Friday, April 23
8:30 am Welcome: Ralph Bromley -Director, Hope for the Nations
8:35 am Introductions: Nick Arkle - Director, UN/HFTN Relations
8:55 am What Can We Learn From High-Performing Non-Profit Organizations: Marc Kielburger - Co-Founder, Free the Children/Me to We - Director, Me to We
9:35 am The Right to Read: Supporting the Human Right to Education of Women and Girls in Afghanistan: Lauryn Oates - Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan
10:15 am Coffee Break (provided)
10:30 am Gender Equality 2: Another International Perspective: Doreen Spence - Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Executive Director, Canadian Indigenous Women's Institute
11:10 am Gender Equality: Whose Problem Is It Anyway: Lynn Thornton, Exectuive Director VIDEA
11:30 am Panel Discussion and Question & Answer
Moderated by: Lauryn Oates
Panel Includes:
John Baigent, Partners in the Horn of Africa
Lynn Thornton, Exectuive Director VIDEA
Chomno In, Cambodian Hope Organization
Doreen Spence, Canadian Indigenous Women's Institute
12:30 pm Lunch (provided)
1:00 pm Round Table Discussion: Gender Equality
1:40 pm Sell the Sizzle AND the Steak: How to market your message: David MacLean, MacLean Group Marketing
2:20 pm Integrating Your Off-Line Strategy with On-Line Technology: Beverley Pomeroy, Pinc Foundation/Life on Purpose Network
3:00 pm Coffee Break (provided)
3:15 pm 2020: Who's running your organization?: Peter Matejcek, HuStream Technologies
3:55pm Making a Business Case for a Corporate Donor: Nicole Rustad, Club Penguin/Disney
4:35pm Panel Discussion and Question & Answer
Panel Includes:
John Bromley, Peer Giving Solutions
David MacLean, MacLean Group Marketing
Beverley Pomeroy, Pinc Foundation/Life on Purpose Network
Peter Matejcek, HuStream Technologies
Nicole Rustad, Club Penguin/Disney
5:15pm End of Activities
Saturday, April 24
9:00am Opening Comments
9:15am Wars Unlimited: Are there Humanitarian Limits in Armed Conflicts?: George Chandler, Canadian Red Cross Society
10:00am Break (provided)
10:15am Foundation Forum with Blake Bromley, Benefic Group
Event Sponsored by the Central Okanagan Foundation
10:15am Concurrent Session: Preparation of the Paper on the 2010 Topic to be presented to the UN Economic and Social Council.
12:15pm End of Activities