APEX - Past Symposia

- SYMPOSIUM 2011 -

"GPS: GLOBAL PUBLIC SERVANTS"

Pushing out the borders!

June 7th and 8th, 2011 - National Arts Centre
Ottawa, Ontario

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The official program is still available - Click here

Deputy Ministers Liseanne Forand , Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Chief Operating Officer for Service Canada and Daniel Watson , Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification Canada,
co-chaired the Symposium and took us through high energy and interactive discussions on the impact of global events and trends on our leadership.

Speeches & Presentations:

(those made available to us)

Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos Global Public Affairs
The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada
John Wright, Senior Vice President & Managing Director North American Public Opinion Polling Division, Ipsos-Reid

Speakers' Bios:

Christiane Bergevin, Executive Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Office of the President, Desjardins Group
Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos Global Public Affairs
Janice Charette, Associate Secretary to Cabinet and Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs
Bernd Christmas, Bernd Christmas Law Group
The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
Michelle d'Auray, Secretary of the Treasury Board
Ambassador Ferry de Kerckhove, Canadian Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Louis Dumas, Counselor, Immigration Program Manager, High Commission of Canada in Singapore
His Excellency, Kaoru Ishikawa, Ambassador of Japan to Canada
BGen Hilary Jaeger, Director General, Health Professionals and National Medical Officer, Veterans Affairs Canada
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada
Stephen Lewis, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University
Graham Muir, Assistant Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dr. Gilles Patry, President & CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation
Morris Rosenberg, Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs Canada
Conrad Sauvé, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Red Cross
Dr. Vicky J. Sharpe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Darren Schemmer, Vice President, Canadian International Development Agency
Michel Vulpe, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Infrastructures for Information Inc. (i4i)
John Wright, Senior Vice President & Managing Director North American Public Opinion Polling Division, Ipsos-Reid
David Zussman, Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management, University of Ottawa

Post-Symposium Follow ups:

Did you know...

Michel Vulpe, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, i4i - panelist at our Symposium June 7, and 8, has won his case against Microsoft. On June 9, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favour of i4i in a patent infringement case filed against Microsoft in 2007.