Celebrating 20 years of Crown Corporate Governance Benchmarking and Strategizing!
Join the ONLY event of its kind, addressing the most pressing governance challenges facing crown corporations.
2025 Conference Co-Chairs
Melanie Debassige, MBA, ICD.D
Vice-Chairperson
Canada Energy Regulator
Frédéric Duguay
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Canada Infrastructure Bank
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICES
Serge Bijimine
Assistant Deputy Minister
Transport Canada
Konrad W. Von Finckenstein
Commissioner
Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Randy Jackiw
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Ontario
Josephine A.L. Palumbo
Deputy Commissioner, Cartels and Deceptive Marketing Practices Branch
Competition Bureau of Canada
Greg Reade
Assistant Deputy Minister
Department of Finance
Featured Speakers
Megan Dolo
Vice President Law and Corporate Secretary
Farm Credit Canada
Bryan Icyk, CFA
Director, ESG
Ontario Power Generation Inc.
Anaïs de Lausnay
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Laurentian Pilotage Authority
Louise Ouellette-Bolduc
Corporate Secretary
Canada Revenue Agency
Colleen Ouellette
Director & Corporate Secretary
Export Development Canada
Jill Earthy
Chief Executive Officer
InBC Investment Corporation
Featuring Key Topics
Preparing for the Impact of Elections on Crown Corporation Governance: Transition Strategies for Appointments, Delays, and Changing Mandates
Greening Crown Corporations: Navigating Climate-Related Financial Risk Reporting, Advertising, and Net Zero Emission Strategies
Appreciating the Risks of the AI Productivity Promise: What Crown Corporations Need to Know about the Responsible Use of AI
Retaining Diverse Talent: Strengthening Crown Corporation Governance and Succession by Embracing Equity and Inclusion
An Honest Conversation with the Ministries on Fostering Trust, Developing Strong Dialogue, and Conducting CEO Reviews
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Add more value to your conference experience by signing up for these hands-on and practical workshops and consider sending your team!
WORKSHOP A
Operations and Governance Working Group: Defining Responsibilities, Streamlining Performance and Ensuring Smoother Day-to-Day Functioning
January 28, 2025
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
WORKSHOP B
Optimizing Crown Corporation Board Meetings: Practical Tools and Tips for Running the Meetings and Maximizing Impact
January 28, 2025
1:30 – 4:30 pm
Workshops are offered In-Person only
ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE
Assisting Crowns with developing approaches to address impeding challenges in a post-pandemic world.
Gain the highest-level knowledge and practical solutions to obstacles and challenges impeding on Crowns today. Our speaker faculty, comprised of leaders from the public sectors, federal and provincial crowns, and academia, will impart their deep knowledge to assist Crown Corporations amid fast-evolving landscape.
Highlights
20
Successful Events
1100
Attendees
72%
Government Corporations and Agencies
61%
Senior
Executive Titles
20%
Corporate Secretaries
A MUST-ATTEND EVENT FOR
Federal and Provincial Crown Corporations and Agencies
- Chairs
- Directors
- Chief Executive Officers
- Presidents
- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Operating Officers
- General Counsel
- Corporate Secretaries
- In-House Counsel
- Chief Risk Officers
- Risk Managers
- Compliance Officers
AND:
- Governance Consultants
- Governance Lawyers
- Public Sector Accountants
- HR Professionals
- Risk Managers and Directors
- Public Relations Firms
CPD Accreditation
This 3-day conference program can be applied towards 3.5 of the 9 substantive hours, 3 of the 3 professionalism hours, as well as 1 EDI hour, of annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as required by the Law Society of Ontario. Workshop participants will also receive 3 professionalism hours for each workshop. Learn More
Take a look back at our past event
PAST ATTENDING ORGANIZATIONS
- Atlantic Pilotage Authority
- Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Canada Development Investment Corporation
- Canada Post Corporation
- Farm Credit Canada
- Immigration Refugees & Citizenship Canada
- Infrastructure Canada
- Ontario Clean Water Agency
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
- Canadian Heritage
- Crown Investments Corporation of SK
- Ontario Energy Board
- Public Services & Procurement Canada
- Qulliq Energy Corporation
- Royal Canadian Mint
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- VIA Rail Canada
WHAT OUR DELEGATES HAVE TO SAY
The best gathering of crown corporation representatives in Canada each year.
This was my 1st Governance conference & overall I enjoyed the presentations and topics.
All topics presented were very current & topical. Lots of ideas to bring back.