6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Hot Breakfast Buffet

7:00 a.m. - 7:10 a.m.

Welcome

Leonard Rickard, CEO, Mississaugas of the Credit Business LP
Katherine Feenan, Director of Policy and Content Programming, Public Policy Forum

7:10 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.

Closing the skills gap in Indigenous labour & Introduction

Petro Barata, Executive Director, Future Skills Centre

7:15 a.m. - 7:25 a.m.

Keynote: Economic Reconciliation at Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek

JP Gladu, Founder & Principal, Mokwateh 

7:25 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.

Panel: Why Economic Reconciliation is Essential for the Growth of the Canadian Economy

Speakers:
Harold Calla, Chair, First Nations Financial Management Board
Clint Davis, President & CEO, North35
Chief Sharlene Gale, Chair, First Nations Major Projects Coalition

Moderator:
JP Gladu, Founder & Principal, Mokwateh

8:10 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.

Audience Q&A

8:25 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Closing Remarks

Kelley Blanchette, Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

Welcome Address

Leonard Rickard, CEO, Mississaugas of the Credit Business Corporation

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Sara-Christine Gemson, Executive Director, PPF Academy & Action Canada
Edward Greenspon, President & CEO, Public Policy Forum
Host: Michael Serapio, Anchor, CPAC

9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

PANEL: GEOPOLITICS HAVE CHANGED. HERE'S WHY CANADA MUST, TOO

Michael McNair, Global Managing Director, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Robert Johnston, Executive Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Janice Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, University of Toronto
Moderator: Michael Serapio, Anchor, CPAC

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

FIRESIDE: IS THE U.S. EATING CANADA'S LUNCH ON THE GREAT ENERGY TRANSITION?

Roman Dubczak, Deputy Chair, Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets
Lisa Raitt, Vice-Chair and Managing Director, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets
Moderator: Theo Argitis, Managing Director, Compass Rose

10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

LIGHTNING TALK: THE STRENGTH OF GREEN STEEL

Alice Tharenos, Chief Financial Officer, Iron Ore Canada

10:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

BREAK

10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

FIRESIDE: LEVERAGING CANADA'S STRENGTHS TO BE THE CRITICAL MINERAL PROVIDER OF CHOICE

Ivan Vella, Chief Executive, Aluminium, Rio Tinto
Moderator: Ed Greenspon, President & CEO, Public Policy Forum

11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

FIRESIDE: A NEW TRADE SYSTEM IN AN AGE OF GEOPOLITICAL CHANGE

Steve Verheul, Principal, GT and Company Executive Advisors | Fellow, Public Policy Forum
Moderator: Sean Speer, PPF Scotiabank Fellow in Strategic Competitiveness

11:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

PANEL: WHY HYDROGEN IS THE NUMBER ONE ELEMENT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE

Mollie Johnson, Associate Deputy Minister, National Resources Canada
Stefan Kaufmann, Expert, European Hydrogen Business and Former German Hydrogen Commissioner
John Risley, Chairman and CEO, CFFI Ventures
Moderator: Michael Serapio, Anchor, CPAC

12:10 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.

LIGHTNING TALK: POLY - TURN PLASTIC INTO POSSIBILITY

Allyson Hewitt, President & CEO, Enactus Canada
Mariam Shahid, Vice-President, Member Development at Enactus uOttawa
Amanda Featherstone, Director of Research and Development, Enactus uOttawa

12:20 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.

LUNCH

Lightning Talk: Is Canada ready to answer the call? A multilateralist approach to the polycrisis.
Rhonda Lenton, President, York University

POLITICO Trivia at the Summit

1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.

FIRESIDE: LET'S ASK AI HOW NOT TO LEAVE CANADA'S AI INDUSTRY BEHIND

Chris Barry, President, Microsoft Canada
Owen Larter, Director of Public Policy, Office of Responsible AI, Microsoft
Moderator: Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Journalist, POLITICO Canada

1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

FIRESIDE: INSIDE THE SPLINTERING OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Ian McKay, Ambassador of Canada to Japan
Nadia Theodore, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the World Trade Organization and Head of Mission of the Permanent Mission of Canada in Geneva, Switzerland
Moderator: Zi-Ann Lum, Reporter, POLITICO Canada

2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

FIRESIDE: WORKERS AT THE CENTRE: THE FUTURE OF CANADA'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY

Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour
Moderator: Katherine Feenan, Director of Policy and Content Programming, Public Policy Forum

2:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

PANEL: BUILDING STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES FOR CANADIAN HEALTH SECURITY

Courtney Billington, Head of Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Government Affairs, North America
Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Final Speaker to be Announced
Moderator: Kathleen Gnocato, Vice President, Strategic Engagement, Public Policy Forum

3:10 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

FIRESIDE: INTEGRATING MORE IMMIGRANTS – HOW CANADA CAN RISE TO THE CHALLENGE

Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair in Economic Inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of Canada’s Immigrants, associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University
Christiane Fox, Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Moderator: Brett House, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia School of Business | Fellow, Public Policy Forum

3:40 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

FIRESIDE: A NEW ERA OF RELATIONS BETWEEN BUSINESS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Colin K. Gruending, Executive Vice President and President, Liquids Pipelines, Enbridge
Moderator: Desiree Norwegian, CEO, Atunda Inc. | Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business

4:00 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.

CLOSING REMARKS

Katherine Feenan, Director of Policy and Content Programming, Public Policy Forum