1st Of Its Kind: State of the North Summit
Investing in Northern Ontario – the Challenges, Opportunities & Solutions
Thursday, April 2nd, 12 – 2pm
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Ballroom
Ontario’s First Ever State of the North Summit hosted by The Empire Club of Canada
The Empire Club of Canada is recognized as one of the nation’s oldest and largest, more important speaker’s forum. Some of Canada’s most influential leaders from various professions, businesses, labour, education, government, and cultural organizations have spoken at The Empire Club of Canada events. The Club, which is a non-profit, membership based organization, has provided a stage to over 3500 speakers and maintained a record of every word that they have spoken.
The event will feature an introduction and panel discussion, followed by a Q&A.
Panel:
- Alan Spacek, President of FONOM and Mayor of Kapuskasing
- Dave Canfield, President of NOMA and Mayor of Kenora
- Lawrence Martin, Grand Chief, Mushkegowuk Council
- Jamie Lim, President & CEO, Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA)
- Gerald Panneton, founder and former CEO, Detour Gold
- Joelle Faulkner, President, AreaOne Farms
Discussion will focus on the future of Northern Ontario; the opportunities and challenges facing the region.
For more information, please visit: http://www.empireclub.org/events/state-of-the-north-investing-in-northern-ontario-the-challanges-opportunities-solutions/.
The event will also be available to all cable networks across Canada, and repeated on CPAC nationally.
There will also be an opportunity to participate through Twitter as live tweeting will be done before, during and after the event with the hashtags #EmpireClub and #StateOfTheNorth. Tweets will be displayed on large screens during the event and the moderator will use the tweets as a source of questions.
We hope you enjoy this exciting event for Northern Ontario!
