CONNECT 2020 Program

• CONNECT '20: Program

  The Schulich Alumni Forum

  

  Thank you to the more than 400 Schulich alumni and friends who attended CONNECT this year.  With nine sessions, 32 speakers and 13 program advisors, The Schulich Alumni Forum was a huge success.

  THE SCHULICH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: CROWDSOURCING WISDOM
  November 2 – 30, 2020
  Help us capture how our alumni business leaders are managing during the pandemic.
  Learn More & Make an Impact

   

  PAST CONNECT ’20 SESSIONS

  CONNECT Online ’20: Leadership and Resilience
  ALUMNI2STUDENT SPEED NETWORKING
  November 6, 2020 at 1:00 – 2:30 pm EST
  Opening Remarks by Dean Detlev Zwick

   

  IMPACT OF COVID ON CYBERSECURITY: WHAT ARE WE SEEING?
  November 10, 2020 from 10:00 am – 11:15 am EST
  Featuring:
  Catherine Paquet-Rivard (MBA ’94), Senior Network Architect & Cisco Instructor, Firefly Educate
  Della Shea (EMBA ‘13), Vice President & Data Governance, Symcor Inc.
  Robert Wong (MBA ‘92), Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Toronto Hydro; Broader Public Sector Cyber Security Expert Panel for Ontario
  Michael Wade, Cisco Chair in Digital Business Transformation, Professor of Innovation and Strategy, Director of the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation, Program Director of Leading Digital Business Transformation, Digital Execution, and Digital Transformation for Boards, all open enrollment programs for executives fighting disruption (moderator)
  Session Host, Fotini Iconomopoulos (MBA ’05), Negotiation Expert; Principal, Forward Focusing: Author, Say Less Get More (HarperCollins 2021)

   

  LEADING YOUR TEAM THROUGH CHANGE
  November 12, 2020 from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EST
  Featuring:
  Natalia Lobach (MBA ’08), Principal, Charthouse Advisory Services
  Stephanie J. Marshall (MBA ’07), Founder, Leadership/Mindset Coach, Kickstartology Coaching
  Opening Remarks by Dean Detlev Zwick
  Session Host, Howard Lichtman (JD ’79, MBA ’82), President, The Lightning Group; Partner, Ethnicity Multicultural Marketing and Advertising, CONNECT ’20 Program Advisor

   

  COACHES CORNER
  November 17, 2020 from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
  Coaches:
  Hala Beisha (MBA ’13), Founder and Principal, Resilience Factor
  Linda Cattelan (MBA’95), Executive and Career Acceleration Coach, Results Catalyst Inc.
  Karen Elkin (MBA ‘02), Principal, Karen Elkin Leadership
  Roopin Hanspal (IMBA ’02), Founder/Trainer, Kushi Sasu (Paris)
  Mary-Ellen Hynd (MBA ’95), Principal, Mary-Ellen Hynd Coaching and Consulting
  Guy Reichard (MBA ’00), Self Leadership Coach & Trainer, HeartRich.ca

   

  INVESTING AND OPERATING IN A POST-COVID WORLD
  November 18, 2020 from 10:00 am – 11:15 am EST
  Featuring:
  Roman Dubczak (MBA ’87), Managing Director & Global Head, Investment Banking, CIBC
  Kishore Moorjani (BBA ’94, MBA ’95), Senior Managing Director & Head of Tactical Opportunities, Asia, Blackstone Group (Singapore)
  Pauline Shum Nolan, Professor of Finance, Schulich School of Business (moderator)
  Opening Remarks by Dean Detlev Zwick
  Session Host, Bill Graham (MBA ’86), President, Global Alumni Network, Executive-in-Residence; Schulich School of Business; CONNECT ’20 Program Advisor

   

  COVID-19: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
  November 19, 2020 from 10:00 am – 11:15 am EST
  Featuring:
  Carol Annett (MBA ’93), President and CEO, VHA Home HealthCare; Board Member, Sunnybrook
  Aaron Smith (MBA ’07), Partner, Public Sector and Health Consulting, EY
  Joseph Mapa, Adjunct Professor & Executive Director, Health Industry Management Program, Schulich School of Business; Former President and CEO of Sinai Health System (moderator)
  Session Host, Pam Laycock (MBA ’89), Senior Vice President, Transformation and Strategy, Torstar Corporation; Executive-in-Residence, Schulich School of Business; CONNECT ’20 Program Advisor

   

  KELLOGG-SCHULICH EMBA GALA
  November 19, 2020 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm EST
  Exclusive for KS EMBA Alumni and EMBA Students.
  Presented by the KS EMBA Alumni Association, featuring:
  Fireside Chat I: Creating Superstar businesses not just Stars
  Jack Fraser (EMBA ‘13), Partner, BDC Capital
  Moren Lévesque, Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems; CPA Ontario Chair in International Entrepreneurship; Co-director of Entrepreneurial Studies
  Fireside Chat II: Psychology of Risk – how consumers make decisions in erratic times
  Paul Hillier (EMBA ‘19), Principal, Tactix Government Relations and Public Affairs
  Zara Lam (EMBA ’13), Director, Segmentation & Omnichannel Customer Journeys, Scotiabank; Co-Chair, EMBA Gala; President, KS EMBA Alumni Association; CONNECT ’20 Program Advisor (moderator)
  Live Auction
  Matthias Kipping, Professor of Policy; Richard E. Waugh Chair in Business History, Academic Director, Kellogg-Schulich EMBA Program, Schulich School of Business; CONNECT ’20 Program Advisor
  Networking in breakout rooms to follow
  Opening Remarks by Dean Detlev Zwick
  Sponsored by TD Insurance
  

   

  ALUMNI2ALUMNI SPEED NETWORKING – Inaugural Launch!
  November 24, 2020 from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EST
  Exclusive for Schulich Alumni.
  Recognizing Schulich’s Giving Day in Support of our Students
  Opening Remarks by Dean Detlev Zwick

   

  BUILDING CAREER RESILIENCE IN DIFFICULT TIMES
  November 25, 2020 from 10:00 am  – 12:00 pm EST
  In collaboration with the Global Alumni Network and SEEC
  Workshop featuring SEEC Faculty:
  Trevor Cape, Tracey Levison, Andrew Levison and Jeff MacInnis,
  Session Host, Anthony Faiella (MBA ’92), Senior Vice President, AGInvest Properties Canada Inc. Executive-in-Residence and Advisor YUSIF, Schulich School of Business; CONNECT ’20 Program Advisor

   

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