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KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Dr. Richard Florida
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismDr. Richard Florida, Keynote Speaker
Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading public intellectuals. Esquire Magazine recently named him one of the “Best and Brightest”. He is author of the national and international best-selling book, The Rise of the Creative Class, which received the Washington Monthly’s Political Book Award and was cited as a major breakthrough idea by the Harvard Business Review. His ideas have been featured in major ad campaigns, such as BMW, and are being used globally to change the way regions, nations and companies compete.
He is founder of the Creative Class Group, an advisory services firm, charting new trends in business and community.
Richard is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and a regular columnist with The Globe and Mail newspaper. He has written numerous articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, The Boston Globe and the Financial Times. His new book, Who’s Your City? has been hailed a National Best-Seller, an International Best-Seller and Amazon Book of the Month.
Richard has also been recently named European Ambassador for Creativity and Innovation.
He is Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Previously, Florida held professorships at Carnegie Mellon University, a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT, and a visiting fellow of the Brookings Institution. Florida earned his bachelor of arts degree from Rutgers College and his PhD from Columbia University.
EMCEE – Dan Carter
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismDan Carter, National Speaker, Author, Channel 12 Television Host and Producer
It has been said that once you know you are going to live you must decide how to live. That’s what Dan Carter has done for the past 18 years. Audiences have been inspired not only by Dan’s tragic life, but his ability to overcome adversity. He has a gift to motivate people to take control of their own lives. When you hear Dan Carter speak, you truly understand that life is a journey that can take many paths.
With a personal goal to inspire hope and encourage leadership, Dan truly lives what he believes.
As a committed leader, Dan has founded several community projects that include:
- The Isobel Carter Youth Award, a foundation that awards educational grants to disadvantaged children under the age of 15.
- The funding of the Hope Centre of Learning.
- The Day of Hope & Leadership Professional Development Day.
SPEAKER – Sue Sutcliffe
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismSue Sutcliffe, Website/E-Marketing/Social Media Strategist
Sue Sutcliffe has been using the Internet since 1993, and started building websites before most people even knew what they were.
Sue is always a step ahead of the game, using her discoveries to give clients cutting-edge performance on the Internet. When search engines and Google rankings first hit the market, Sue mastered search engine optimization. When Facebook became the craze, Sue showed savvy business people how to leverage social media to extend their networks. Noted speaker, web coach and social media strategist, Sue surfs the waves and explores the frontiers of cyberspace.
Sue believes it’s not what you’ve got but what you do with it that matters. Witty, passionate and clever, this dynamic entrepreneur shares her expertise with the GTA business community and her ever-broadening online network.
SPEAKER – Dan Taylor
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismDan Taylor, Economic Development Officer, Prince Edward County
Dan Taylor is a self-confessed Creative Economy Geek.
After becoming the Economic Development Officer for Prince Edward County in 2001, Dan realized that he was working in a Creative (Rural) Economy, before he was aware of the language or the concept.
Since learning about the language, tools and theory, Dan became a practical researcher, student, disciple and teacher of the practice of Creative Economy Development. As a result, Prince Edward County’s economy has grown at a greater rate than that of Ontario and Canada.
Dan’s passion on the subject has driven him to collaborate with and lead a three-region Creative Economy Data Analysis and Economic Development Action Plan for Eastern Ontario, Durham Region and Southwestern Ontario.
As a result of this collaboration, Dan is expecting to be part of the formation of a new Ontario-based Creative Economy Alliance.
SPEAKER – Dr. Greg Baeker
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismDr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant, AuthentiCity
Greg Baeker is a Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity and a nationally recognized leader in integrated cultural plans for cities. The company has led in the introduction of systematic cultural mapping approaches and frameworks in Ontario. The cultural mapping work implemented in Durham Region is being considered as a model for a provincial cultural mapping system. Recent work also includes work on local and regional creative economy strategies.
Prior to joining AuthentiCity, Greg served in senior leadership positions in Canada for 25 years as a policy maker, cultural planner and academic. Greg speaks frequently at academic and professional conferences and publishes regularly for journals such as Municipal World, the journal of Canadian municipalities. Municipal World will publish a book by Dr. Baeker on Municipal Cultural Planning in 2010.
Greg holds a master’s degree in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Waterloo.
SPEAKER – Don Lovisa
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismDon Lovisa, President, Durham College
In December 2008, Don Lovisa became Durham College’s fifth President. With a distinguished 22-year career in post-secondary education, he has a master’s degree in International Management, a bachelor of arts degree in Sociology and a diploma in Adult Education.
Lovisa has worked internationally where he consulted and provided training and teaching in the area of globalization, market-driven economic transition, international trade and entrepreneurship and business development. He also has an extensive track record of community involvement and development, including working with chambers of commerce, school boards and the larger community.
Lovisa joined Durham College in July 2007 as vice-president, Academic, and immediately provided leadership for a number of academic initiatives focused on quality assurance, academic policy development and academic restructuring.
As President, he remains committed to the vision that the “student experience comes first at Durham College,” and the development of new strategies to support our students, people and business now and in the future.
SPEAKER – Barb Shopland
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismBarb Shopland, Culinary Expert
Barb Shopland is the founder and principal of 2gener8 Solutions Inc., a results-based consultancy company developing and generating strategic breakthrough results with clients in the public and private sectors.
Barb has championed large-scale systems change projects and innovative strategic growth initiatives that have helped shape government policy and create new business opportunities.
With years of experience in the food industry, Barb led the creation and delivery of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Strategy and Action Plan, supported the implementation of the strategic growth plan for the George Brown Chef School, supported entrepreneurs in proof of concept and strategic business planning, and worked with regional economic development organizations in North America.
Barb is President of the Toronto Food Business Incubator (TFBI), Chair of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance (OCTA), and sits on the Board of the Greater Toronto Area Agricultural Action Committee (GTA AAC). In 2009, Barb was inducted as a Fellow in the Ontario Hostelry Institute.
SPEAKER – Mayor Dan Mathieson
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismMayor Dan Mathieson, City of Stratford
Dan Mathieson has been the Mayor of Stratford since 2003 and has served on Council since 1995 as both a Councillor and Deputy Mayor. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Guelph and a Masters of Public Administration Degree from the University of Western Ontario.
Mayor Mathieson has represented the City of Stratford as a Board Member of the Stratford General Hospital, the Stratford-Perth Housing Authority, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Organization of Small Urban Municipalities. He is also a founding Co-Chair of the Stratford Economic Opportunities Commission and a member of the Board of Directors of Festival Hydro, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, King’s University College and the Stratford Hockey Club. Mayor Mathieson is also Chair of the South West Economic Alliance and Co-Chair of the Perth County Task Force on Methamphetamine. Currently, he’s involved in making a university campus a reality in Stratford.
SPEAKER – Dave Prusinski
November 12th, 2009 by Durham TourismDave Prusinski, National Government Manager, Research in Motion
As the National Manager for Federal and State Government, Education and Healthcare verticals for Research in Motion (RIM), David is responsible for the business development and marketing strategies of RIM’s mobile solutions with some of its largest partners.
In working with some of the world’s top universities and graduate schools, David has partnered to integrate new communication and education approaches into their teaching methods, building depth into the learning process and differentiating these institutions from their competitive counterparts.
With almost 15 years of experience in the field, David has worked with some of the world’s top communications companies including AT&T, Sprint and Nextel, helping them drive their go-to-market mobility strategies. Further, David has worked with many Fortune 500 organizations, helping them to grow their mobile content delivery and communication strategies. David also helped to develop various mobile content delivery platforms within the financial services industry.
David, a long-time resident of Durham Region, has travelled extensively in the United States, speaking to government and academic audiences about leveraging communication to increase resource and talent effectiveness.
