THE CORPORATE STATE: CANADA
TORONTO 2005

HONOURARY CO-CHAIRS:
Dr. Sherry Cooper
Executive Vice President, BMO Financial Group
Chief Economist, BMO Nesbitt Burns &
Global Economic Strategist, Harris Bank

Joanne Schram Mealia
Senior Executive, Strategic Outsourcing Alliances,
IBM Global Services
IBM Canada Ltd.

Denise Tobin-McCarthy
Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry International

Margaret Wente
Columnist
The Globe and Mail

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Sherry Cooper
Executive Vice President, BMO Financial Group
Chief Economist, BMO Nesbitt Burns &
Global Economic Strategist, Harris Bank

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Una S. Ryan, O.B.E.
President & CEO
AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.

PANELISTS:
Dr. Carol Austin
Professor
University of Calgary
Faculty of Social Work

Dede Thompson Bartlett
Former Vice President, Corporate Affairs Programs, Altria Group Inc.
& Advisory Board Chair, National
Domestic Violence Hotline (US)

Jean Blacklock
Vice President & Managing Director,
Trust Services
BMO Harris Private Banking

Claire Bombardier, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology Division Director
University of Toronto

Sheila Botting
Executive Vice President
Royal LePage Advisors Inc.

Glenna Carr
Corporate Director & CEO
Carr-Gordon Ltd.

Mary Chamie
Branch Chief, Demographic
and Social Statistics
The United Nations

Grace Cheng
Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry International
People’s Republic of China

Dr. Sherry Cooper
Executive Vice President, BMO Financial Group
Chief Economist, BMO Nesbitt Burns
& Global Economic Strategist, Harris Bank

Mary Ann Curran
President & CEO
Jones Apparel Group Canada

Beth Horowitz
President & CEO
American Express Canada

Chaviva Hosek
President & CEO
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Laraine Kaminsky
Executive Vice President
Graybridge Malkam

Sue Lee
Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Communications
Suncor Energy Inc.

Nancy Malcolm
CEO
Women's College Ambulatory Care Centre, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre

Joan M. McEntee
International Group Chair
Baker, Donelson, Bearman
& Caldwell

Donna McNicol
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Rogers Communications Group

Ann Medina
Broadcaster
Medina Productions Inc.

Ellen Moore
President & CEO
Chubb Insurance Company of Canada

Karen Radford
Executive Vice President & President, Partner Solutions
Telus Communications

Heather D. Ross
President
Lenovo Canada Inc.

Dr. Jill M. Sanders
President & CEO
Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment

Dr. Patricia Seemann
CEO
Sphere Advisors Inc.

Julia Stewart
President & CEO
IHOP Corp.

Denise Tobin-McCarthy
Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry International

Annette Verschuren
President
Home Depot Canada and EXPO Design Center

Margaret Wente
Columnist
The Globe and Mail

THE CORPORATE STATE: CANADA 2005 Sponsors:
BMO Financial Group
IBM Canada Ltd.
Korn/Ferry International
Suncor Energy Inc.
Rogers Wireless Communications
Royal LePage Advisors Inc.
Anne Klein New York
Media Sponsor:
The Globe and Mail