Tabatha Cammidge, Managing Director, Strategy & Future of Work

ATB
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Peter Tulumello, Director, Learning & Development

Sobeys
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Geoff Smith, Chief People and HSE Officer

Shawcor
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Lisa Tomlin, Senior Behavioural Scientist

CoachHub
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Natacha Savard-Storino, Vice President, Head, Training & Development

RBC Wealth Management
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Lisa Goulden, Senior Manager, Talent and Organizational Development

Shawcor
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Ferhana Dostmohamed, Senior Learning Strategy

FD Learning Consulting
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Marcy Kitcher, MD, Head, BMO IFL

BMO Financial Group
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Alison Evans Adnani, Senior Program Lead, Dev Degree

Shopify
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Gaby Fisch, Principal

Move Forward
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Nina Penner, Founder

BluHelium Consulting
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Konstantin Tskhay, VP Organizational Effectiveness

TopHat
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Jayan McPherson, Director, Pension Learning Experience & Project Delivery

Omers
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Jane Goodyer, Dean of Lassonde School of Engineering

York University
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Kristina Tsiriotakis, Senior Director of Organizational Development & Learning

DECIEM
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Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of Learning and applied improvisation

Second City Works
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Anne-Marie Pham, CEO

Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI)
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Nadiya Wilson, Sr. Director

D2L Wave
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Pam Sharma, Director, Organizational Effectiveness

High Liner Foods

L&D LEADERS & FoW Event

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DAY ONE AGENDA

09:00am

Chairs Opening Remarks

Nina Penner, Founder, BluHelium Consulting

09:00am

09:15am

Panel: Elevating the role of L&D as strategic business partners

Organizations today are placing a disproportionate focus on capability development, at an individual, departmental, and pan-organisation level. Business and HR leaders are looking at L&D as the differentiator to drive competitive advantage, with L&D expected to take centre stage on the organisational achievement journey and spearhead a game-changing learning vision. From this panel, learn how you could present, monitor and measure the business case for a learning revolution.

Moderator:

Nina Penner, Founder, BluHelium Consulting 

Speakers:

Alexandra Hyland, Head of Capabilities and Culture (Senior Director of Learning and Diversity), Kraft Heinz
Michele Gilbert, Head of Learning and Development North Atlantic (Canada, UK, China, Japan), Vale
Steve Mason, VP Organizational Development, Canada Life 

09:15am

09:55am

Presentation: Fully work-integrated degree programs: A new model of experiential learning to transform the ICT sector and beyond

  • Canada is facing a digital skills shortage that, if left unaddressed, will present a major barrier to business growth across all sectors.
  • Scaling up the tech workforce means creating affordable education pathways that will facilitate increased access to digital tech careers.
  • It was with this goal in mind that York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering collaborated with experts in the tech sector to create Canada’s first fully work-integrated degree program in Digital Technologies, starting September.
  • In this session, L&D leaders will hear from a Canadian company about why they’ve decided to host students in this program and the important contributions they’ll make to the organization. 

Presented by:

Jane Goodyer, Dean of Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

Alison Evans Adnani, Senior Program Lead, Dev Degree, Shopify

09:55am

10:25am

Presentation: Are you doing enough to build and strengthen your company culture with L&D?

  • How to curate great learning content to create communities of learners
  • Ensure the support DE&I goals through L&D
  • Understanding how to adjust to our new remote world

Presented by:

Deon Blyan, VP, Global Talent Development, Sunwing Travel Group

10:25am

10:55am

L&D Leaders CONNECTS

10:55am

11:10am

Morning Break and Networking

11:10am

11:30am

Panel: Empowering Corporate Culture Change Through Diversity And Inclusion

  • Create a system of actions that go beyond a one-time webinar or training
  • Measure, report on, and continuously improve the effectiveness of your DEI program
  • Identify and understand your employees' needs
  • Build allies and ensure sustained behaviour change

Moderator:

Nina Penner, Founder, BluHelium Consulting

Speakers:
Trish Nixon, Senior Director, Learning & Development, EQ Bank
Pam Sharma, Director, Organizational Effectivness, High Liner Foods

Anne-Marie Pham, CEO, CCDI

11:30am

11:50am

Presentation: Leadership Development in the face of uncertainty 

  • How leadership training addresses emerging challenges and how to build resilience in the new normal 
  • How best to retrain employees to bridge gaps and bolster confidence 
  • How to create a culture of learning through sustainable leadership development training 
  • The tools you need to effectively train the next generation of leaders for your organization  

Presented by:

Melissa Law, Vice President, Culture, Talent, and Organizational Development, Liberty

11:50am

12:20pm

Presentation: Learning Analytics: From Inception to Maturity

  • What is learning analytics, and why are they important to measure
  • Maturity journey of Learning Analytics
  • What are the challenges of moving up in maturity in Learning Analytics
  • How do you move forward in your journey into Learning Analytics

Presented by:

Konstantin Tskhay, VP Organizational Effectiveness, TopHat

12:20pm

12:50pm

Lunch & Networking

12:50pm

1:50pm

Panel: Delivering closer connections through hybrid and remote working

  • Understanding the learning challenge of flexible hybrid work 
  • The importance of mentoring
  • How to build closer relationships between different departments and scopes.
  • Cultivate communication through solving shared challenges
  • How to best measure hybrid and remote working

Moderator:

Nina Penner, Founder, BluHelium Consulting 

Speakers:
Ryan Decoste, Vice President, Organizational Learning, and Development, Klick
Tiffany Smye, Senior Director, Talent, Learning & Development, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership
Geoff Smith, Chief People and HSE Officer, Shawcor 

1:50pm

2:30pm

Presentation: Improvisation is Human Being Practice: Learning for the Unscripted World  

  • The World Economic Forum notes that interpersonal skills are at the heart of the future of work. Improvisation, at its core, provides embodied practice in listening, collaborating, communicating and unlocking the creative spirit of individuals and groups. Long-time Second City creative executive Kelly Leonard provides an engaging, evidence-based look at how the same training that made stars of Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert, can be used to make stars of your workforce. 

     

    This Keynote will feature: 

    - Specific exercises and practices developed with leading behavioral scientists that you can use in your workplace. 

    - Engaging storytelling that moves beyond charts and spreadsheets and speaks to the greater meaning of the work we do. 

    - A session that is more dialogue than monologue – getting everyone in on the act. 

    - An inspired message of hope, gratitude and resilience in an age of increasing complexity.

Presented by:

Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of Learning and applied improvisation,  Second City Works 

2:30pm

3:00pm

Panel: How are emerging L&D technologies reinterpreting traditional methods of learning?  

  • Advantages of utilizing technology to connect instructors and learners and coaches and coachees remotely and flexibly across time zones
  • How is technology such as webinars and shared screens currently impactingcorporate learning and development? How might they influence remote and peer-group learning in the future? 
  • How is technology changing non-training methods of development like coaching?
  • Can, or will, technology training ever fully replace human presence?


Moderator:

Ferhana Dostmohamed, Senior Learning Strategy & Solutions Consultant, FD Learning Consulting

Speakers:
Denise Teixeira, AVP, Training & Development, IG Wealth Management
Lisa Tomlin, Senior Behavioural Scientist, CoachHub
Marcy Kitcher, MD, Head, BMO IFL

Jayan McPherson, Director, Pension Learning Experience & Project Delivery, OMERS 

3:00pm

3:40pm

Afternoon Break

3:40pm

4:10pm

Presentation: Using L&D opportunities to build your employer brand

  • How to deliver learner engagement through self-directed learning
  • Support learners to control their own development at their own pace
  • Help L&D to create and support a self-directed learning culture
  • Use social and collaborative learning approaches to grow overall employee learning engagement

Presented by:

Geoff Brockway, Head of Learning & Development - Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca

4:10pm

4:40pm

End of day wrap up, summary and closing remarks

Nina Penner, Founder, BluHelium Consulting

4:40pm

5:00pm

End of Day One

5:00pm

5:15 - 6:15pm

Networking Drinks in the Exhibition Area

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5:15 - 6:15pm

DAY TWO AGENDA

09:15am

Chairs Opening Remarks

Gaby Fisch, Principal, Move Forward

09:15am

09:30am

Presentation: Investing in the leader within 

  • Build a culture of leadership as an action, not a title 
  • Create a one-of-a-kind learning experience that "sells out" 
  • Teach the skills & tools leaders need to influence your organization in an ever-changing world 
  • Foster resilience and confidence in the new normal 

Presented by:

Tabatha Cammidge, Managing Director, Strategy & Future of Work, ATB
Melissa Di Natale, Senior Manager, Future Design

09:30am

10:00am

Panel: Upskilling & reskilling - what’s the ROI?

Metrics and data are paramount in helping organizations gain a deeper understanding of the impact of their L&D programs. As businesses are placing increased emphasis on upskilling and reskilling their workforce for the future of work, what should they be measuring to ensure their initiatives are having the desired impact on skill gaps?

 

Moderator:

Gaby Fisch, Principal, Move Forward

Speakers:

Natacha Savard-Storino, Vice President, Head, Training & Development, RBC Wealth Management Canada, RBC Wealth Management

Colette Gaines, Director, Global Learning & Development, Gardaworld 

Nadiya Wilson, Sr. Director, D2L Wave 

10:00am

10:40am

Presentation: Why mentorship, DEI and connectivity should be incorporated into learning and development programs

  • The role of mentorship, connectivity and DEI on learning and development for all career levels 
  • People learn best from people, soft skills and connections are just as if not more valuable than formal learning programs 
  • Research shows that employees with mentors feel mor connected, productive and engaged at work and are more likely to stay and grow within an organization, Denise will walk attendees through the data of why this is 
  • Learn how to create a measurable, scalable and impactful L&D program at your organization  
  • Real case studies, and customer examples  

Presented by: 

Denise Pereira, Team Lead, Customer Success, Ten Thousand Coffees

10:40am

11:10am

Morning Break and Networking

11:10am

11:40am

Presentation: Building your organization's first enterprise learning strategy

  • Establishing a strategic vision for learning and development that covers the whole organization 
  • Gaining alignment and support for that vision 
  • Setting priorities and getting buy-in for what you need in order to deliver on them 

Presented by:

Peter Tulumello, Director, Learning & Development, Sobeys 

11:40am

12:20pm

Presentation: Succession Planning: Identifying and Developing Future Senior Leaders 

  • Implementing a methodical approach to succession planning and identifying future leaders 
  • Enabling growth through development planning  
  • Implementing multi-level, longer term learning and development plan

Presented by:

Geoff Smith, Chief People and HSE Officer, Shawcor 

Lisa Goulden, Senior Manager, Talent and Organizational Development, Shawcor

12:20pm

12:50pm

Presentation: Bridging the gap between Coaching and Learning

  • How to align your coaching and learning goals
  • How to leverage your existing learning strategy in coaching sessions
  • How to get coaches more on board with completing learning themselves
  • Why you should include coaching in the learning design 

Presented by:

Kieran Murphy, Head of Global Learning, RSM Canada 

12:50pm

1:20pm

Lunch & Networking

1:20pm

2:20pm

Panel: Ensuring effective Learning Engagement

  • When introducing a new learning process, how do you engage with and persuade staff to participate in something which is potentially very new for them? 
  • Assessing the best corporate learning management systems on the market - is it better to buy off the shelf or develop your own bespoke system
  • Rather than actively pushing learning onto staff, what is the best way to motivate and inspire employees and incentivise their conscious and active development.

Moderator:

Ferhana Dostmohamed, Senior Learning Strategy & Solutions Consultant, FD Learning Consulting

Speakers:
Sheila Austin, Vice President, Learning & Development at BlueCat
Debbie Jackson, Director, Learning and Development, Ciena
Carey Franklin-McInnes, AVP, Learning and Performance Development, Canada Life 

Kristina Tsiriotakis, Senior Director of Organizational Development & Learning

2:20pm

3:00pm

Panel: From 2023 to future-ready

Many lessons have emerged or been underscored during the past couple years, but one of the biggest is that change is the only constant – and rather than fear it, we must embrace it in order to thrive. But how can organizations prepare for an uncertain future and ensure their people are positioned for success, health and happiness in 2023 and beyond? 

Moderator:

Gaby Fisch, Principal, Move Forward 

Speakers:
Nirmeen Hasan, Vice-President, Learning, Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario
AnnMarie Mercer, Chief People Officer, Walmart Canada

Kieran Murphy, Global Head of Learning, RSM Canada


3:00pm

3:40pm

End of Day Two

3:40pm

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