Experts to Discuss Emerging Global Issues and Their Impacts on Canadian Business

Kananaskis Village, AB, September 22 - On September 26, Canadian thought leaders will engage in a panel discussion on global issues, including: the US economy and election, oil prices, stagflation, China and India economies and environmentalism - and their effects on Canadian business. The panel is part of the 2008 CMC-Canada/CMC-Alberta Management Consulting Conference, which will include the following events/sessions:

Keynote address on strategy by David Maister, widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on the management of professional service firms;
Harrie Vredenburg (University of Calgary) on Global Energy Supply, Demand and Price Dynamics: Challenges and Opportunities;
Mike Percy (University of Alberta) on the Health Care Challenges Facing Canada; Terry Power (Royal Roads University) on Enabling Clients To Excel:
Adopting a Strategist's Perspective and New Mental Models for Consulting;
Peter Sherer (University of Calgary) on Reputation and Disruptive Technological Innovation in Professional Services;
Roy Suddaby (University of Alberta) on Managing Institutional Change;
CMC-Alberta New CMC Reception and Awards Dinner; and
CMC-Canada Annual General Meeting.

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Date: Friday, September 26:

9 a.m. Panel Discussion on Emerging Global Issues and Their Impacts on Canadian Business

11 a.m. David Maister Seminar

12:30 p.m. Harrie Vredenburg on Global Energy Supply, Demand and Price Dynamics: Challenges and Opportunities

7 p.m. CMC-Alberta New CMC Reception and Awards Dinner

Saturday, September 27:

9 a.m. Concurrent Sessions: Roy Suddaby (Managing Institutional Change) and Terry Power (Enabling Clients to Excel: Adopting a Strategist's Perspective and New Mental Models for Consulting)

10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions: Peter Sherer (Reputation and Disruptive Technological Innovation in Professional Services) and Mike Percy (Health Care Challenges Facing Canada)

11:30 a.m. CMC-Canada AGM

Location: Delta Kananaskis, 1 Centennial Drive, Kananaskis Village, Alberta

Note to Editors: Interested media are requested to confirm their attendance with Audrey Hoddinott (ahoddinott@cmc-canada.ca) by 12 p.m. on
Wednesday, September 24.

More Information

Audrey Hoddinott, Marketing and Communications, CMC-Canada

Email: ahoddinott@cmc-canada.ca

Tel: 416-860-1515 / 1-800-268-1148 ext. 5