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
Speaker

Melanie Debassige, MBA, ICD.D

Vice-Chairperson
Canada Energy Regulator

Speaker

Frédéric Duguay

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Canada Infrastructure Bank

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICES
Speaker

Serge Bijimine

Assistant Deputy Minister
Transport Canada

Speaker

Konrad W. Von Finckenstein

Commissioner
Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

Speaker

Randy Jackiw

Assistant Deputy Minister
Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Ontario

Speaker

Josephine A.L. Palumbo

Deputy Commissioner, Cartels and Deceptive Marketing Practices Branch
Competition Bureau of Canada

Speaker

Greg Reade

Assistant Deputy Minister
Department of Finance

Featured Speakers
Speaker

Megan Dolo

Vice President Law and Corporate Secretary
Farm Credit Canada

Speaker

Bryan Icyk, CFA

Director, ESG
Ontario Power Generation Inc.

Speaker

Anaïs de Lausnay

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Laurentian Pilotage Authority

Speaker

Louise Ouellette-Bolduc

Corporate Secretary
Canada Revenue Agency

Speaker

Colleen Ouellette

Director & Corporate Secretary
Export Development Canada

Speaker

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!

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
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The best gathering of crown corporation representatives in Canada each year.

Chair, FCNB
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This was my 1st Governance conference & overall I enjoyed the presentations and topics.

Sr Advisor Business Services, Nunavut
Business Credit Corporation
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All topics presented were very current & topical. Lots of ideas to bring back.

Policy Advisor, WDBA
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