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5th Annual OES Highlights

Ontario Economic Summit Grand Opening Reception ”ignite CHANGE” featuring:

Stephen Lewis
Co-Director, AIDS-Free World
Chair, Stephen Lewis Foundations


AND

Thomas Homer-Dixon
Chair of Global Systems, Centre of International Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Bestselling Author, “The Ingenuity Gap” and “The Upside of Down”

Every Single person has the power to ignite global change. This intimate evening featured two of the world’s most influential speakers who shared thought-provoking ideas about global activism, climate change, human rights and world peace.

Co-chairs:

  • David Dodge, Chancellor, Queen’s University
  • Linda Hasenfratz, Chief Executive Officer, Linamar Corporation

Speakers including (in order of appearance):

  • John Tory, Leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
  • Don Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group
  • Robert J. Shiller, Professor, Yale University
  • National Chief Phil Fontaine, Assembly of First Nations
  • Kim Parlee, Anchor, Business News Network
  • Alexandra Dagg, Executive Vice-President and Canadian Co-director, UNITE HERE
  • Denis Dyack, Founder and President, Silicon Knights
  • Patricia Lang, President, Confederation College
  • Linda Hasenfratz, Chief Executive Officer, Linamar Corporation
  • Andrew Burns, Lead Economist, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
  • Andrea Mandel-Campbell, Contributing Editor, BNN & Author, “Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson”
  • Gary Comerford, Vice President, International, Sun Life Financial
  • John Beck, Chairman and CEO, Aecon Group
  • Mike Dejak, President, Eco-tec Inc.
  • Graham Boje, Vice President, Shell Canada
  • Barbara Leavitt, President, Baxter Canada
  • Dave Arkell, President, 360 Energy
  • Bart Tichelman, President, ARISE Technologies
  • Jeff Passmore, Executive Vice President, Iogen Corporation
  • Craig Muhlhauser, President and CEO, Celestica Inc.
  • Tom Brzustowski, RBC Financial Professor in the commercialization of innovation, University of Ottawa
  • Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, Open Text Corporation
  • Ken Lewenza, National President, Canadian Auto Workers
  • David Naylor, President, University of Toronto
  • Pamela Wallin, Chancellor, University of Guelph
  • Allan Gregg, Chair, Harris/Decima Research
  • The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
  • The Honourable Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec