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Time	Wednesday, January 28, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Early Bird Sessions	Now What Do We Do? Peggy Grall	“Rules of Engagement”: Engaging Your Left and Right Hemispheres for Full Brain Potential Bob Gray
	Creating a Complaint-Free Organization: How to Stop the Complaining and Start Building Cooperation Will Bowen
8:15 - 10:00 AM
Opening Keynote	Managing Talent in the Creative Age Richard Florida
10:00 – 10:45 AM	Trade Show viewing time
10:45 - 11:45 AM
Sessions	Absence Makes the Bottom Line Wander Janice Attersley	Foreign Workers and Crossing Borders: Leveraging Immigration Solutions for the Workplace Evelyn Ackah
	Getting Past Back-of-the-Napkin Organization Design Stacey Huberman; Philip Hunter	Relocation: What You Don’t Know that You Don’t Know Robert J. Clark
	Business Continuity: Contingency Planning in the Event of a Labour Disruption Viki Scott	Coaches Corner: How to Win the Bargaining Game Rick Adkins; Allen Loyst; Andy MacDonald
	Retirement Readiness: 10 Retirement Issues Your Employees Absolutely Must Understand Warren MacKenzie	Safety Leadership: Crossing International and Cultural Boundaries David Peters; Ahmed Khail
	Blended Learning Success Story: Revitalizing New Hire Training Michael Nolan	Reducing Work-Life Conflict: What Works and What Doesn't Linda Duxbury
	Multi-Generational Diversity and Productivity: The Face and Focus of Tomorrow’s Workforce Susan Williams	Best Practices in Business Continuity and Business Resilience Ann Wyganowski
	Creating a Dynamite Employee Benefits Program Kevin McFadden	From Operating to Holding: New HR Responses to an Emerging Canadian Business Model Melissa Sonberg
	“Venti” Engaged: What Is Most Critical to Engage Your Talent? David McLean;	Shifting Employee Retirement into Your Succession Planning Pam Paquet
	Composing Togetherness: Team-Building Through Music Steve Prentice	Management Skills for the Human Resources Manager Harv Phandal
	Workplace Violence: Your Road Map to Prevention Jessie Callaghan	The Future That Has Already Happened Kevin McLellan
12:15 - 2:00 PM
Wednesday Luncheon Keynote	From Confrontation to Collaboration to Change: Corporate Social Responsibility and the New Environmentalism Tzephora Berman
2:00 – 2:45 PM	Trade Show viewing time
2:30 - 4:30 PM
Super Session	FlexTime and the Four Generations Steve Prentice
2:45 - 3:45 PM
Sessions	Utilizing Preventative Wellness Programs to Achieve a Healthy Workplace Daniela Aradanov	Make Your Workplace Great Steven Stein
	HR Cures for Business Headaches David Peters; Dave Muir	Healthcare Plan Design and Cost Containment Strategies Mike Sullivan
	Managing Difficult Employees Daniel Wong	The Art and Science of Incentive Plan Design David Neilly
	Keays vs. Honda Canada: How Does the Supreme Court’s Decision Affect You? Stuart Rudner	Workforce Analytics: The Key to the New Human Capital Decision Science Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie
	Certification: A Panacea or an Effective Tool for Improving Performance? Judith Hale	Medical Inflation: Group Plan Changes that Really Work John McLaren; Kevin Lee
	Addressing Environmental and Business Sustainability Concerns Through Distributed Work George Horhota	Testing Your Pandemic Plan: The Final Frontier Ann Wyganowski
	Employment Standards Act Update from the Ministry of Labour Tracey Mill	Best Practices of Compensation: Secrets from a Veteran Consultant Robert McDowall
	Addiction in the Workplace: The Facts Jennifer Kotry	Correcting Publicly? One Exception to the “Correct in Private” Rule Sharon Bar-David
	Negotiating Employee Benefits Stewart Saxe
3:45 – 5:30 PM	Trade Show viewing time