What kind of Canada do you want in 2020?
That is the guiding question behind our major policy conference happening on October 2nd and 3rd of this year.
Join us in Ottawa as we will tackle the big, forward-looking questions of our time. By 2020, what do we want to accomplish as a nation? What areas of progress are important to us? And where do we want to be on the world stage?
Click to download the full agenda: English | Français
Online Registration is now closed! You can purchase a conference pass at the gate starting Wednesday, October 1st at 2 PM.
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October 2nd and 3rd, 2014
Ottawa Convention Centre
Click to download the full agenda: English | Français
Right now, Canada is at an inflection point: the marketplace for ideas is open, and our policy community needs new ways to grow our economy, strike a balance between energy and the environment, rebuild healthy, sustainable communities and navigate complex, 21st century challenges like privacy and international security.
The #Can2020 Conference is our opportunity to set in motion the idea-generation process that will carry Canada into a new decade. Together with the Center for American Progress’ Global Progress Initiative, we invite you to hear some of the world’s most influential thinkers, organizers, policy developers and business leaders.
Your conference pass includes access to all of the sessions during the two-day event (panels, breakouts, keynote speeches), a delegate kit, two lunches, and exclusive access to multiple networking receptions and socials throughout the conference.
Andrew Coyne
National Post
BioBill Morneau
Ontario Pension Advisory Board
BioBruce Anderson
Abacus Data
BioChantal Hébert
Toronto Star
BioDavid A. Dodge
Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
BioDavid Herle
Principal, The Gandalf Group
BioDavid McLaughlin
University of Waterloo
BioDiana Carney
Canada 2020 Advisory Board
BioDon Iveson
Mayor of Edmonton
BioDon Newman
Chair, Canada 2020 Advisory Board
BioDr. Ian Bremmer
President, Eurasia Group
Bio
Fen Hampson
CIGI Distinguished Fellow
BioFrank Graves
EKOS Research
BioH.E. Louise Hand
Australian High Commissioner to Canada
BioHeather Boushey
Executive Director, Center for Equitable Growth
BioHon. Anne McLellan, P.C.
Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones
BioHon. Jason Kenney, PC
Minister of Employment and Social Development
BioHon. John Manley, P.C.
President & CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
BioHon. Monte Solberg, P.C.
Principal, New West Public Affairs
BioHon. Perrin Beatty, PC
President & CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
BioHon. Stockwell Day, P.C.
Strategic Advisor, McMillan LLP
BioJaime Watt
Executive Chairman, Navigator Ltd.
BioJean-Marc Fournier, MNA
Minister Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and the Canadian Francophonie
BioJennifer Ditchburn
Reporter, The Canadian Press
BioJennifer Erickson
Center for American Progress
BioJennifer Keesmaat
City of Toronto
BioJoe Natale
President and CEO, TELUS
BioJohn Brodhead
Evergreen CityworksJohn Geddes
Ottawa Bureau Chief, Maclean's Magazine
BioJohn Ivison
Columnist, National Post
BioJustin Trudeau
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
BioKaren Neuman
Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
BioKathleen Monk
Political StrategistLord Stewart Wood
The Lord Wood of Anfield, Labour Party
BioMark Cameron
Former Director of Policy and Research, Prime Minister’s Office
Panellist, LinkedInMatt Browne
Executive Director, Global Progress Initiative
BioMatthew Mendelsohn
Director, Mowat Centre
BioMiles Corak
University of Ottawa
BioPaul Boothe
Richard Ivey School of Business
BioPaul Wells
Political Editor, Maclean's Magazine
BioPremier Kathleen Wynne
Premier of Ontario
BioRobert Asselin
Associate Director, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa
BioRobert Fife
Ottawa Bureau Chief, CTV News
BioRobert Prichard
Metrolinx / Torys / BMO
BioRoland Paris
University of Ottawa
BioRuma Bose
United Nations Foundation
BioSean McGarvey
North America's Building Trades Unions
BioThe Hon. Jean Charest, P.C.
Former Premier of Quebec, partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP
PanelistThe R.H. David Miliband
CEO, International Rescue Committee
BioTim Barber
Co-Founder, Canada 2020
BioVikram Singh
Center for American Progress
BioWill Marshall
President and Founder, Progressive Policy Institute
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We should never forget that we are a northern country of immigrants from every nation tempered by geography and climate, surrounded by seas thriving in the shadow of the USA, still the default nation in terms of trade, military power, intellect and innovation.
Well done! It’s time for another Canada 2020 Conference. Remember when 2020 seemed far away?
Let me know how I can help.
Rikia
Could you add relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians to the line-up. A crucial issue going forward.
Do you need volunteers to assist at the conference?
Great suggestions Brian. We’ve got something in the works and will keep you posted. As for volunteers – absolutely. Email me at alex[at]canada2020backup.see-design.com.
Great to have this forum, anyone notice the shifting demographics in Canada — what are the implications for Canada and what does it mean to be Canadian in these times? Other voices? Other narratives? Would be useful……..
I second Brian’s suggestion. Canada ‘s future is not assured unless we repair our past, specifically create an honest and respectful relationship between Indigenous people and other Canadians, an urgent task that cannot be postponed.
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Great line-up.
How about inviting Celine Bak of “Canadian Clean Technology Industry Report” to the energy panel. She could give a great overview of the sector.
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I’m looking forward to attending the Can2020 conference as a member of FSNA.
The lineup of speakers looks awesome, and I’d be interested in hearing the input from these speakers as to what their vision of the future of Canada is.
As well, if there is need for volunteers, I am willing to help in some
small way.
The Canada 2020 Conference will be again a forum of ideas, inspiration, social,economic and philosophical perspectives that should help to give the needed directions to several areas of the Canadian Society…. Canada is a great country to live but the growing complexities of globalization call for a better vision of how Canada has to focus on to remain and continue to be the best country overall.
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Congratulations for putting upthis program. I am too far away to come. But certainly would like to see it webcasted