Name: WEConnect International Canada Conference 2021
Start: 20/10/2021 02:00 PM +00:00
End: 21/10/2021 09:15 PM +00:00

Join our WBE Council as they host a women-owned business social hour after Day 1 of the Canada Annual Conference.
This is a great opportunity to relax and connect with other business leaders and share your experiences of the past year.
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Women-owned Business Social Room

TD offers a full range of financial products and services s worldwide through four key business lines: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking; Wealth Management; Wholesale Banking including TD Securities and U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking.For more info reach out to TDWealthForWomen@td.com&nbsp;

TD Bank Group

Stephanie Fontaine

Welcome

Exclusively for WEConnect International certified women-owned businesses, Matchmaking is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with buyers from multinational organizations to discuss upcoming procurement activities. Visit the attendees list to request and book your 1:1 meetings in advance.

Matchmaking

Do you have questions about WECommunity or your profile? Drop in to chat with Lorna and get the help you need to optimize your WECommunity presence.

Lorna McTavish

Networking Room 5 - WECommunity & Profiles

Entrepreneurs&rsquo; Organization is a high-quality support network of 14,000+ like-minded leaders across 61 countries. They help entrepreneurs achieve their full potential through the power of life-enhancing connections, shared experiences and collaborative learning. Drop in to hear more about EO, one of WEConnect International's newest global partners.

Milena Radakovic

Networking Room 6 - Learn about EO

This room is open to all conference attendees to meet and video-chat.

Networking Room 7 - Open to All

There does not have to be a trade-off between making a social impact and making a profit. In this panel you will meet three certified women-owned businesses that are transforming the way business is done. They are building bottom-line benefits while still making a positive impact on society and they are achieving this by deeply embedding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the brand identity and the experience their companies deliver. At a time when investors, business partners, customers, and employees want to know that the companies they choose are doing more than just providing a product or service, have you considered how your company measures up?&nbsp;

Anie Rouleau

Kathy Cheng

Che McFerrin

Cynthia Ene

Building Better Businesses: WBEs Advancing Social, Environment and Economic Sustainability

Join us for a series of fast paced presentations by four of WEConnect International&rsquo;s certified WBEs as they give our audience an engaging and practical overview on topics that are sure to be top of mind this year. &nbsp;Change Management and the Safe Return to Work; Green Supply Chains; Data Driven Diversity and Inclusion; and Artificial Intelligence and Ethics. Whether you are seeking where to start or are already in implementation mode, you will learn something new and most importantly, you will meet the women-owned businesses who can support your efforts. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Marie Josée Lavoie

Aymen Dewji

Laura McGee

Josephine Yam

WE Talk: Meet the WBEs Tackling the Most Pertinent Issues in Business Today

Connecting certified women-owned businesses to decision makers in procurement begins with identifying high quality suppliers that are business ready. This year WEConnect International, along with the support of Business Development Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada, have created a Business Readiness Assessment Tool. Led by WEConnect International&rsquo;s Global Training Director, the project team worked closely with member buyers to determine the baseline business elements that are required to be deemed Business Ready to sell into large value chains in Canada and globally. With the research findings, the project team has created a Business Readiness Assessment Tool for women-owned businesses &ndash; which is being launched as a pilot in Canada at the Annual Conference. Join us for the launch, to hear the key players discuss the background for this pilot project as well as to learn what is in store for both the suppliers and the buyers. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Andrea Lizarzaburu

Jennifer Cooke

Nancy Goudreau

Are you Ready to Grow? Business Readiness and Supplier Fit Within Supply Chains

During this time we encourage you to visit the booths of our sponsors and chat with conference attendees. Don&rsquo;t forget to leave comments in the Event Feed.

Break

With this panel, we bring three different perspectives to share their experiences and views on the state of the Canadian ecosystem, as it serves, and responds to all diverse women entrepreneurs.

Garima Gupta

Nadine Spencer

Ejibola Adetokunbo-Taiwo

Leena Sharma Seth

Diverse Perspectives: How can the Ecosystem Better Serve Racialized and Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in Canada?

Join us for a series of fast paced presentations from three of WEConnect International&rsquo;s member buyer organizations that are leading the way in Supplier Diversity and inclusion with their innovative programs and practices. &nbsp;

Pierre Beaulieu

Alecia Aquino

WE Talks: Meet the Procurement Leaders Rising to the Challenge

Thank you all for participating in the 2021 Canada Annual Conference! Join us for some final thoughts and words of appreciation.

Agenda

Speakers33 Speakers

Stephanie Fontaine

Rebecca Pearson

Sarah Goodman

Zuly Matallana

Lorna McTavish

Anie Rouleau

Cynthia Ene

Kathy Cheng

Marie Josée Lavoie

Aymen Dewji

Laura McGee

Andrea Lizarzaburu

Nancy Goudreau

Jennifer Cooke

Garima Gupta

Elizabeth A Vazquez

Josee Dufour

Ejibola Adetokunbo-Taiwo

Chala Dincoy

Josephine Yam

Che McFerrin

Bryan Wiggins

Nadine Spencer

Alecia Aquino

Noora Sharrab

Bonnie Lester

Neasa Maguire

Tanya Walker

Pierre Beaulieu

Marie-France Paquet

Milena Radakovic

Deep Patel

Leena Sharma Seth

Booth2 Booth

Women-owned Business Social Room

TD Bank Group

Agenda

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Stephanie Fontaine

Rebecca Pearson

Sarah Goodman

Zuly Matallana

Lorna McTavish

Anie Rouleau

Cynthia Ene

Kathy Cheng

Marie Josée Lavoie

Aymen Dewji

Laura McGee

Andrea Lizarzaburu

Nancy Goudreau

Jennifer Cooke

Garima Gupta

Elizabeth A Vazquez

Josee Dufour

Ejibola Adetokunbo-Taiwo

Chala Dincoy

Josephine Yam

Che McFerrin

Bryan Wiggins

Nadine Spencer

Alecia Aquino

Noora Sharrab

Bonnie Lester

Neasa Maguire

Tanya Walker

Pierre Beaulieu

Marie-France Paquet

Milena Radakovic

Deep Patel

Leena Sharma Seth

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Women-owned Business Social Room

TD Bank Group

Speakers33 Speakers

Booth2 Booth