Program at a Glance

Monday, May 5, 2025

1:00pm
Registration Open

 

1:00pm
TBA

 

2:00-2:45pm
Conference Welcome 

Maximizing Your Potential
Dominick Gauthier

 

 

2:50-3:10pm
Break

 

3:15-4:00pm
Breakout #1
Why SPECIALITY will become recruitment's next "it" word
Julie Labrie, 

 

Breakout #2
Generations in the Workplace
Craig Brown, Agilus
Hannah McDonald, Better Together

 

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

9:00am
Artificial Intelligence: Reshaping the Future of Work
Estelle Metayer

 

9:00am
TBA

 

10:00-10:30am
Break

 

10:30-11:15am
Breakout #1
The Future of Work
TBD - Cora Bucci, Synergie Hunt
Kevin Gill, Staffmax
Marie-Pier Bedard, Ranstad (confirmed)
Mike Leacy, Raise (Amanda TBD)

 

Breakout #2
DEI but no more

 

11:15am-12:00pm
Breakout #1
Leading through Change and Employee Adaptability
Mike Leacy, Raise

 

Breakout #2
Tech Tools

 

12:00-1:00pm
Lunch

 

1:00-2:00pm
Breakout #1
Carol Allain
Breakout #2
Sales Professional Course
Steve Jones    
2:00-3:00pm
Breakout #1
Staffing in Canada - A Potrait of the Economy
Noah Yasif, Chief Economist, American Staffing Association
Vincent Dale, Director General of Labour Market, Education and Docioeconomic Well-being, Statistics Canada 

 

Breakout #2
Sales Professional Course
Steve Jones 
Breakout #3
Title
Speaker
3:00-3:30pm
Break

 

3:30-4:30pm
How to Retain Your Response to Fear 
Kelly-lee Evans
6:00-7:00pm
Awards Gala Cocktail

 

7:00-9:00pm
Awards Gala
Emcee and Entertainment - Kellylee Evans

 

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

9:30-10:30am
Reinventing Leadership: The People First Playbook for Managing Tomorrow's Workforce
Hamza Khan
 

 

9:30am
TBA

 

10:30-11:00am
Break

 

11:00am-12:00pm
Legal Panel
Mary McIninch
Rhéaume Perreault, Fasken
Craig Rix, Hicks Morley

 

Risk Management (TBD)
Ray Gonde, People 2.0

 

12:00-1:00pm
Keynote Closer

 

1:00pm
Lunch/End