| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 |
| 10:00 am – 9:00 pm |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN |
| 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
PRE-CON A: Drilling Down and Whysing Up: Generating Big Picture Organizational Solutions Using Integrated Focus with Jennifer Walinga – Sponsored by Accenture
PRE-CON B: Yoga to Increase Creativity Workshop with Insiya Rasiwala-Finn
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| 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm |
WELCOME RECEPTION
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| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 |
| 7:00 am – 6:00 pm |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN |
| 7:00 am – 6:00 pm |
MARKETPLACE OPEN |
| 7:00 am – 8:15 am |
BREAKFAST |
| 8:00 am – 4:00 pm |
ROUNDTABLE ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE
(This roundtable is by invitation only)
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| 8:15 am – 9:45 am |
OFFICIAL OPENING AND WELCOME
Deborah Connors, The HealthWork Wellness Group, and Great-West Life, Strategic Partner |
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OPENING KEYNOTE
Power-Up Your Organization’s Thinking with Lynda Curtin
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| 9:45 am – 10:00 am |
MOVEMENT BREAK |
| 10:00 am – 10:35 am |
TAKE ACTION Plenary Session: 1 – The Big Idea! with Rory Cohen
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| 10:35 am – 11:00 am |
MID-MORNING BREAK
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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SPONSORED SPOTLIGHTS
1A – Thinking Organizations’ Recipe For Success: Equal Parts Leadership, Innovation, Inspiration with Jennifer Hubbard & Erin Dick
1B – Emerging Trends Impacting Workplace Health with Karen Seward
1C – Health Navigation: Empowered health care decision-making with Mira Jelic
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| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
MARKETPLACE LUNCH |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
2A – Straight to the Core: Intuitive Intelligence with Natashia Halikowski
2B – Symmetrical Thinking: Achieving Innovative Collaboration Through Maps, Models and Stories with Stuart Morgan
2C – Changing Minds at Work: Seeing the Unseen – The Invisible Disability with
Karen Liberman |
| 3:00 pm – 3:20 pm |
MID-AFTERNOON BREAK |
| 3:20 pm – 3:55 pm |
Take Action Plenary Session: 2 – Chunking It Down with Rory Cohen
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| 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
SPONSORED SPOTLIGHTS
3A – Measuring and Benchmarking Outcomes in Healthy Workplace Wellness Programs with Dr. Peter Melnyk and Mr. Allan Smofsky
Please note: This is an extended session which will run from 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
3B - Health Perspective: The Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Dr. Diane Lacaille
3C -Becoming an Employer of Choice: Connecting Well-being to Engagement with Keri Alletson
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| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm |
MARKETPLACE RECEPTION
Cash Bar, Hors D’Oeuvres & Cheese
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| 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm |
Thursday Evening Dinner Event
Laugh, Learn, Lead with Chris Molineux
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| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 |
| 7:00 am – 6:00 pm |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN |
| 7:00 am – 6:00 pm |
POSTER SHOWCASE |
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BREAKFAST ON OWN |
| 8:45 am – 10:15 am |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
4A – Strengthen Your Innovation Instinct with Six Thinking Hats® with Lynda Curtin
4B – How to Build the Best Company to Work for with John DeHart
4C – HUMOR: How to Use Mirth for Organizational Results with Billy Strean |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am |
MOVEMENT BREAK |
| 10:30 am – 11:05 am |
Take Action Plenary Session: 3 – Supporting Action with Rory Cohen
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| 11:05 am – 12:45 pm |
LUNCH & PIONEER AWARD PRESENTATION
Speaker: Parkash Ragsdale – Drug Reforms and their impact on Health, Work and Wellness
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| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
5A – How to Create a Healthier Organization with Graham Lowe
5B – Optimal Decision Making With Six Value Medals with Michael Campbell
5C –TBA |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
MID-AFTERNOON BREAK |
| 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm |
FINAL KEYNOTE AND CONFERENCE CLOSING
Tough Times…Tougher Teams with Stan Slap |
| SATURDAY,OCTOBER 2 |
| 8:00 am – 12:30 pm |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN |
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BREAKFAST ON OWN |
| 9:00 am – 12:30 pm |
HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
POST-CON A: Turning Thoughts into Actions: Implement Your Conference Big Ideas with Rory Cohen
POST-CON B: A Facilitation Framework To Drive High Performance Thinking with
Lynda Curtin |
