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“The Changing Landscape for Canadian International Development Professionals”
River Building, Carleton University, Ottawa ON
| April 16th |
6:00pm Early Registration & Reception
| April 17th |
8:00 Registration & Early Coffee
9:00 Welcome - CAIDP President, Richard Beattie
9:10 Remarks - Carleton President Dr. Runte
9:15 Keynote Address - Deputy Chief Trade Commissioner, Louis Marcotte
9:45 Q&A Session
10:00 Vote of Thanks - CAIDP President, Richard Beattie
10:00 Morning Coffee and Networking
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10:30 |
Session 1a: New Trends, New Actors, in International Development Chair: John Sinclair - McLeod Group Timothy Shaw - Director Global Governance PhD Program, University of Massachusetts Moses Kiggundu - Sprott School of Business, Carleton University Bernard Wood - President, Bernard Wood & Associates |
Session 1b: International Income and Canadian Taxes: the GST Session Chair: Louise Forget-Delph - Sprott School of Business, Carelton University John Lunn - Chartered Accountant George Fortier - A Team Leader, Outreach-Inreach Coordinator, Canada Revenue Agency |
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11:30 |
Session 2a: Working in Conflict Zones Chair: Paul Larose Edwards - Executive Director CANADEM Harley Johnson - Partner at CAC International Randy Weeks - Head of Duty of Care Program, CANADEM Christoph Zurecher - Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa |
Session 2b: Working with CIDA – an interactive session Chair: Mark Lusignan - DG Grants, Contributions and Contracting Management, CIDA Janice MacDonald - Director, Contracting Services, CIDA Guylaine Carriere - Director, Contracting Policy, CIDA |
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12:45 |
Lunch Break With Guest Speaker: Paul Dewar, MP Ottawa Center |
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2:00 |
Session 3a: New markets for Canadian Consultants Chair: Virgina Taylor, Sprott School of Business David Baron - CEO Cowater Lucien Bradet - CEO Canadian Council on Africa |
Session 3b: Excellence in Canadian Development Cooperation: Quality Management Systems Chair: Ranjan Banerjee Dawn Ringrose - Organizational Excellence Expert Dan Corbett - Interim Assistant Vice-President Human Resources, Carleton University Michael Wodzicki - Director (Market Development), Canadian Co-operative Association |
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3:15 |
Coffee Break |
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3:30 |
Session 4a: The Private Sector in Development Chair: Carlo Dade - Senior Fellow at School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa Micheal Harvey - Director Government Relations, GoldCorp Inc. Karim Harji - Founder, VentureDeli Nandy Heule - Director Investment Relations, Okiocredit-Canada |
Chair: Richard Labelle Alan Robbins - Partner Devex Erin Palmer - Erin Palmer Consulting |
4:45 - Wrap-up, Announcements
5:30 - Happy Hour - Networking session
| April 18th |
8:30 Early Coffee
9:00 Opening Announcements - CAIDP President, Richard Beattie
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9:10 |
Session 5a: Working with the UN Chair: Hunter McGill - University of Ottawa Elizabeth McAllister - McLeod Group Deborah McWhinney - Senior Consultant, Universalia Diana Rivington - former Director, Human Development and Gender Equality, CIDA |
Session 5b: Evaluation Tools: Contribution Analysis Chair: Julia M. Thompson - Manager International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) Dr. Brad Cousins - Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa Ted Freeman - Senior Associate, Goss Gilroy Inc. |
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10:40 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
Session 6a: Finding reliable local partners Chair: Anne-Marie Chagnon - Vice President, Social Development Group, Cowater International Anne Witten - Manager, Humanitarian Programs, Oxfam Kate Higgins - Governance for Equitable Growth program North and South Institute Michel Côté - President, CRC Sogema |
Session 6b: So you want to be an international development Consultant Chair: Richard Beattie - CAIDP President Cassandra Mathies - Deployment Officer / International Field Experience Program Coordinator, CANADEM Michelle McCombs - Senior Program Manager, Aga Khan Foundation Larry Hendricks - President and CEO of Hendricks & Associates |
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12:30 |
Lunch Break With Guest Speaker: Dave Donovan - Private Sector and Trade Division, CIDA |
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Developments in Performance Measurements at CIDA Caroline Leclerc - Director General, Strategic Planning, Performance and Evaluation Directorate, CIDA |
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2:15 |
Closing Plenary Ian Smillie - author, Development Practitioner Scott Gilmore - CEO and Founder of Building Markets |
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3:30 - Closing & Thanks - CAIDP President, Richard Beattie
3:45 - Final Coffee and Networking