SPEAKERS

Featuring Leading Global Presenters. For profiles of the Speakers
(in PDF format) click here.

Special Guests

The Honourable Albina Guarnieri
Assiciate Minister of National Defence and Minister of State (Civil Preparedness)

Honourable Premier Gordon Campbell
Premier, British Columbia

Honourable Sergio Marchi
Canadian Ambassador to the World Trade Organization and to the United Nations in Geneva

The Rt. Honourable Kim Campbell
President, International Women's Forum and Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard

Mayor Larry W. Campbell
Mayor, City of Vancouver

Sarmite Bulte
Federal MP, Parkdale, High Park, ON

Hereditary Chief Bill Williams
Hereditary Chief, Squamish Nation

Wendy John
Chief of the Musqueam First Nation

Lydia Hwitsum
Co-Chair, First Nations Summit Society

The Honourable Ida Chang
Minister of State for Women’s and Senior’s Services

RBC Senior Executives

James Rager
Vice Chairman

Charlie Coffey
Executive Vice President, Government & Community Affairs

Anne Sutherland
Senior Vice President Client Segment Strategies

Graham MacLachlan
Senior Vice President, BC & Yukon

GBA Executives

Teri Cavanagh
Senior Vice President, Director, Women’s Entrepreneur’s
Connection, FleetBoston Financial

Verna Graff-Gessaman
Manager, Client Segments, RBC Centura

Simonne Hogan
Head of Brand and Customer Communications, Group Marketing,
Australia Westpac Banking Corporation

Dermot Nolan
Bank of Ireland

Betty Wood
National Senior Manager, Women Entrepreneurs Market,
RBC Financial Group

Masters of Ceremonies

Pamela Martin
Anchor, CTV News at Six

Keynote Speakers

Sally Armstrong
Editor at Large, Chatelaine Magazine

Jackie Kallen
Author and inspiration behind the film "Against the Ropes"

Rebecca MacDonald
Chair and CEO, Energy Savings Income Fund

Wendy McDonald
Chair and CEO, BC Bearing Group

Joanne Thomas Yaccato
President and Founder, The Thomas Yaccato Group

Dr. Jill Thompson
Senior Economist, Fleet Boston Financial

Sandra Yancey
CEO and Founder, eWomenNetwork, Inc

Plenary Sessions

Arlene Dickinson
President, Venture Communications

Amanda Ellis
Senior Gender Specialist, Private Sector

Marg Hachey
Executive Vice-President, Duocom Canada Ltd.

Reta Lewis
Vice-President and Councelor, US Chamber of Commerce

Rossana Magnotta
Co-founder and President, Magnotta Winery Corporation

Astrid Pregel
Past Consul General, Canadian Consulate General, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Nancy Spence
Director, Social Transformation Programmes Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, London

Betty Thomas
President, Thomas FX Group Inc.

Julie Weeks
Executive Director, National Women's Business Council, USA

Meet the Experts Sessions

Judy Bradt
Principal and CEO, Summitt Insight, LLC

Lee Boam
Minister Councellor for Commercial Affairs, American Embassy in Canada and Adjunct Professor for the University of Maryland

Mary Cantando
President, Cantando & Associates

Nerella Campigotto
Owner, Boomerang Consulting Inc. and President and founding Director of the Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Business Association

Anne Chappaz
Consul General and Trade Commissioner to Canada for New Zealand

Margherita Coppolino
Disability and Diversity Consultant

Laurel Delaney
Founder, Global TradeSource Ltd.

Linda Graupner
Director, SME Financial Services, Export Development Corp.

Alison Gray
Executive Director, Alberta Women's Enterprise Initiative Association

Sue Hammell
Executive Director, Surrey Aboriginal Cultural Society

Robyn Henderson
CEO, Networking To Win

Sharon Hughes-Geekie
Executive Director, Women's Enterprise Society of BC

Bill Johnston
Director and Senior Trade Commissioner, International Trade Centre

Donna Messer
Author and founder of ConnectUs Communications Canada

Laura L. McGowan
Senior Trade Manager BC International Business Division

Bola Olabisi
Founder and CEO, Global Women Inventors & Innovators

Dr. Dorothy Riddle
President and CEO, Service-Growth Consultants

Laura Small
Executive Director, Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan

Bev Suek
CEO, Women's Enterprise Centre of Manitoba

Julie Wallace
Business Development Officer, Office of Liaison, International Financial Institutions, Canadian Embassy, Washington

Facilitators and Moderators

Kevin Lutz
Sales Manager, Mortgage Specialist, RBC Royal Bank

Catharine Walwyn
Senior Client Advisor, Private Banking, RBC Royal Bank

Andrea Digby
Lending Services Officer, RBC Royal Bank

Moira Jenkins
Sales & Market Manager, Vancouver Island, RBC Royal Bank

Leslie Wynick
Senior Lending Services Officer, RBC Royal Bank

Val Nickerson
Sales and Market Manager, RBC Royal Bank

Mark Lovick
Sales Effectiveness and Customer Care Advisor, RBC Royal Bank

Laura McGowan
Senior Trade Manager, RBC Global Services, International Business Centre, RBC Royal Bank

Debbie Intas
Sales & Market Manager, RBC Royal Bank

Betty MacLeod
Sales and Market Manager, RBC Royal Bank

Almas Jiwani
President, Unifem Candada

Arts and Culture

Tamara Nile
Singer, Songwriter

Robert Davidson
Artist, Singer, Drummer, Co-founder of Rainbow Creek Dancers